Spent the morning trying
to use my coiled tail as a pogo stick.
Didn’t work. Rolled in mud for a bit,
listened to a bloke telling his date
on the other side of the gate in my field
that I am in fact smarter than a dog.
Watched him talk about the benefits
of high intensity interval training,
recite his favourite Jay-Z lyrics,
lie about feeling comfortable
in his demanding office job, not
ask her a single question, recommend
an organic chorizo he’d seen on Kickstarter.

© Carl Burkitt 2023