I’m reaching for your wellies
and dinosaur waterproof trousers
to stuff in your backpack like
it’s the most normal thing in the world.
You have skin and a liver and a yellow cap.
You eat cereal and play with trains
and breathe oxygen and allow it into your heart.
I’m reaching for your wellies
and dinosaur waterproof trousers
and I will be the one who has to
stop you drowning in puddles like
it’s the most normal thing in the world.

© Carl Burkitt 2023