wedding belles

i remember going to a wedding
once
on a boat.
two women were getting
married.
they'd been living together
for years
and decided once the laws
changed to go ahead
and do it.
they seemed quite happy,
but something about the ring,
the paperwork,
the pressure of it all
got to them.
after living together for
nearly twenty years,
they separated after a brutal
honeymoon
of non stop fighting.
finally they got divorced,
but stayd friends. in time
they moved back in together.
putting their minor differences
aside.
i saw them the other day
licking ice cream cones,
holding hands, walking down
the street, happy as they've
ever been.