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Wearing a Wedding Ring
by Arthur Dobrin

Branded as surely as cattle
Owned and possessed
The golden circle signifies
My enchantment.
Seared on my singer
A seal and charm revealing
My dumb intention.

Upon my heart it’s drawn:
Chattel.
Upon my brain it’s harrowed:
Chattel.
Upon my lip it’s sewn.

Take me, O wondrous cow.
Familiar fields wait
For our patient
Grazing tongues.

From Angles & Chambers by Arthur Dobrin (Cross-Cultural Communications, 1990).

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