April 15 - It Takes Two

Prompt was to write including doubles


As bar room 
weddings go
it was quite the big deal
not to mention the
scandal of
lesbiandom in ‘75
two butch truck driving
dykes saying “I do”
in spite of the rules
femmes went with
butches and
butches with femmes
but they didn’t care
what people said
they’d roll
snake eyes for a
chance on love
so there they stood
under the disco ball
as the drag queens
came up the aisle
two by two
exotic species
that survived the floods
marching to
the Beatles
“Two of Us”
we came behind
strutting peacock pairs
with our slicked
back hair
proudly all aglow
in our powder blue
suits with starched
ruffled shirts
After the drinking
and dancing for hours
to the local Denny’s
we repair
a rainbow kaleidoscope
through the double
glass doors
for me it’s the regular
two eggs
scrambled hard
two bacons and
double toast
now coffee
a lingering finish
when out of the blue
queen drags me
up from my seat
time to go
time to take me home
at the register
I fumble to pay
two twenties in hand
when suddenly
with a push and a pull
I’m out the front door
deer in the headlights
we’re ditching the check
queen’s tearing down
the street with gown
hiked to her jewels
busting a heel
the other gone flying
her Texas high hair
wobbling to the side
now pointing left
she grabs hold
of her wig
running running running
until we collapse
lying in the park
choking for air
that will not come
as our laughter
blocks the way
happiness seeps into
bone and I know
it’s been a
grand wedding day
for a couple in love
as good as they
ever come
for the likes of us