crack on the wall
plaster patch curving over it
except where it has failed
and a drop of water
wells
crumbling would begin
again
water stains spreading
seeping
seeking gravity down
until the floor below
rots through
not with ages
but willful damage, careless neglect
not unbreakable
soon collapsing under the weight
demolished
destroyed
razed
replaced


back
2002, jessicarane