When Sebastian first saw Shiloh she was riding a scooter
and wore her pet peacock on her head.
At that moment he wished to be her suitor
and hoped that someday they would wed.
He bowed to her and removed his purple bowler hat
which had an orange tulip growing out the top.
She told him she owned a high-tech laundromat
and he told her he owned a secondhand bookshop.
She introduced him to Smithers.
That was her peacock's name.
He told her he was in love with her
and hoped that she felt the same.
She said she liked men who were quirky and weird
and more than a little bit nutty.
Just then a sugar glider emerged from his beard.
Sebastian said, "This is Cosmo, my buddy."
That won Shiloh over right away
and she agreed that they should marry.
She said, "Let's do it on National Gorilla Suit Day,
which is the thirty-first of January."
They got married wearing gorilla suits
and served bananas at the wedding reception.
Their wedding night is the date they attribute
as the date of their child's conception.
Nine months later as a nightingale crooned
on a cloudless Halloween,
their daughter was born under the full moon
and so they named her Selene. - Jeff Barnes
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