Already breast to breast
and toe to toe, they made
their sinuous necks
as erect as flagpoles.

They tilted their heads
back as far as they would go.
They pressed their long throats
and the undersides of their jaws together.

They formed a tower,
the two of them--a single structure,
pointed on top
and resting on four blue feet.

Thus was their marriage solemnized.

There were no witnesses,
no other boobies to celebrate
what a nice couple they were
or how well they had danced.