"Scurrying About," a poem my Mom should have wrote

"OVER HERE, OVER THERE, FLOWERS, FLOWERS EVERYWHERE, IN THE AISLES, IN MY HAIR, WHITE ROSES BRING THE STARES!"

"BAKE THE CAKE, FURNISH THE ARCH, MODIFY THE DRESS, THEN HIT IT WITH STARCH!"

"BUY THE SUITS, FOR DAD AND MATT; KEV IS SMART- HE'S DONE WITH THAT!"

"MAKE A LIST, THEN CHECK IT TWICE, INVITE THE PEOPLE, NAUGHTY OR NICE; SEND THE INVITES, FILL THE SNACK TRAYS, PLOT WITH PASTOR, OUR DAY OF DAYS!"

"SEW THE VEIL, TO NO AVAIL, I'LL JUST USE GLUE- WHO WILL CARE? CHOOSE THE MUSIC, WHICH WILL PLAY, RENT THE CAMERA, RECORD THE DAY!"


"THE GROOM WILL NOT DO A THING, UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THE RING; MY DAYS TILL THEN WILL BE A PAIN, AS I PLAN MY WEDDING WITH GREAT STRAIN!"


"HOW CAN HE, WHO DOES NO PLOTTING, SHARE IN THIS, OUR TWO LIVES KNOTTING? IT'S AS IF I MAKE THE DOUGH, BAKE THE BREAD TILL IT IS WHOLE, AN ANALOGY OF OUR TWO SOULS, BUT HE CARES NOT; AN UNMOVED TROLL!"


"HONEY, PLEASE REWRITE THE POEM; HOW IN ALL YOUR DAYS YOU WILL NOT ROAM, IN SICKNESS OR IN SUNNY HEALTH, IN POORNESS OR IN TOTAL WEALTH, IN OLD AGE OR IN BITTER DEATH, FOR ETERNITY, IN PEACEFUL REST!"

"FOR HOW MUCH STRESS CAN ONE ENDURE, THE PATH AHEAD ALL BUT OBSCURE, WHEN I SAY "I'M JUST NOT SURE," "WHATEVER YOU THINK," COMES HIS RETORT. EASIER THAN OFFERING HELP, IS FEIGNING INTEREST, THAT GREAT WHELP!

"MY YOUNGEST SON, EFFEMINATE, HE IS WILLING TO ABET. I JUST HOPE HE IS NOT GAY, AS HE'D MAKE A WOMAN HAPPY SOME DAY; HE'LL LISTEN TO HER, ATTENTION HE'LL PAY; PROBABLY EVEN PLAN THEIR WEDDING DAY!"

"THE AISLE AWAITS, THE TIME DRAWS NEAR; YET MY PLEAS FOR HELP, NO ONE HEARS; THE TEMPTATION ARISES, MAYHAP I SHOULD QUIT; WE'LL HAVE OUR WEDDING AT THE REDNECK BAR; IN ACID BURNED JEANS AND STAINED, WHITE TOPS; SHOELESS IN THE DRUNKEN MOB; OUR CAMERA STOLEN, BOTH RINGS GONE; THROWN ABOUT IN THE REDNECK THRONG!"

"I MUST STAY ON COURSE, THOUGH NONE SEEM TO CARE, AS THEY SAY THROUGH THEIR PUZZLED STARES; IF HUSBAND PLANS IT, DEATH AWAITS; THE REDNECK BAR WOULD BE OUR FATE. LOTS MORE LONELY WORK TO DO, UNTIL OUR WEDDED BLISS COMES TRUE."