The two Pauline’s were sharing a bath
It had been a long flight
They were still travelling
Too tired to read
The taller Pauline
Thought of her home town
Bude in Cornwall
Nude in Bude
She smiled and dismissed
Her ridiculous thought
What about Rude in Bude
Or Food in Bude
Her sister got out of the bath
Leaving only one Pauline in the bath
The Pauline who was not in the bath
Was looking at the city
Wearing only a towel
Her eyes were beginning to get heavy
And the neon lights were beginning to blur