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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{the lily crown}
  rae pater



Today you stand at an altar
and make vows you once made to me
with somebody else.

Your family, our kids,
and all our old friends
will be there.

I'm at work. Meeting, greeting,
clearing tables, same as any other day.

But around my head
I feel a slight pressure,
as though a wreath of white lilies
rested there.