Puddles are the sea
if you can really be bothered
to look at it that way.

The tiny boy flying to school
on the yellow scooter is a seagull.
Check out that crab holding a briefcase.

The Ford Shark over there
is gritting its registration plate teeth
at the cycling dolphin weaving
in, out, in, out, like a relaxed tide.

Carl Burkitt 2026