Jenny went around town
trying on weddings
until she found one she liked.
She sat in the seventh pew
of a Lutheran church
and imagined the handsome couple
having sloshy sex that night
after travel to an exotic destination
and too many sugary rum drinks.
At no time did she
place herself at the alter
as a substitute for the woman in white
but she did substitute herself
for the groom in black
to feel the custom fit tux upon her body.
When all was bells and rice and cheers
for the blissful couple
Jenny slipped away to a barbecue joint
to eat herself into indigestion
and then try to wash away
that sensation with beer.
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