I am a seed stuck
in someone’s front teeth.
I am a clump of snot
clinging to untrimmed nose hairs.
I am a smoking car engine
T-boning the M6 central reservation.
I am two pigeons having sex.

Why else has the 9-year-old girl
with yogurt around her chops
not stopped staring at me
since Macclesfield train station?
We’re just pulling in Cheltenham Spa.

Carl Burkitt 2026