JUST MARRIED

Las Vegas Poster

JUST MARRIED

Up the mountain tonight

sun setting in spring colors

of yellow-flowered paloverde trees

and orange ocotillo.

Saguaro, city smog

fall behind in my mirror

as I drive north

past the Badass Barbecue Steakhouse

past tried and true pies

at the Rock Springs cafe,

where wind comes

roaring down the canyon.

Just Married cruises by,

groom slouched lazily at the wheel

bride with feet on dash and for a bit,

there is envy--sometimes

I'd like us to start over

...I think.

Cohen on the CD singing

Suzanne has touched

his perfect body with her mind

and didn't we all want that

the perfect body, the touching

those hot Just Married days

to last forever?

My ears begin to pop

as I climb and then down again

past the Runaway Truck ramp.

I wonder who uses it,

who makes that single set of tracks

down that unmarked road.

Just Married zips by me again

through the Verde Valley,

and we haul now, once more

up over the Rim,

no more runaways now

just that long, hard climb.

Twenty nine years you and me

still married. Tonight,

feed me tea and oranges, love.

Touch me.

- mimi