a good start

it's her fourth
go round with marriage
and his second, or
third. the cake
is tilted in the
heat, the four white
tiers leaning south
before the first
cut takes place. she
shakes the rice
out of her hair and
he smiles as the band
plays their song,
Proud Mary,
the one he proposed
to while on the dance
floor at Ernie's Crab
House in town. they
dance and dance, as
the guests clap and
drink and eat chestnuts
wrapped in bacon. this
one is off to a good
start.