My Death

Until it happens
You don't how close
It is
It's always there
Always

Almost got me last night
7.40pm, 6 December 2007
Yes, I nearly left the party early
Last night

Driving along the M-way
In the wind and rain
50 mph as recommended
Thinking everything
Is under control

And then
As if from nowhere
As if The Big Man
Had been reviewing my sins
And thought he'd teach
Me a lesson -
The back of an articulated lorry
Was filling my windscreen

I stamped on the brakes
And grabbed the steering wheel
As I aquaplaned to total carnage

Thankfully my tyres were new
And my brakes were good
Otherwise dear reader
You would not be
Reading these words

A Magnetto Influence Poem