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Reminds me of Revelation, even before the end... that book still confuses me.

First 2 stanzas made me wonder if it's a real wedding vs metaphor.

Love the lang/images.  Made me wanna reread a few times!

Had to reread the title a few times.  Unsure how it's connected to the poem?

Love the rewrite.  Seemed to differ from 1st.

Looked up  Rachelite.

Funny.

Wonder how it'd be without the rhymes.

What if it was a break up poem?

Agree with Tracy.

sweat-sisters = sweatpants or exercise friends?

Get it's criticizing Trump, but don't fully grasp the baby brother metaphor.

Should "he has glaciers,
you can watch them melt."
be:
You can watch him [and his friends] melt all the glaciers.??
--> Just a suggestion 

Not knowing any backstory, the poem itself seems light and in jest.  IDK if you wanted it more as a commentary...

Heard more of the Hollywood Ten... didn't know of these authors were Blacklisted.  Each of the 3 first stanzas can be each own poem.

Feels like there should be a transition between 3rd and 4th stanzas.

Wow, wondered if Joel face health issues from it?

What do you teach?  Poem's speaker seemed like a student in the class??