William John Watkinsmarriage

Wall & Buttress

We are wall and buttress, the last thing upright standing of sanctuaries burned in battle. The acid rain of absence has pitted stripping handholds in our outward, seeming, surface, for the sandblast of the wind whose horizontal forces face me stress me daily push me backward on you harder for resistance and support. Everything conspiresContinue reading “Wall & Buttress”

Acrostic for a Lover’s Day

Venus, of course, has no arms, And Mona Lisa turns out to have been a man. Lots of Marylin’s have come & gone since then, Even, despite the oxymoron, one Madonna. Not withstanding them, the Classic Helen, and Medieval Heloise, The Dark Lady, Browning’s Barrett, and Poe’s Anabelle, Immortal Leda, Gatsby’s Daisy, and the rest,Continue reading “Acrostic for a Lover’s Day”

The Marriage Pool

New dumping stopped, old toxins settling out, the marriage pool clears down its watery syncline by degrees, and though no bottom can be seen subsurface fogs of old debris are thinning and the bleached remains no longer float up unsuspecting as we kneel through our reflections to appall, and though no slick and slender troutContinue reading “The Marriage Pool”

Marriage is Not a Sometimes Thing

Marriage is not a sometimes thing.Married is married, twenty-four seven.There are no time-outs when it’s hell,and no do-overs when it’s heaven. It can’t stopped once it’s begun,laws and lawyers notwithstanding.It’s not a frolic or a club,that cuts all ties by just disbanding. It’s not a job that you can quit,or a vacation never-ending.It’s storm andContinue reading “Marriage is Not a Sometimes Thing”

Only Four of Us in Bed

At first, there are only four of us in bed, my You, and your You, your Me, and Mine. We are like rabbits hidden in the trees of a child’s puzzle; half of us are obvious, half are invisible. The four of us would make a great couple if there were not six of us.Continue reading “Only Four of Us in Bed”

Marriage is a Church We Build

For Chad & Mariann Marriage is a church we build to worship one another in and like cathedrals put up over time each day adds buttresses and vivid glass, a beam shaved smooth, or a lock rock dropped in an arch’s apex, defying Physics, making stone hang curved in empty space. Marriage is full ofContinue reading “Marriage is a Church We Build”

Young Girl Contemplates Marriage

My dog would be a perfect cat, if he could just meow, he’ll love to do that for me, once I can teach him how. He will not want to eat all day or spend the day in bed or follow growling always like he needs to be fed. I’ll take him to my girlfriend’sContinue reading “Young Girl Contemplates Marriage”