Alice by Heart (until “still”)

Now we’re down the hole

So there you are

And there you are

I’m just so pleased to see you. Here that is.

So pleased to see you too.

In brief: I’m late. You know?

Oh I know. Sorry, sorry. It’s all just been so

Of course. Of course.

Oh my ears and whiskers! I must go.

No!

What?

I don’t know what. Its honestly just

What? It’s time—it’s well past time—you know.

But here we are

Yes—what? How long can we spend on this same page?

One moment please

And then?

We stop, when it’s the end.

In the beginning, we begin

But surely books are made to linger in. Come we’ll find that tiny golden key and enter that loveliest of gardens

The key is key, yes.

But not yet.

But why not? It’s still the story, we’re still here in the story.

No. If we’re here in the story, we must be in the story.

And so… if so, I better go. I mean, that is the story…

Is it?

Perhaps you ate a bit more marble cake today, and you grew bigger?

Is that so bad?

The Queen will be just savage. If I’ve kept her waiting.

But she doesn’t even know you’re here yet