I spend a certain amount of my time in in Second Life in the form of a pixie. This came out in response to being asked my age – elves have a tendency to go on about how long-lived they are – like- hundreds or thousands of years. As I pixie I am ageless, and probably quite old but we tend to have a different perspective.

LESSER FAE OR PIXIE, IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ‘HOW OLD ARE YOU?’

I'm as eternal as a dewdrop

With its rainbow heart.

Each moment a galaxy aeon

In one dragonfly dart.

Don't ask me my age, I can't count.

Each of my fingers tells its tale,

Grubby with tree-sap and mud.

"One, two, three," I chant

Lost in their stories before I've begun.

Here! there! Now it's gone - I don't count

These moments of mayfly, galaxy life