Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, QUIEN SABE?, by MINA SHAFER


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First Line: A mexican couple / oblivious of the ... Crowd
Last Line: For wife beating.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


A Mexican couple
Oblivious of the staring crowd,
Climbing the old Court House steps;
The bride in a billowing white veil
And the proverbial orange blossoms.

Across the street stands the County Jail,
From which the groom has been released
Under a solemn oath
He would no longer be a bad hombre.

And in the basement of the Court House,
Conveniently located,
Presides a stern judge,
Who dispenses divorces
For wife beating.





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