The threshers threshed the wheat, the fishers fished the sea
The polishers polished tarnished spoons, and washers washed the dishes
Yet too soon, the ushers ushered in well-wishers wishing their best wishes
As she sat-shedding gushers from long lashed blues-disheveled, shell shocked; Shelby
Bushels of brushes were brandished, with the brashest of hopes dashed
An unblemished ashen face, framed by cockleshell tangles, mouthed banshee curses
While gatecrashers fleshed hushed gossip, sheathed hostilities flourished in new crisis
Kosher love blushed and languished as Sheldon pushed into the plushest room, trashed
Replenished tears fell as the shearer with shears, sheared her locks as naked sheep
But sheepishly, Sheldon sheltered Shelby from name smashers in any tabloid sheet
Fears smooshed by established fortitude, two tushes walked unabashed, as flashes repeat
Finished vows relinquished harshest scoresheet, of beauty, as sheer agony found defeat
The threshers, fishers, polishers, washers, ushers and all
Even the brush-brandishers and the shearer that sheared Shelbys' locks
Stonewashed the tale of the wedding and the sheen they all seem to recall
As served sherry and sherbet, the old couple relishes photos they've kept in a box


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