remnant house
a plane tree, like an ancient monster, has lifted the house by its foundations and split it crosswise. the front rooms are sharply tilted: branches and tendrils fall in through the doorway and windows.
the back remains more level: small timber rooms filled with light and dust branching off the hallway, which descends to a low entrance with a concrete floor and exposed pipes on the walls.
outside is an orchard left to become a forest. lemons and oranges fall through the kitchen window; small, sweet plums through several others. the room with the warmest aspect is screened by avocados and kiwifruit vines. the bricks in the courtyard are stained purple from a century of mulberries.