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My Sister’s Wedding

Los Angeles Times readers submitted their views in verse for a feature dedicated to opinion poetry.
Los Angeles Times readers submitted their views in verse for a feature dedicated to opinion poetry.
(Anthony Russo / For The Times )
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My sister thought

Her wedding

Might never happen

For we lived in a world

Where an arbitrary line was drawn

Between those who were allowed

To express their love in public

And those

Who were not

As if love

Were so over abundant

We could afford

To throw some away

Today

The sun has come up

On something entirely new

The decision was made

At last

That all love is equal

We still need to weep

For the billions who’ve died

With their love unexpressed

But today

We can start

Planning

My sister’s wedding

The author is a poet and playwright who lives in Burbank.

Read more: Opinion poetry by Times readers

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