Richard Pierce<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hovel</span></a></p><p>We live on borrowed time<br>In a borrowed place, breathe<br>Borrowed air, and drink<br>Metered water as sparingly<br>As we can without dehydrating.<br>The walls are covered in the<br>Spores, visible and invisible,<br>Of a mould that might kill<br>Us if we breathe in too hard.<br>This is a cardboard world,<br>And soon it will be as sodden<br>As the will we have to carry<br>On living like this. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoem</span></a></p>