i certify you,
and in so doing make you real.

until certification is complete,
and the correct box checked,
answering the query:
married? single? divorced?,
you're a pigment
of society's unimagination.

it's then

that i give you essence, importance
for you have been chosen
by man to serve his needs.

and

you get to check the married box.

01/31/2005