A Theorem of Love with Greater and Lesser Corollary Statements

Jesse Doiron

June 12, 2022

I love you theoretically, 

            which is not to say 

                        I love you well 

                                    nor very badly; 

                                    rather, I mean to say 

                        I love you in the 

            measured way of those 

who count on fingers. 

                                    I love you theoretically, 

                        which is not to say 

            I love you well 

nor mistakenly; 

rather, I mean to say 

            I love you despite the 

                        wrong assumptions  

                                    I, too often, make. 

I love you theoretically, 

            which is not to say 

                        I love you well 

                                    nor accurately; 

                                    rather, I mean to say 

                        I love you in a  

            countless day-  

to-day adjusting. 

                                    I love you theoretically, 

                        which is not to say 

            I love you well 

nor with an answer; 

rather, I mean to say 

            I love you in an 

                        infinitely  

                                    questionable way.

Jesse Doiron spent 13 years overseas in countries where he often felt as if he were a “thing” that had human qualities but couldn’t communicate them. He teaches college, now, to people a third his age. He still feels, often, as if he is a “thing” that has human qualities but can’t communicate them.