Delta40
09-10-2010, 04:40 PM
His plastic wall clock
ticks as cheaply as it cost
Behind the fibro wall
there is movement
A rat makes its nest
amid the airy hum
of an overused laptop
The roof creaks
as if the structure
were settling down
after a heady friday night
In its attic mind
the house sags at the gutters
slides down the road
shuts its blinds
and curls up in a comfy cul-de-sac
ticks as cheaply as it cost
Behind the fibro wall
there is movement
A rat makes its nest
amid the airy hum
of an overused laptop
The roof creaks
as if the structure
were settling down
after a heady friday night
In its attic mind
the house sags at the gutters
slides down the road
shuts its blinds
and curls up in a comfy cul-de-sac