From the prompt, "What was the last text you received?"
lyrics
Carol loved an image
Of a man in a morning coat
Standing at the altar
And reading his vows from a folded up note
Beside him in the image
Was the bride in a taffeta gown
Smiling back at Carol
Her old friend and freshman year roommate at Brown
And they made such a perfect pairing
But she couldn't get out of her head
That she'd always thought she'd be wearing
The taffeta gown at that altar instead
You see at one point
He'd said, "Carol...
You're the angel my heart dreams of."
But she wasn't the one in the image
The image that Carol loved
And how could Carol not "heart" it?
She knew it would happen this way
After all she was there when it started
The moment that she introduced them that day
And she felt the years unrolling
She could hear the church bells chime
She knew she should keep on scrolling
Instead she sat back and remembered a time
He'd said, "Listen, darling Carol
You're the angel my heart dreams of."
Turns out he was only an image
And image that Carol loved.
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