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The Absentee Bridesmaid’s Speech

Matt Marinovich

I’m sorry I can’t be there, Corinne,
but I’ve been mentally imprisoned
by my husband here in Ohio.
Just kidding. Sort of. Haha.
But I want you
to know that I’m there in
spirit and that marriage
is a beautiful thing
for some people,
and it can even be a wondrous
thing in the beginning
but then we have to make
compromises and then there
is the period after the compromises
in which territory is firmly held
at all costs and the resentment begins,
and you creep up on your husband in
a fogged-up car in the parking lot
of Wings and Rings
with one of his acne-ridden students,
and then you all smoke cigarettes
in the bitter cold and the girl
hugs you and can’t stop holding
on until he drives away.
But then there’s always the morning
to look forward to, whether it’s
blue or gray or pissing with
cold rain, and for one brief moment
you touch his motionless body
and feel your breath catch
until he slowly stirs.

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