Twenty years have run their span
Since when my project first began
To design and build a decking space
With hopefully a firm sub base
But now it tilts from left to right
Its timbers giving up the fight
To hold the boards both straight and true
As some are loose and some askew
Some posts and joists quite rotted through
No longer holds a four-inch screw
Once was the lumber so robust
But now disintegrates as dust
The culprits are the damp fed spores
Which multiply when left outdoors
And so, I turn to app AI
To seek advice and then apply
The remedy a breeze to crack
If I employ a scissor jack
Placed beneath a still hard joist
And use it as a powerful hoist
Once the joists restored to true
I must the rotted posts renew
By bolting new against the old
The decking boards will firmly hold
To further spread the deck’s lifespan
AI suggests another plan
Searching its data near and far
Advises coating posts with tar
And so, the decking’s life extended
And failing structure fully mended
To last another twenty years
And so I give AI three cheers