DERELICT SQUAT

DIS-POSITIONED   FLOOR-BOARDS
UN-EVEN   WALLS

DIS-PLACED     WINDOWS
UN-LOCKED    DAMAGED   DOORS

WE  SCALED   THE   GARDEN  FENCES
MIS-STEPPING   OUR    STEPS  SEVERAL  TIMES

THE  LAWN  WAS  LIKE   A   LAND MINE
IT  WRAPPED ITS  ARMS  AROUND  US

WE    CUSSED  AND  SWORE
FORTUNATELY  NO NEIGHBOUR  HEARD

OUR  FEET  WAS  DRENCHED  IN  SEWAGE

WE  MADE  OURSELVES  TO    A  DOORWAY
PULLED  BACK    TIN    METAL  SHEETS
SLITHERED   BENEATH AND  INTO  A  KITCHEN

WE  FOUND   THAT  WE  WERE   NOT   ALONE
A  BATTALION OF   RATS    WERE   LIVING  THERE

PUSHING    THROUGH THE  CARNAGE OF  THE  PAST
WE  CLIMBED    THE SPIRAL  STAIRS

FINDING     WE  WERE   NO  FURTHER
MISSING   FLOOR   BOARDS     LEFT  US   UP--ENDED

WE  CREPT    IN TO   A  CORNER