Thursday, February 17, 2022

Herman the Celebrant

my friend Herman
is a part time Celebrant.
someone that
goes to people's houses
and marries them.
he's on call
and can be there in an hour, or less,
not unlike Dominoes.
fifty bucks, cash,
and he can do any kind
of wedding you want.
Catholic,
Jewish, Mormon.
non denominational.
agnostic.
he has a loose leaf notebook
with color coded laminated
pages, full of vows and
speeches, rules
and regulations.
he's fast and efficient.
friendly, but not too probing
about the nature of the relationship,
the age, or the fact that 
you met last night
in Vegas or on an online
dating site.
he pays no attention to that
and gets the job done.
he'll even hold your phone
up and take a picture
for the wedding album.
oh, and he's a part time 
lawyer too, in case things
don't pan out.

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