Half-man, bent man, octogenerian.
Crooked spine, twisted mind; it's only a matter of time before he
Quasimodo, le bossu - Hunchback of Dartford Heath
folds
oh so suddenly, irreversibly, irrevocably, inequitably
like a wizened origami master folding cranes.
Day after day, always the same,
a silhouette of times to come.
A thousand more 'til he is done.
