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 Crash's law.