Dear Miss Yrotaval Poem by Michael Pruchnicki

Let me state my case, dearest Meghan.
Some have called me
most eligible bachelor on the campus,
this ivory tower of the intellect,
where grown-up children frolic
day and night in bookish bliss,
but I am not the most eligible.

Meghan dear, let me tell you
of a most notable ancestor,
whose love for his Beatrice
transcended all. True, he wed
another, but his heart and soul
belonged to the love of his youth
and the woman who inspired
his epic poem, a divine comedy!

Dearest Meghan, you are my
Beatrice, my soul mate,
my sole inspiration!

When you visited me last week
in my humble abode
on Purgatory Lane,
you expressed the most
profound feelings for me,
dearest Meghan!

I dream of that visit -
a visitation most heavenly!

Please meet me this evening
near the bell tower outside
the student commons at
eight o'clock.

Yours most affectionately,

(signature)

Danny Alighieri
Professor of English
Dodsworth Technical College