Bastion~by Paul F. Lenzi

 

Bastion

 

“New England Stone Walls”
Photo by Jack McConnell
From jackmcconnellphotography.com

rustic ramparts
stone laid upon stone
homely fortress
befittingly creased
with bent passages
hidey-holes random
fool raptor and snake
tiny chambers
connect catawampus
and carry the
frenzy and scurry
the high metabolic
activity bustling within
stonewalled burrows
of chipmunks at home