thingamabob

 a steel on steel thingamabob chugs along

deaf to the fact (typical)

the oil is wearing thin and out

overtaxed cogs are filing for emergency relief

pillowy smoke is congregating for mass

it's clack clicking, not click clacking

and ozone wafts by like coffee in a café

the thingamabob might just blow

today, next Thursday, in seven weeks 

it needs more oil

but her vats are empty

finite oil in a mango

she's all gunky and fibrous 

stone shattered from overharvesting

oil drained dry

fruitless