As the century snarls towards a full stop,

living together is frightening:

the young don’t marry because they’re scared.

I wouldn’t do it this late

but some kids still go the whole shebang,

a couple I love did it on New Year’s Day

in a clearing in the Dandenongs

as hungover as the worst of their guests,

so romantic they refused a gift,

requested a wedding poem, sweet fucking idiots.