He’s eating Mini Cheddars by the bar
and puts a couple over his eyes
pretending they’re tiny spectacles.
The lads laugh
then ask him about his son
and how his wife is getting on
and if work has picked up.
He shoves six more Mini Cheddars
in his mouth, smiles
with puffed out cheeks and calls himself
“Harry the Happy Hamster”.

Carl Burkitt 2024