Love's Indirection

If I risk annoying and inconveniencing you
by sending you songs and such,
that must mean I really love you.

Some might advise me to spare you
the embarrassment of asking me to stop.
By sending you songs anyway, I show I really love you—

which makes it even worse:
it’s an awkward posItion I’ve put
you in—if you’re annoyed and inconvenienced,

I’m not surprised, and I hope you
don’t mind too much
my intrusive love for you, all too

evident in the way I pester you
day after day with my rich
attentions. If you feel annoyed and inconvenienced,

I trust you’ll let me know, but instead
you reward me by saying something nice.
You see my willingness to annoy and inconvenience you.
You know I really love you.