No Maintenance

People always seem surprised

When something suddenly breaks

Like they think everything was working perfectly

So there was no way to tell it was about to collapse

Except that’s not true at all

‘Cause if you look at the data

You’d see that 10 years ago

A single bolt came loose

& after 10 years of no maintenance

The cumulative vibrations of a decade of neglect

Slowly loosened every other bolt of the machine

So when you think about it – it didn’t break suddenly

It broke 10 years ago, and then after that time

10 years of damage suddenly became apparent

In the form of a catastrophic failure


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