Tuesday, October 11, 2022

the wedding photo

it's a picture of John
in his
wedding suit.
brown
with wide collars.
it was early
in the seventies.
a rented suit,
but he's wearing
his old boots.
his beard is full.
his wife, Emily,
is beside him
in a yellow dress,
almost
white.
she has flowers
in her hair.
the sun
is over the roof
of the small church 
on
Bachman
Road,
beside the cemetery.
it's early in the morning.
it's early
in all our lives.

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