MOT
Took my body in
for its MOT.
It was getting a bit old
in the tooth.
"Sorry mate, but you
are going to have to
have your wisdom extracted
it's doing yer head in!
And the mind...well
you're just going to have to
change it
know wot I mean.
I would if I were you.
(glad I'm not!).
And I suppose it has come
to your attention that...eh
your mojo isn't
working.
It's not getting enough oil
for your coil
to start something
...innit?"
The only thing that seems to be
working was...the hair.
"Well..!"he was loathe
to have to admit it
"...it was interesting but
receding!"
I had to admit that recently
my thoughts had gone a bit curly.
"Let me put it this way...if
I was vet...would have to put you down.!"
He chuckled at his own
dumb joke.
"But lucky for you I'm not.
I'm a body mechanic is wot."
The same young self satisfied smirk
of the very young.
I could see him thinking
like a cartoon bubble
coming out of his head
"How did you ever get so old?"
"Now if you trade yourself in
can give you a good deal in
the Reincarnation Line
know wot I mean?
Take it or leave it.
Can't do better than that."
I left it and left.
Sooner be me as I know myself
to be
even in my great decrepitude
lights blinking on and off.
"Not long to go now anyhow!"
I said aloud
Knowing all too well
that talking to oneself
the first sign that
the mortal coils are slip...
slip...damn it...slipping!
Oct 30, 2017
Oct 30, 2017 at 8:31 AM UTC
MOT
Took my body in
for its MOT.
It was getting a bit old
in the tooth.
"Sorry mate, but you
are going to have to
have your wisdom extracted
it's doing yer head in!
And the mind...well
you're just going to have to
change it
know wot I mean.
I would if I were you.
(glad I'm not!).
And I suppose it has come
to your attention that...eh
your mojo isn't
working.
It's not getting enough oil
for your coil
to start something
...innit?"
The only thing that seems to be
working was...the hair.
"Well..!"he was loathe
to have to admit it
"...it was interesting but
receding!"
I had to admit that recently
my thoughts had gone a bit curly.
"Let me put it this way...if
I was vet...would have to put you down.!"
He chuckled at his own
dumb joke.
"But lucky for you I'm not.
I'm a body mechanic is wot."
The same young self satisfied smirk
of the very young.
I could see him thinking
like a cartoon bubble
coming out of his head
"How did you ever get so old?"
"Now if you trade yourself in
can give you a good deal in
the Reincarnation Line
know wot I mean?
Take it or leave it.
Can't do better than that."
I left it and left.
Sooner be me as I know myself
to be
even in my great decrepitude
lights blinking on and off.
"Not long to go now anyhow!"
I said aloud
Knowing all too well
that talking to oneself
the first sign that
the mortal coils are slip...
slip...damn it...slipping!
The MOT test (Ministry of Transport, or simply MOT) is an annual test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness aspects and exhaust emissions required in the United Kingdom for most vehicles over three years old used on any way defined as a road in the Road Traffic Act 1988,
I of course only achieved a VT30 which of course is a failure.
The "interesting hair" comes from a friend's birthday party in Wales. A lady at the other end of the room slowly migrated across the room until she was sitting beside me...had heard I was one of those "poet things." After only 5 minutes of conversation I was dismissed with a certain amount of scorn with an "Oh you are so very ordinary...you only have interesting hair." I suppose she was expecting something "mad, bad and dangerous to know." Turned out I was more moronic than Byronic.
