The Last Dodo in Tokyo


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