THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

Albert catches
the train to Vienna.

It is moving
at the speed of light.

He puts the torch to ON...
but it doesn't come....on.

He's forgotten to
put batteries in.

The practical always
gets him.

Instead, he watches his head
decapitated  in the dark.

floating in the window
staring back at

him
(self).

His reflection surreally
more real than he..

His mind caught
between two worlds.

The train dashes out of
this tunnelled darkness

& suddenly reality is all
sunlight & cows

trees frantically trying to
keep up with the train.

He also has a theory about
relatives.

He takes out his notebook
& amidst all

the hieroglyph of
calculations

he makes an important
note to self

in a scrawl only he
can decipher

"Don't forget
batteries!"