Former international footballer
Jill Scott does not like my socks.
She says they’re too short to be ‘normal’ socks
and too long to be ‘trainer’ socks.
She does not like how they sit
just above the ankle. Her colleagues,
Ian Wright and Roy Keane, agree.
I am Gary Neville
raising my foot to the camera, laughing,
pretending not to choke
on my second croissant of the morning.

Carl Burkitt 2024