pit. In the shadows, sleek lizards slide
over strewn rocks and worms dig into the earth.
No lights bother the surface or reaches the rim.
A stain of ink can swallow all colours.
The moon rises and catches the ghosts by surprise.
The trees' outlines stretch over the lawn.
The wooden barn is now distinct among the pebbles.
No one has stepped among the brambles in years.
The silence is streaked with the night owl's tune.
Lonely crickets chirp among slender prairie grass.
Ivy overgrown attacks the walls.
If nobody claims the farm, in a few years,
the roof will cave in and the door will stick open.
hinges dislodged.
All the childhood memories,
the quiet meals,
will be forgotten.
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