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Emily Dickinson would tend to disagree: ؜ Crumbling is not an instant's Act A fundamental pause Dilapidation's processes Are organized Decays — ؜ 'Tis fi

Emily Dickinson would tend to disagree: ؜ Crumbling is not an instant's Act A fundamental pause Dilapidation's processes Are organized Decays — ؜ 'Tis first a Cobweb on the Soul A Cuticle of Dust A Borer in the Axis An Elemental Rust — ؜؜؜ Ruin is formal — Devil's work Consecutive and slow — Fail in an instant, no man did Slipping — is Crashe's law —

sifar 3y ago
Thanks, hadn't come across this one before, and I feel there is some truth to this - that when the inner processes slow down or atrophy, collapse begins. However, I think the rapid collapse probably refers to what is observable on the outside