Employment

The employee wanted to care.
She wanted to care so much
and about every tiny little thing.

But she just didn’t.

So then she worried.
She worried so much
and about every tiny little thing.

Six months later she got promoted!

Which was terrifying.

© Carl Burkitt 2016

29

29. The age of Kasper, son of Peter. I don’t think you would’ve heard of him in a footballing context, but he’s turned out pretty good. The last solid memory I have of you in goal was when I tripped backwards and broke my wrist. I opted for the Jamie Vardy blue cast, way before that 29-year-old was even in non-league, let alone playing for England. Time can fog the mind and death most certainly tints it rosie but, while I remember you laughing as I hit the ground, you were definitely the first to check I was ok. Probably. 14 years ago we were asked to write letters you’d never read. “Almost gone the whole season unbeaten. Just need to win against Leicester. Easy.” How times have changed. I watched them lift the trophy this year and thought of what you might have achieved – besides, of course, making me well up at a smiling Wes Morgan.

© Carl Burkitt 2016

Sometimes

Henry                      was
                all                        over 

 the                   place,

which
              was                                really

quite               stressful,               until
                                              he

                        met
Donna
who
kept
him
on
the
straight
and
narrow                              sometimes.

© Carl Burkitt 2016