Afternoon Reverie - Intrusions from Wonderland

the online conference

about the purpose of life

hangs on like an invitation

to a long-awaited Wonderland.

the voices get blurred,

the lips incessantly moving

while the speaker dissolves

like the Cheshire cat

there’s just a mouth

floating around the screen,

sermonising “begin at the beginning

and go on till you come to the end.

Then stop”.

as the purpose of life

slips off me like a fast rabbit,

my gaze falls down the cup of tea

where Alice blinks,

waving a hat.