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A church wedding
Sitting on a memorial bench
in the drizzle I watched a
Scottish wedding party file
out of a church
everyone seemed happy
the bills had been
paid in advance
I wondered where
the money would go
make its way to the
bank somehow
I thought about our common
law married status
and knew it was free
but uncommon
I thought if all the money
used for church weddings
was used to gain legal rights
for common law recognition
our children would be better off
in the drizzle I watched a
Scottish wedding party file
out of a church
everyone seemed happy
the bills had been
paid in advance
I wondered where
the money would go
make its way to the
bank somehow
I thought about our common
law married status
and knew it was free
but uncommon
I thought if all the money
used for church weddings
was used to gain legal rights
for common law recognition
our children would be better off
Published 5th May 2010
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