The Leaning Cabin
100 free-verse words
rain falls
on splintered wood and bent grass
on bare trees and fallen leaves
rodent bones
molder on warped sills
an arthritic tapestry
swathed in dust,
distorted by leaded glass
damp ashes
forgotten memories
and broken promises
choke the cracked and fallen
hearth
instead of refuge, rattlesnakes
seethe in venomous coils
under rotte…