Poem: "The Veil"

"The Veil"

She stands at the altar
her fiance apparently decided
to run off with that hot brunette
40-ish cougar
in the leopard print
and high heels

The bride
smiles to herself
amid a rush of tears
"It was so easy back then,"
she says with a sigh

He promised to take her
away from all the sadness
from all the pain that tortured
her aching heart

That first night
she found out
that he loved her

She decided to repay him
in kind
with lingerie and red wine
it was a sordid, lovely night

Time passed and the two
became joined at the hip
he took a steady 9-5
while she stayed home with the kids

The night of their undoing
he was caught in the backseat
getting to know the neighbor's wife
with his pants down around his ankles

The bastard smiled afterward
and, upon his return, the bride
punched him square in the face
and stormed out of the house

The lonely veil left on the killing floor.

Copyright: 2009, by Raymund Diaz Delizo