Freezing hands to cold metal,
Ripping off skin.
Numb rattling of diesel engines –
Somewhere behind.
25-Tonne Slows,
Physics of steel & size reduced.
My frail body aches,
In bed.
All from simple shadowboxing.
Naught a decade ago,
Did so with weights in both fists.
Have old wounds finally caught up?
Physics of steel & size reduced.
