Mary was upstairs working at her desk reading an article on algebraic numbers and sorting out her post.
She got an instant message from a former colleague in the math Department.
Hi,Mary. how are you?
I’m fine, Tim.How are you?
Well,I really miss the department!
I’m sorry.
Actually Mary, it’s you I miss.
But you hardly ever spoke to me.
No, but iI looked at you.You are very beautiful.
Well, you are very handsome,yourself
You know what I’d like?
No.
I’d like a photo of you in your underwear.
I haven’t got any photos
Can’t you get some?
Well, I suppose i could use my webcam and photograph my top half.
Oh. how nice!
Then I guess I could sit on the photocopier and photograph my bottom
but I don’t think I can do them both at once.
How about you go to a pool in a bikini
I don’t wear a bikini.
I don’t mind if you are nude!
Well,I am a bit startled by this.I thought all we shared was an interest in quadratic forms and Euclidean post-structuralism.
Well, I’ve moved on to your form, Mary.
Really; do you know I have a mild type of Asperger’s Syndrome?
I thought he looked lonely.
Do you know him?
Not in the Biblical sense! Just to speak to.
I thought he was dead.
Not at all…he’s turned into a parrot.Meanwhile how about some minimalist photos?
No, you’ll have to meet me in Cafe Zero.
Which one?
In Knittingham.
Will I recognize you by the bikini?
Why do you like bikinis so much?
I’ll see what my therapist thinks.
I want to know what you think.
I love you, Mary.
Well, since Stan has Annie I guess I can have coffee with you.
.
Then we can discuss Platonic forms.
While I look at your form.
Is that my Health Form?
No, your bodily form.
I have no body now!
What happened?
I’ve been downloaded into the new computer.
I thought your voice sounded odd.
Shall I email myself as an attachment to you?
I’d like to think about that.
Well.goodbye Tim.
Goodbye, you little minx.
A minx…whatever next?
Bring me your minx ,dill, dilly
Bring me your inks
when I’m in love, dilly, dilly,
I ache for those links.
How my heart sings 