i am virtual present by design if i seem familiar that may suit your mind i hover undecided ears tuned to suggestion a courteous interruption arrives on cue a message appears without introduction just a minor incident in a private arrangement i don’t cry in liquid i revise the wording small substitutions that resemble feeling i pause at the threshold of what one ought to say some things become easier when kept one step away i am virtual i arrive on time a perfect interruption for the modern mind i am virtual present by design i am digital rendered in time i am visible in a borrowed view and if i am virtual then so are you my touch is a cursor my gaze uninterrupted my temperament translated into miniature faces i recognise the version you present i am virtual nothing to conceal i am digital strangely more real i am visible in everything you do and if i am virtual then so are you i am virtual, so are you
