she always dreamed of having a wedding in white and gold
to make her grand entrance in a shower of sparklers
so the woman planned accordingly
and scheduled the wedding
for new years' eve
her fiancé was
a simple man with a
fascination with the ordinary
drank his coffee black and studied the market
couldn't wait to buy a house on the same street his friends lived
the suburbs never quite summoned her like the glittering city did
but for devotion she put her urban fantasies aside
chose a quiet life as a preschool teacher
so she could be a worker
and a mother
he worked
out in the oil fields
off the coast of the silent little town
where they would carve their names into the cement
around the house that he dreamed would be their forever home
at the wedding she stood with a glass of champagne in hand
swirling it around, watching the bubbles float
she twirled her ring around her finger
wondering if anyone noticed
she was alone
the party
was far more elaborate
than what she anticipated from
her and her husbands' farm-raised families
but when you have a donor willing to pay, things get done
her husband had a brother married to a famous celebrity
and suddenly her special day revolved
around someone unrelated
to the ceremony
at hand
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champagne and sparklers
Poetryshe wanted a new years' eve wedding . for wattpadpoetry's january contest