Of course the bride’s dog came to the wedding
and was allotted a chair at the top table
at which he sat with a gloomy expression
and a chewed satin bow.
The groom fed him morsels of pheasant —
laughing rather theatrically
when his finger was nipped
and the blood dyed his table napkin
a shade to match the azaleas.
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