No Homo

A poem created from the opening paragraph of a letter penned by Alexander Hamilton to John Laurens, 1779, aka -

Alexander Hamilton’s totally hetero poem for John Laurens:

Cold in my professions,

warm in my friendships, 

I wish, my Dear Laurens, 

It might be in my power, by action rather than words to convince you

That I love you. 

I shall only tell you that 'til you bade us Adieu, 

I hardly knew the value you had taught my heart to set upon you. 

Indeed, my friend,

It was not well done.

You know the opinion I entertain of mankind, 

And how much it is my desire to preserve myself free from particular attachments, 

And to keep my happiness independent of the caprice of others. 

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility 

To steal into my affections without my consent. 

But as you have done it,

And as we are generally indulgent to those we love, 

I shall not scruple to pardon the fraud you have committed, 

On condition that for my sake, 

If not for your own, 

You will always continue to merit the partiality, 

which you have artfully instilled into me.