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Wedding Blues - American Style

A wedding's a lavish affair For which nary an excess is spared It's all so expensive The planning's intensive To be presented with just the right flair ... Invitations inked in fancy fonts Can the couple invite who they want? Let not a fight ensue That they'll afterwards rue Over excluding some uncle or aunt ... Flowers give wedding planners the blues When not selected in just the right hues To pick the right colors For the least dollars The specialist's charges quickly accrue ... The band's music a matter of taste Which must never be chosen in haste It may take a while To pick just the right syle Though there isn't a second to waste ... Now that the big day has arrived Does it feel artificial, contrived? It all happens too fast For a marriage to last--- So on to new weddings, new husbands, new wives

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Charles Messina

Date: 11/12/2018 9:26:00 PM

Sometimes a wedding has so much involved that the day you have been waiting for forever, goes by in a blink of an eye. Some of the music that the younger generation plays today is unheard of in our language. But heck, I'll still get up and dance to it..lol Great poem, Gershon ~Charlie

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/12/2018 9:56:00 PM

You know, despite it all, I still enjoy a rousing wedding, and I'll even limp and stumble around the dance floor as well. And yet,... Thank you for your support, Charlie! Best wishes, Gershon

Ilene Bauer

Date: 11/12/2018 6:38:00 PM

i think you've captured all the nonsense involved in planning the "perfect" wedding, gershon! the ending makes the point very well...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/12/2018 9:54:00 PM

Oh, Ilene, I knew you'd feel this way. And they ARE such nonsense, these 'perfect' weddings, aren't they?! Of course, now I sound like my mother and father, who always railed against the money thrown down the drain on wedding 'narishkeit.' Ha, ha: I remember how horrified I was by their opinions when I was young... Thanks for your support, Ilene. :) gw

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 11/12/2018 3:47:00 PM

Wow - the ending was twisted but I think I get what your saying. Those weddings can be a lot of fun but does it match true love. Liked it!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/12/2018 3:51:00 PM

I'll take a like! Thanks much! :) gw