On equal footing according to scripture

aisthesis and nous created he them

conjoined in harmonious discursive state

no sin in the flesh of creation divine

but in voluptas the all-too-human

will to deceive bent on delectation.

Thus Eriugena laying the groundwork

for discourse that perpetually activates

a narrative tension in the spirit of romance.

Héloïse after the severance

rewriting the institution of marriage

in long letters to her estranged spouse.

Marie rescripting the same canonical doctrine

for a new aristocratic audience

consisting in significant part of women.

Aliénor / Eléne — wife and mother

to kings daughter and muse of poets

the birthright of kingdoms her matrimony.