‘Romeo and Juliet’ of the coronavirus lockdown marry

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An Italian couple dubbed a “modern-day Romeo and Juliet” fell in love across their balconies during the lockdown and now plan to marry. Host Marco Werman tells the story (in iambic pentameter) of Paola and Michele, and their romance in Verona, in the time of corona.

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