whitewashed

a poem

Photo by CHAUDHRY Ilyas on Unsplash

I was married in a white hessian veil

unsoiled in white rose water
corseted in white whale bones
bound in white jute lace
obscured in white starched crinoline
penned in white burlap birdcage
swathed in white barbed filigree
presented on white pearl-strung tenterhooks