Rattle

There’s nothing so urgent as rattle:

it indicates something’s not right,

and your wits are engaged to do battle

with the source of the sound of your plight.

It indicates something’s not right

when your Toyota develops a sound

unfamiliar, announcing your plight

when you’re on the M1 homeward bound.

When your Toyota develops a sound

of a most unfamiliar kind

when you’re on the M1 homeward bound.

You nearly go out of your mind.

Of a most unfamiliar kind

is the sound assailing your ear.

You nearly go out of your mind

as its import increases your fear.

When the sound assailing your ear

and your wits are engaged to do battle,

its import increases your fear.

There’s nothing so urgent as rattle.