Thursday, August 24, 2023

Run Down


paintings hang on the walls

along with an ancient clock,

time has not been kind to

this dwelling as ivy and moss

cover the outside brick as if

painted by an artist whose

work is not known...  inside

there are only a few rooms

standing as the separators

have all decayed and rotted,

roots of the trees can be 

seen traveling beside the

lumpy sidewalks as weeds

replace grass in all directions,

holes in the walls that used to

be windows now look like

the eyes of dead relatives

whose image was burned

into the concrete and bricks,

holes in the roof or what is

left standing allows the sun,

wind, and rain to flow freely

in all the rooms giving the

house a swampy appearance.


August 18, 2023

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