Enrico and Corine

The FINDER found a trusted FRIEND
HUSTLING beneath the autumn SUNLIGHT
A familiar SMILE perceived for MILES
INFER FINER adventures of the fun kind

TACOS by the COAST
Weekends SATED with DATES
As they SEARCH for golden ARCHES
Took a GANDER at a GARDEN of bliss

Do they DARE READ the INKS on their SKIN?
A nudge BELOW the ELBOW
A TAP, a PAT, what’s APT?
A moment they WON and NOW OWN

A CANOE in the OCEAN
His CHIN an INCH from hers
Not a CLOUD COULD dampen
That SAFEST of FEASTS

A RING and a GRIN
A little SCARED of that SACRED vow
But FEAR did not FARE well
As they KISS while on wooden SKIS

She MARRIED an ADMIRER
Not a LAME MALE
He is EAGER to AGREE
A DISAGREEMENT is a DEMAGNETISER

He SERVES her VERSES
He’s WORDIER when WORRIED
But his WORDS are not SWORDS that wound
His VOWELS are not WOLVES that devour

On NIGHTS fraught with dark THINGS
They LISTEN with SILENT regard
Not ANGERED or ENRAGED
CREATIVE not REACTIVE

Some STATED fears are TASTED
She DREADS SADDER episodes
But he is a CALM CLAM
A QUIET she QUITE welcomes

When a SERPENT plagues the PRESENT
Or a VIRAL RIVAL dominates
They UNITE not UNTIE bonds
A BURDEN of defeat BURNED

With God they form an INTEGRAL TRIANGLE
To fix a DEBACLE BELACED with malice
Ignore DEDUCTIONS DISCOUNTED by judgment
And not let critics STAIN the SATIN of SAINTS

Years of FEATS and FATES
Their DUSTY STUDY a witness
Of tales FILED in a FIELD of memories
A RECITAL of an ARTICLE remembered

The ROSIEST STORIES they’ve told
Were of the THICKEST THICKETS they’ve conquered
How while in the DESERT they’ve RESTED
A DETOUR they’ve TOURED and ROUTED

Mingling now with PAIRS in PARIS
At a CAFE they FACE each other
She REACTS as he TRACES
The FRINGES of her hand with his FINGERS

While SEATED they TEASED each other
Their conversations LAPSE into PEALS of laughter
As they glimpse a SLIVER of a future lined with SILVER
Their IDEALS SAILED together