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A LOT LIKE YOU.
POETRY BY RUDY FRANCISCO


I was told

The average girl begins to plan her wedding at the age of 7

She picks the colors and the cake first



By the age of 10

She knows time,

And location



By 17

She’s already chosen a gown

2 bridesmaids

And a maid of honor



By 23

She’s waiting for a man

Who wont break out in hives when he hears the word “commitment”

Someone who doesn’t smell like a Band-Aid drenched in lonely

Someone who isn’t a temporary solution to the empty side of the bed

Someone

Who’ll hold her hand like it’s the only one they’ve ever seen



To be honest

I don’t know what kind of tux I’ll be wearing

I have no clue what want my wedding will look like



But I imagine

The womAn who pins my last to hers

Will butterfly down the aisle

Like a 5 foot promise



I imagine

Her smile

Will be so large that you’ll see it on google maps

And know exactly where our wedding is being held



The woman that I plan to marry

Will have champagne in her walk

And I will get drunk on her footsteps



When the pastor asks

If I take this woman to be my wife

I will say yes before he finishes the sentence

I’ll apologize later for being impolite

But I will also explain him

That our first kiss happened 6 years ago

And I’ve been practicing my “Yes”

For past 2, 165 days



When people ask me about my wedding

I never really know what to say

But when they ask me about my future wife

I always tell them...



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