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My 9th Wedding Anniversary Is June 6!


June 6, 2003

On His Wedding

Rising early as if for a duel, seconded
By a best man, I wake to sky that’s bleu céleste,
Rented tails, and fresh anxiety, but bride
And groom do not turn backs to pace.  We
Collide at an altar, as though it was a super-
Conductor.  As old Wagner marches
You up the aisle, my awe wells up at what is
Brought in: veiled, molecular, still flowing out.
Your entrance is an atomic favour, for witnesses
Observe us, met here not to cut, but sew space
Rent in multi-fabrics.  Our cells push and pull,
Mysterious as that new-smashed meson X(3872).
Side-by-side, apart, like shadow and
Direct flame crossing to overlap, as a rosy flower
Sometimes is mistaken for its name.

June 6, 2003

by Todd Swift
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Poetry Pleases! said…
Dear Todd

Many congratulations! Ours is on July 3rd but I don't remember too much about our wedding as people were buying me drinks all day long.

Best wishes from Simon
Wed Jun 06, 12:04:00 pm 2012
Wedding Anniversary Wishes said…
Aww, this sounds so sweet and romantic. Congratulations to you!
Thu Jan 03, 09:23:00 am 2013
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