He has a Twix and tiramisu every day, and at least four Müller Corners

Her friends don’t know
whether she’s talking with pride or concern.
She takes a sip of her tea, dabs her mouth
with a cotton hanky from her cardigan sleeve.
That’s enough about mine, she says,
how are your pups doing?

© Carl Burkitt 2022

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