YEARNING FOR A YESTERDAY’S WEDDING WALTZ

Before bad boys became better businessmen,
by bringing benefits to their bank accounts and
fattening wallets with fistfuls of worthless cash,
they bequeathed bountiful flower bouquets
towards bribing a beautiful bride in a bonnet.    

While working as weekday whores for worthless wages,
God fearing, gentle girls gave giggles at gorgeous guys,
giving gratuitous greetings graciously,
towards likes of grumpy geriatric gentlemen.   

While wanting and wishing, then waiting willingly,
feverishly for the first finishing,
the famous frolicking follies
before becoming the better man’s wife,
then creating a family with his children.  

But first, together they must plan the day’s festivities. 
 

The two wished for a white wedding with wistaria,
prepared and planned poignant perfection of a party,
a perfected priest preached from the people’s pulpit,
practicing political partisan propaganda,
answering to why there’s a tale to be told of
many more miserable marriages and mistakes
than happy, honorable humans falling in love.  

Verbose vows, equally exchanged, with words of wisdom,
she shared her hopeful, cheerfully crafted conversations,
he hopelessly hurried through his mumbled monologue,
blessed by the priest, preaching his high holy homily,
concluding with a celibate ceremonial chant
making them become husband and wife this day forward,
with words with which legally limits liability.  
 

Then planned particulars for the grandiose gathering. 

The couple carefully choose the cheapest caterer;
one chef creatively created center pieces,
and charcuteries with copious cold cuts and cheese;
treating tastebuds to devour delectables,
by impeccable, irritating invitees.   
 

The next chef, followed a formal but not fancy feast,
consisting of cooking a contemporary,
crispy chicken, crunchy carrots with creamy couscous
and served with a chilled side Caesar salad with croutons. 
 

The closing chef, completed the culinary circus,
created a chocolate and cream cheese cake concoction,
combined to create a frosty flavorless crusty cake,
served with caffeinated coffee or tepid tasteless tea,
all impatiently waiting for each one to be all served. 
 

Marching methodically much like military men,
Maitre D’s delivered the described dreaded dinner
on decorative dishes at perfectly placed seats,
with spotless silverware, neat napkins, gleaming glasses
all served seamlessly at tables equally spaced apart. 
 

Parents proudly pranced while children chattered complaints,
guests grudgingly mingled mindless chit chat between breaks.  
 

Modern music, masked many muted meaningless messages of
countless chats to dead dialogues with fake family and friends. 
Dancing to duets from dusk to dawn by ditties demanded
at distasteful disc jockeys telling tasteless tall tales,     
 

Greeted by the gregarious couple with great gusto to
fond farewells finally closing connubial celebrations,
once dawdling dissipating family and friends departed,
leaving the newlyweds yearning for a yesterday's wedding waltz.