Surely not mere liking!
Yet some use it so.
Perhaps it is a strong feeling of affection?
Nay, that seems far too trivial for what hath been done in its name.
Some knaves would say "I love you",
yet mere carnal knowledge is their goal.
If that be love, I will have none of it!
Infatuation?
Mayhap, yet still it seems not quite right.
My head spins, yet the words do not come.
A pox upon these bookish definitions!
In honour, but one course remains:
I shall proclaim my love to my lady, my Dulcinea,
and allow the definition to be hers!
(dedicated to she who is my Lady, even if she has yet to acknowledge
it)
your humble servant
Leonard
17-June-1988
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