Deconstruction

Brick by brick, he

took the building down,

stripping to plaster and

wallboard and studs, then

tearing them out, hammer

and chisel and bloody

fingernails tearing

at the remnants, until what

remained was concrete,

the foundation, long

covered over and now

cracked and discolored,

and he knew he was

at the beginning.

Photograph by Peter Griffin via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.