The Sentence

Happily married, lovely children

a good education, great status
pride of the parents, a role model.

A lapse of character, for fun
out with the boys for a drink,
she is young, pretty and exciting
a nice gal, perhaps!

The next time, just the two
out for fun, one thing to another
eating forbidden fruits
sacred vows forgotten, for the moment.

The Family, out of sight unaware
later nothing the same
A persistent dry cough, an ugly rash
unexplained night sweats
groping fear, tormenting guilt

The verdict unbearable, sentence too harsh
in ignorance the wife infected,
the children affected.
It was just for fun!