Crumbling is not an instant's Act [1010] [Russian translation]

Crumbling is not an instant's Act,

A fundamental pause

Dilapidation's processes

Are organized Decays.

'Tis first a Cobweb on the Soul,

A Cuticle of Dust,

A Borer in the Axis,

An Elemental Rust—

Ruin is formal—Devil's work,

Consecutive and slow—

Fail in an instant, no man did

Slipping—is Crash's law.

• Artist:Emily Dickinson