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The 1960s weren’t exactly right
For stars who touched each other in the way
That audiences hated. Lovers might
Endeavor to keep journalists at bay,
But Robert Benevides and his Burr
Were bold ones. They both worked and lived in love.
Of course they had to say in canny slur
That they were business partners, hand in glove
Professionals, or media reports
Were decent in restraint about their bed
Lives, veiling them with very smoky quartz
Allusions, readers wilfully misled.
..The vineyard of these two produced a wine
….Within the outer limits of love’s vine.
~ Phillip Whidden