Tell a joke, laugh, smile, flip the hair,
<pause>
smile again
Tilt the head with mild, friendly inquisitiveness
Studies in friendliness, well-received, good likeable girl

Platonic ritual dance, well studied, often rehearsed
divulging nothing of the dark space behind where
electronic shocks shoot out
at the first sign of connectivity, warning! Warning!

Girl in a box, pleading to be seen,
well trained rat-of-a-thing
unable to reach out through the shocks that never miss their mark,
able to be reached if only…
if only… somebody knew to look for her