The Little Hut Poem by Andrei Iancu

With this poetry I wanted to bring back the true meanings of horror themed works of art as well as the reason we, the humans, should not fight against death. Nobody on this Earth is immortal, that's being said within the title which represents the most modest house a human can own and/or fighting with the poverty; but it can be assimilated with the cage later on. This time, an old woman tries to overcome death, by ignoring the messages the Death sent her before reaching in person to her. The first appearance is taken far from the hut, stalking the quiet land during the chill winds of winter and waiting for the woman to die in peace at an advanced rate of living. But it didn't happen like that like we all know. The woman caught a crow that tried to find some food. Then she rushed out to collect the cage and cook the crow within the time she's given (if you follow the poetry, you will notice that the word 'time' is a lot used especially when there SHOULDN'T HAVE happened anything that had to do with the old woman) . The main reason the crow wasn't found in the cage is, of course, because the old woman shouldn't have caught the crow in the first place. Then she struggled with the hunger and tried to eat iced acorns which 'taste good', that could also mean she didn't want to accept that she should have already died after the incident with the crow. The moment when she ate them revealed that she had no teeth left which again, means that she'd been living for a while. Then it became freezing mostly due to the snow that got inside(the window froze so this time it was her last attempt of escaping Death) . After trying to stop the snow entering the hut, she gave up realizing she might get 'sick' (the tears symbolize that she sufferd in vain when she should have died WAY back before) and she crawled to her bed which is a little further from the window. She tried to 'forget' and rest so she could survive the day. All this time she called Death 'a guest', implying that it was just a witness who didn't affect her too much. Also, during the knocks, the woman ignored them ('should the old woman/ have asked for something more? ') mainly because the knocks interrupted her survival activity. The moment when the door opened, the crow entered her territory and disturbed the woman with her presence. The crow played with her 'nest' which was the crow's perspective over the woman's bed, and comparing her house with a cage. Like we clarified before, the crow shouldn't have been caught, so the woman should have died then. That's why the bird kept nibbling and scratching her, showing that she should have accepted to die in peace before. Then, the 'guest' appeared in front of the old woman('staring at the crime') , meaning that her death was indeed annoying even for the Death itself) . With her last powers, the woman realized soon that Death had waited for her too much so it came to end the problem('he didn't come to help') .