Periwinkle dusk cradled in meringue-d moon - br Beams with tinged sun-drops each echoing its own br br Crooning –love for day’s sweet end, far-flung skinny oaks br And ocher-ed waves of spindly marshes dance in the br br Salty drink, architectural perspectives paint br The gentleness of each sentry’s uniform br br Tenderly embracing reflection-ed wetness br Slowly emptying the tendril-ed ribbon-ed br br Salty streams outward into the great Atlantic br Wilds, divided sepias outline the punctuat- br br Ing dance with kisses of our entwined enchantment br Charleston salt flats welcoming lovers hungry souls br br br (Celebrating Thirty Years of Love, br Charleston, South Carolina, May 17,2008)br br Debora Shortbr br