THEY CALL THIS A WEDDING

THEY CALL THIS A WEDDING but I call it the clanking of gears
everyone is looking up as though a smell of burning has just appeared
in the cabin of an airplane shortly before takeoff, as the engines start to roar
and a blinking light comes on and the flight attendants fall to the floor
and I wonder, why do the papers with their thick fonts and their writing
try to gel the entire world into thinking this bilge is exciting?
what do they think this combination of lizards can be worth
when they ignore the unspeakable marriage of moon and earth?

THEY CALL THIS A WEDDING but I call it Friday.