Cufflink

Cuff Links

I bet no one has ever given a pair of cufflinks
As a gift in Macdonalds
Anna looks confident in her assumption.

Julian disagrees
I reckon everything has happened at least once

You’re such a cock, I say.
I really mean it as well.
I look him straight in the eye
Julian sucks a Chicken McNugget and shrugs

I mean, no one’s ever knifed you.
I can’t help but wish I’d been wittier.
He’s ordered a strawberry milkshake
That’s a paedophiles’ drink.

Anna is wrong though.
I think about working class families
Eating before weddings, funerals and court appearances.
I think about Bar Mitzah parties at the Golden Arches
I think about kids everywhere
Getting inappropriate presents.

It must have happened, I finally say
Exactly, Julian wags his index finger
His mouth full of chip and sweet curry sauce.

I sip my diet coke and sulk.