To those marrying soon and others giving the subject some serious thought :
tell them to run
like marathoners
through the boroughs of New York City wearing
wedding gowns
and black tailored tuxedos.
Run until lungs and hearts burn
with familiarity only known
to veteran runners crowding
the bridge over the Verrazano Narrows.
Pay no attention to Wagner
and weaved words of ceremonial binding;
listen for the starting gun.
And go.
After twenty-six point two miles,
they'll realize this isn't a coming together
it's a competition. But we're ready for it.
To be in these two and a half hours,
we've been training our entire lives.
Author notes
An exercise in using situation as metaphor.
In a list
A contest entry
- AP Book Contest: Get Published! (Last Chance!) by tinuelena.
1200 points, ended December 12, 2007, 53 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Ha. I'm engaged.
At any rate, you've definitely succeeded in your endeavor. If this was an assignment for my poetry class, I'd be writing a big A+ at the top of your paper right now.
Thanks for the entry-- I'm glad I'll be able to publish this.
Elizabeth
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