black and white wedding

it's a black and white photo

of a young

girl

smoking a cigarette outside

the courthouse,

her lover

is holding a bouquet of

flowers

and a velvet box

with rings.

both bone thin souls

are afloat

in borrowed clothes.

they're waiting for the doors

to open

to get married.

she's looking away, at 

something unreachable,

something that might have

been. while he looks

at his watch, feels

the stubble on his chin.