Epithalamion:
An Undetected Life
The Martians have decided to get married.
Bridal magazines unfold on the end tables
and curl in the humidity of the bathroom.
Every weekend they take the city bus
to the mall, to David’s, and to boutiques
lined with suits, tuxes, and cummerbunds.
They price check city parks, Unitarian churches,
and grassy knolls that overlook koi ponds.
They all fill out an application to officiate
because they can’t decide who gets to
wear the veil or sprinkle rose petals
and who will be allowed to kiss whom.
They decorate the backyard with tulle,
fairy lights, and rows of folding chairs.
Everyone arrives, but the Martians.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Madeline Wiseman is the author of American Galactic (Martian Lit, 2014), Queen of the Platform (Anaphora Literary Press, 2013), Sprung (San Francisco Bay Press, 2012), and the collaborative book Intimates and Fools (Les Femmes Folles Books, 2014) with artist Sally Deskins, as well as two letterpress books, and eight chapbooks, including Spindrift (Dancing Girl Press, 2014). She is the editor of Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2013). Wiseman has a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has received an Academy of American Poets Award, the Wurlitzer Foundation Fellowship, and her work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Margie, and Feminist Studies. www.lauramadelinewiseman.com
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Seann Patrick McCollum has self-published ten books of poetry, with another two due later this year. As should be apparent, he is slightly obsessive and a control freak but otherwise completely harmless. He stands five foot ten in his socks and is patiently waiting for this whole internet business to blow over. His work can be found at songoferyops.blogspot.com.
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