Instant Deadline

Before I dive into
twelve hundred pages
released yesterday
I need to plan
how to exit
without fangs and claws.


"At this rate, you're never going to get to know the real me," says Virginia.

"Sometimes I think that may be true," I say.

"Come on, let the legalise languish," she says.  "We have things to do, stories to tell."

"I won't neglect you, " I say.  "Haven't you heard, patience is a virtue?"

"Not when my well-being is at stake," she says.  "Take too long and I may change into a villain."

"Maybe," I take note.