David drives his branded van around town
giving doggies their dinners. They sit on driveways
wagging their tails like hands at David
as he pulls up with his doggie dinners.
He has letterheads and business cards
with the words David’s Doggie Dinners
printed on them. He wears a cap with David’s
Doggie Dinners on it and a pair of shorts
embroidered with DDD. He has a folder on
his bookshelf with My Sweet Davie’s
Dog-Dog Din- Dins scribbled on
with a Sharpie and a failed
edible toilet roll product with his logo emblazoned.
The owners of the dogs never thank David
for their doggie’s dinners and he drives home
with a packet of chips from a shop called
King’s Chippy for his wife and daughter
who barely see him.

© Carl Burkitt 2023