My body walks up to yours, your sweet shiny smile welcoming me to our forever The priest coughs into the mic, we stop staring at each other to look at him. Oh lover, we are here and I cannot believe it. Before we stand here…

The girl stands still before the closed doors in front of her, Her hands shake a delicate petal tumbles to the red carpeted floor beneath her. She feels the satin ribbon around the stems dampens with perspiration.   The girl turns her head slightly careful…

Hour 4 9/2/2023   “What Makes Us?…”   “Momma!” “Look!” pretty, pretty… “pretty…” And the lil fingers grasp and pull, grasp and pull… legs RUN to other visions of pretty, pretty… lil fingers, stained with green, stained with smiles stained with pretty, pretties… lil hands…