I am thinking about weddings.

October 5th, 2006

I was at my cousin’s wedding this weekend.

All of my friends seem to be of marrying age—just waiting around, waiting to get married. Or deciding never to get married. One or the other. I’m not entirely against the idea. And I think I would like to have some sort of ceremony, rather than running off to City Hall.  It would be fun to have music and readings and such.

Maybe one reading could be Stan Apps’ poem,  “A Massive Image of Elmo”…

A Massive Image of Elmo

A massive image of Elmo is in the air above Elmo.

Elmo is surrounded by monsters of other colors

Looking at Elmo, listening to Elmo.

Elmo in the air holds his paws up and out

Reaching out to the world, to beseech, to cuddle

Blue monsters look at Elmo, green monsters look at Elmo

Monsters made out of used rags shake Elmo’s hand

Elmo is at the center

Elmo creates the circle that surrounds Elmo

There is nothing more deeply human than the family

The family is a dynamic power structure

That contains individuals by circumscribing them

Circles are sacred; the center of circles are sources

Elmo creates the circle that surrounds Elmo

The circle creates the massive image of Elmo

That is in the air above Elmo

All the monsters around Elmo take meaning from Elmo

Monster society is the production of monster consciousness

and monster being by monsters

The massive image of Elmo above Elmo is on a wall

The meaning that Elmo offers us is not a created meaning

Elmo is a monster at the center of the world

Which is where monsters belong

And the world shall serve the interests of monsters now

Rather than the abstract needs of imaginary beings

4 Responses to “I am thinking about weddings.”

  1. kaveri Says:

    Your post made me google Stan Apps. And he has a good blog.
    http://www.oracularvaginatakesherplace.blogspot.com/

  2. Dyna Says:

    Have a wedding at Sesame Place

    http://www.sesameplace.com/

  3. mace Says:

    i recently moved to providence and stumbled upon your website/blog/art museum…and have been enjoying it. i actually think i found you through a google search for providence food blogs…and was happy to find your site offers even more than that. cheers!

  4. Miguel del Fuego Says:

    Stan Apps really is one of the greatest essayists around. His blog archives are totally worth rumaging through on a regular basis. And the idea of a Mitch-Kaveri wedding where “A Massive Image of Elmo” figures prominently is, well, sublime.

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