Fussell

The happiest minute of life
Was meeting the pavement with you
Here to the end of the universe
But a step or two.

A step, stroll, a solar-system roll
A stitch in time
Your coloured jumper, my shabby coat
A rainbow and a moonbeam.

You a queen, and I a page
One sovereign, one dime
For one monetary moment
Life is fine.

Your face! Your smile!!
A natural ascent
Nature's ornament
Through the air, along the road
I and I a king!
Ambassadors of our genders
A summit - sanguine
I do believe
Life can begin.

The happiest minute of life
Was walking the pavement with you
From here to the end of the universe
Only a step or two.