Construction

They all turned into wood around me so I built
a town out of their natural bodies.
An empty town.
Only me and my thoughts so I talked to myself
to keep company.
I sanded off everyone's faces so they weren't looking
at me when I shut the doors that were
made out of their extremities.
It was either them or me and now I burn petrified
bodies through the winter freeze.
I appreciate everything they've given me and I'm sure
they'd be happy to know they were put to good use.
I cut loose, dancing in the town square.
Luckily they had no faces so they couldn't stare but
they could hear my feet sweeping and tapping away.
They started moving and the buildings swayed.
They began breaking apart and turning back into humans.
I thought they would kill me but they were just pleased
that I moved them.