ANTICIPATION

for DS and MH

A balloon trembles at the point

of bursting, champagne corks

unpopped, the bubbles dormant

waiting to be drunk, beer hides

unglugged in pumps unpulled,

unfilled glasses shivering in light

that spills through curtains,

undrawn, to lamps unplugged

and lights unswitched, a bar

unstaffed by men in bowties,

not yet clocked in to sweep

the floor of confettit that remains

unthrown in bags and hands 

that fidget unclapped in laps

of mouths that wait ungasped

for vows and questions still 

unasked, unanswered til an unworn

ring fits the unmarried finger

of a now married man, understand

then and only then they can