Bottles of WKD Blue are wearing off
while silver buckled black loafers
are upside down on the landing.
A Pot Noodle is brewing on the desk
next to highlighted AS Geography revision
and Eurosport is playing German football
on a perfectly square 12-inch TV.
It’s 3am. Wet look gel continues
to make a naturally curly fringe
as straight as a soldier blending in.
The Pot Noodle is ready now.
It’s chicken and mushroom
and life, no matter what the ache
in the very tip of your skull thinks,
will never be as wonderful.

Carl Burkitt 2024

Written while listening to ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ by Guns N’ Roses.