Poems of Passage
Matt Simpson, 5 January 1989
Smart and ominous in suits the groom’s brothers, brothers-in-law are clutching cans of lager like grenades;
his sisters, sisters-in-law in crockery hats curl fingers round champagne, fill the room with lipstick, teeth;
and little lads in dicky bows, little girls all curls in first communion frocks have got the piano cornered and the cat.
The Best Man hates himself,...