Anterior Rot

Haven't looked in the shed lately
but the smell is not good
racoon shit
dead mice
and that ceiling beam
I mean insect food

shall we tear it down
or is there a restoration project
offing our Saturdays
calling upon a skeleton resurrection

until I stumbled across a rotting log in the forest
more alive than a single organism could dream
and I set aside my plans
trusting death
and lives beyond my own.