pastel de bodas

congratulation's exaggeration
erected on a plate of pearled meringue
upward thrusting cherubim surround an iced cathedral's spires and scrolls
sweetness peaks
a couples frosted promises in rococo

two daunting towers of sugar scrape
the sky a marathon of lily buds and tiny leaves
an eggwhite bride atop the celebration's looming mount
blue electric Champaign fountain
bubbles ballerinas in-between

counting columns and twenty tiers of cream and coconut baroque
i fear
a toppling of pillars
groom
and cake

shrouded by her celebration's bake
fabrications
and petticoated silk
quiet trickles sticky leakings
curdled doily drippings of evaporated milk