this poem about marriage was quoted in reality bites, one of the greatest movies of all time. an excerpt.



should i get married? should i be good?

astound the girl next door with my velvet suit and faustus hood?

don't take her to movies but to cemeteries

tell all about werewolf bathtubs and forked clarinets

then desire her and kiss her and all the preliminaries

and she going just so far and i understanding why

not getting angry saying you must feel! it's beautiful to feel!

instead take her in my arms lean against an old crooked tombstone

and woo her the entire night the constellations in the sky

-gregory corso, marriage-