But I must admit I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.

I will love you as a drawer loves a secret compartment, and as a secret compartment loves a secret, and as a secret loves to make a person gasp, and as a gasping person loves a glass of brandy to calm their nerves, and as a glass of brandy loves to shatter on the floor, and as the sound of glass shattering loves to make everyone else gasp, and as someone gasping loves a nearby desk to lean against, even if leaning against it presses a lever that loves to open a drawer and reveal a secret comp...

I will love you no matter how many mistakes I make when trying to reduce fractions, and no matter how difficult it is to memorize the periodic table. I will love you as the manatee loves the head of lettuce and as the dark spot loves the leopard, as the leech loves the ankle of a wader and as the corpse loves the beak of the vulture. I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and as the passengers love the lifeboat and as the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whal...

I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.