Showing posts with label 600. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 600. Show all posts

600,000 Miles

Man scrabbles through the chaos of his van, looking for something.
Whilst looking he fills a carrier bag with some of the rubbish preventing him finding,
whatever it was he was looking for.
Opening the passenger door of the van
a large empty plastic bottle falls onto the ground,
obviously one he overlooked!
Not sure if he found what he was looking for.

He tells me the van has done over 600,000 miles 
and with its somewhat battered look,
I tend to believe him! 
I note too that he has the same,
high mileage 
battered look about him.
Then he heads out once more
with a chocolate bar and a coffee
(staple diet of the men who deliver!)
to put yet more miles on the van,
...and himself