There goes my avatar
eyes like oiled nuts
wounded in dope-wars
she winced on the pleasure
like a mouth crammed with
crab apple and valium
double click Paddington
a ticket for linden dollars
catch the 9.43 to Reading
then drag and drop her
from carriage to platform
checking her messages
the onward train leaves
the last platform each hour
like a forgotten toy
what calls and where
Theale, Aldermaston
Midgham. Maybe it will
be different this time,
the virtual world
submit to the real.
