The lad from Coronation Street is
getting work done on his house
and talking to builders on his driveway.
Real life neighbours and poets and
children walking to school are
slowing down to get a peek into his world.
The sun is putting a shift in this morning.
Buttercups magicked their way out of nothing,
a sparrow has invented wings to travel,
the tree at the end of the road
is exploring the flexibility of the colour green.
A builder with a tattooed tells the lad
from Coronation Street to make him a tea
before tearing open a bag of cement.

Carl Burkitt 2024