Synthetic Joy ~ Sam Varkin
Synthetic joy of wedding halls,
caked bride and groom,
a spewing orchestra,
metallic rings.
Exchanging aqueous looks,
thickset in exudate,
the relatives.
Mother exuding age,
a father pillaged by defeat,
a clutch of wombless matrons.
The light is ashen,
the food partitioned.
Soon, scene of soiled tables.
Soon, the relieved goodbyes.
Soon, the breathless breeding and the crumpled sheets.
The neon lights extinguished by the dawn.
Unbelievable how I love his writings.. both Fiction and Poetry… I hope you’ll like it too 
Wow, how do you reduce tens of thousands of dollars into a few words? Just like that! The wedding is such short part of the actual marriage.
Dawn said this on February 17, 2008 at 5:28 am
The breathless bredding? Wow!
Lisa's Chaos said this on February 17, 2008 at 7:03 am
lovely description of a wedding! wonderful! thanks for sharing that. I did not know about this author! :$
morinn said this on February 17, 2008 at 2:58 pm