At the generalized venue in Norcross
The lady wrestler and the restaurant trumpeter
Celebrate their nuptials which like all ritual occasions
Arose out of trauma
The harried the hunted laboring for bread
The solemn words gave way
To festive food and drink and dance and lively song
He appears most days at the construction site
She takes a break from hospitality services
These too are public places amenable to those
Who do not yearn for quiet lives
Who must adopt quietude for wages
The only sounds the hammer blow and the toilet flush
Dampened perhaps by low radio drone
He sings softly along
She moves her supple hip
An IV line to boisterous revelry
The tumult of the arena
The vaquero’s lusty cry