I DO, I DON’T

Writing about marriage
When you’re getting married
is hard.

Writing about marriage
When you’re getting married
While you’re still a student
is hard.

Writing about marriage
When you’re getting married
While you’re still a student
While you’re sitting in a classroom
is hard.

Writing about marriage
When you’re getting married
While you’re still a student
While you’re sitting in a classroom
When you’re really not getting married
is harder.


*Poem written and published in 1984 as a School of Visual Arts student in NYC, sitting in a classroom about to get married.