rotting

[aschueler]

The crack in her ancient voice
repeats, echoing in the hollow
of her trunk, blanketed in soft green.
Her dents cave in, collapsing.  I think there is a verb tense issue collapsing/cave in
Crumbles gather in the cracks;
microbes clamber through the litter.  I read microbes but I see bugs & etc... Microbes microscopic 
She was once an upright bastion,
now millions crawl through
her splayed and broken corpse.

Re reading helped me, my first cursory read I thought dead elephant, which made me sad as I like elephants.  

So 2 more thoughts:  expand matriarchal theme with idea of nest/home/etc.  also, I don't think more clues are needed.