He tried
            he tried real real hard   to wrap his head around her blonde logic

 

he knew she
                    they  she and her husband  were going to celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary
 

they had plans

but hed been sick

he had been sick almost as long as they had been married 

                                                        

congenital
though not apparent as a youth or teenager
 

it lurked

             as monsters choose to lurk at the edge of darkness
paying out more and more line

making one feel very safe for the things they thought they saw occurring out of the corner of their eyes

that they werent really there

                                                                                                                      

they werent real

then  provided in an exhale

that flawless  perfectly relaxed  fearless   exhale

 

it sprang out 

                    Terrifying!  Horrible!

 

thats tough

  

but   tougher  

buried deep in their vows

buried deeper
                      than their emotional promises(performances) of forever love

their truly of-the-moment  romantically inspired  heartfelt stoked  pronouncements

committed by their hands to paper in blood
read word-for-word to each other

before their adoring somber family and friends(audience)                                                                                                              

                                                                                             buried deeper 

 

are the vows they committed to  recited in the sonorous voice of their celebrant                                                                                                                 

the unflinching  unrelenting  vows to love  honor  and obey    to cherish in sickness 

and in health

when intoxicated

so easily vowed

the intoxicant was wearing thin
under the awful reality of Life living and mundane obligation

you make a promise
there is no its-too-hard provision in that promise

a promise that was not solicited or pandered

a promise up-front brass-tacks  no nonsense

perhaps  as a flimsy defense or excuse  their parents did not caution deliberation or suggest they give it a little time

an eighteen and a seventeen year old might not be fully formed

but Gaaaad would know better than they

He didnt heave railroad ties in their way

                                                                   did He

their anniversary tripped on his bowels

                                                                  he became so constipated  his feces petrous 

he needed to be hospitalised

but she felt he could redeem them

perhaps the painkillers induced him furthur

she posted a running 24/7 loving commentary of their stay on book of Face

compleat with videos snapchats and selfies

and always she in the foreground  primped  a made-up face

in the background  out of focus  barely discernible   he smiled

she professed into the oblivious unblinking eye of her iphone

                                                                                                    This  Was  True  Love

                                                                                                   she couldnt be happier 

                                                                                                           

without her cellphone

                                   

without book of Face

how could she possibly otherwise attest to her undying love care and devotion

he understood

                      he really really did

without them 

no one could possibly know how much she loved her husband

she couldnt go viral

afternoon,  Friday,  17  7. 15 

 0138,  Sunday,  19  7. 15