On the Occasion of Your Wedding
People will tell you it is natural
to pair off. People say this despite
the Pope, in his backseat built for one.
People say this despite the cuttlefish,
with three hearts of his own and no room
for more. People say this despite
the majestic imbalance of bee hives;
despite the komodo dragon,
fertilizing each egg herself. People
are bluffing. There is nothing natural
about your pan caked in his grease,
or the way you tuck used Kleenex
in the crevice of his recliner. No one
ever lovingly stitched His or Hers
on a clog of drain hair. In the natural
world we each have our own cave,
a nice cave, tin cans strung between us,
a lake big enough for fishing, swimming,
the radial distance of being perfect and
perfectly alone. But here’s to saying
Screw it and I do. They make duct tape
for situations like this. They make
peanut butter. They make knowing
when to sing along to music you do
not like. They make knowing when to
leave the room. They make tiny,
superstrong magnets that will pin you
to a refrigerator door just long enough
for a kiss. I wish you all of these things,
these things you will need — and earlier,
as I tied the immaculate bow on what
I gave you instead, I thought You fools.
You lucky, lucky fools.
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