Crash
Turn Back, Turn Back
shouts the man
in the high visibility yellow jacket with CAT written in prominent
lettering across his shoulders.
As Red and white barriers
bounce across
the rusty white bonnet of a car not paid for and whose next repayment is
not likely to be made.
Gravel chews under
balding tyres
giving a wonderful demonstration of friction vs inertia which is lost on
the occupants who grip the dashboard frantically.
Too Too solid wheel
of JCB
pushes its way through the bumper, the radiator, the engine block, the
front axle and the wings with cheerful disregard. The windscreen
shatters.
A flock of pigeons
fly up
at the sound of a car horn blaring continuously and settle in a garden
with less noise.