the collapse

Prior to the collapse? What collapse?
What collapsed? Usually refers to the
economy. The imminent collapse? the crisis?
the meltdown? A fast or slow
scenario? This is impermanence. Struggling here
to stave off the collapse indefinitely,
while the neighbors’ house is already
in the midst of it – from
hoarding, bad roof, rotten siding, water
damage, termites, squirrel invasions, or raccoons.