Late Groom

She smoothed her skirts of ivory lace

while pondering their recent tryst,

and made sure things were all in place.

Her marble features showed no trace

of all the places he had kissed.

She smoothed her skirts of ivory lace.

 His love was spirited, not base,

some discipline was all he missed;

she’d make sure that was all in place.

Six hours late - she was disgraced -

he stumbled in completely pissed.

She smoothed her skirts of ivory lace.

She saw he was a desperate case

when she reviewed her growing list

to make sure things were all in place.

A glacial smile upon her face,

she gave her bridegroom’s neck a twist,

then smoothed her skirts of ivory lace

and made sure things were all in place.

This Villanelle is for dVerse open link night.  Click on the link to see more.  
Also, thanks to Christi Moon for help tweaking the meter.  Here is the Villanelle form using capitals for the refrains and lowercase letters for the rhymes: A1-b-A2/ a-b-A1/ a-b-A2/ a-b-A1/ a-b-A2/ a-b-A1-A2

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