I asked my pumpkin spiced latte
what it feels like to be wanted
only once a year and it said
it couldn’t hear me because
A) it was too busy dealing with
an ever-growing queue of smiling
faces that needed it – a group
of people that took time out
of their day to finally give it
the chance to be what it was
put on this earth to be: authentic,
unique, unafraid to stand alone and
B) it didn’t have ears.

© Carl Burkitt 2023