Erling Haaland ordered a Buzz Lightyear toy
with a voucher he got for his birthday.
He spent the day at training thinking
about pressing the button to make it say,
“Too infinity, and beyond!”
and introducing it to the Woody
that already lived in his flat.
Imagining opening up the parcel
and flying Buzz around his bedroom
made him forget about pleasing strangers,
hitting the post at the weekend,
and the fact his bones were older than yesterday.

Carl Burkitt 2024