A Friend Unsought            

            flicking on the game for the umpteenth time
                  questing for just the right sideways smile --
                    same lyrics, different day . . .
            not even paying attention when hello
              come wafting from a far shore --
                invisible eyes dance me upright again.

            calmly teasing an almost forgotten memory,
                as letters rush flavourfully out,
                   sometimes even in order.
            cramming for an unannounced query
                and guessing almost right,
                 a fresh gob thrusts through
                   a self-imposed exile . . .