[jamesakirk]

Emily Dickinson would tend to disagree:

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Crumbling is not an instant's Act

A fundamental pause

Dilapidation's processes

Are organized Decays —

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'Tis first a Cobweb on the Soul

A Cuticle of Dust

A Borer in the Axis

An Elemental Rust —

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Ruin is formal — Devil's work

Consecutive and slow —

Fail in an instant, no man did

Slipping — is Crashe's law —

[sifar]

Thanks, hadn't come across this one before, and I feel there is some truth to this - that when the inner processes slow down or atrophy, collapse begins.

However, I think the rapid collapse probably refers to what is observable on the outside