After the Wedding by John Daniel
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for Marilyn After the white balloons were swept away on the wind that had swallowed most of our vows, after the embraces and tears, the flung rose petals, after new friends and old friends and aunts from everywhere, after you tossed the bouquet, and the cries of the children raised coyote cries on the rim, after chicken grilled on juniper coals, cold beer from the cattle trough and hours of hot dancing to Beatles and Stones, the last of us swaying arms on shoulders, singing ourselves hoarse, how good it is to find you now beyond all the loud joy, driving north in rain and the lovely ease of our silence. “After the Wedding” by John Daniel from Common Ground. © Confluence Press, 1988. Reprinted with permission. (buy now) |