The Wedding Cake Couple Poem by Mark Heathcote

The Wedding Cake Couple



The wedding cake couple
held hands on-top in vigil
clinging on to each other tightly
there ‘I do's written in song
lasted just as long as it took
Mother in law to take another
-man across the ebony dance floor.
Her six more devoured the cake
but our wedding cake couple
they still held hands in vigil
on the last tier of the disaffected
so they pervaded and kissed
but then great-grandma waltzed
in like an elephant to depose
all those who imposed self will
she cared little for our wedding cake couple
she snapped them down the middle
just to see if they weren't just candy too.
But our wedding cake couple
they still held hands somewhere later
they pervaded and kissed
and renewed their vows
clinging on to each other tightly,
there 'I do's written in song
lasted just as long as it took
the disco-ball world to end.

Monday, July 23, 2012
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COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Melvina Germain 02 October 2015

I like this poem very much and would like to see what more wouls happen in the book. Hope you write it some day...Fabulous poem.....

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Akhtar Jawad 23 May 2015

A beautiful descriptive poem...........................

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Valerie Dohren 23 July 2012

Very novel write, well penned. Enjoyed the read.

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Leslie Philibert 23 July 2012

This is a fine poem, love the idea and the way you worked on it, good work.

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