8190. THIRST

THIRST

When you've got a shovel, all you really should

do is dig, and forget everything else. There's a

self-defining mode to the framework of life

which we should all recognize. Do what's

presented to you, and do it without qualms.

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Outside 1521 McCauley Street, a twelve-year old

Buick sinks on its springs. That car's been there, 

it seems like, for twenty years already. I wonder

how it does that, and it still sinks on its springs.

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The basin holds rainwater at the side of the house,

where the hose ends its squiggly way. No nozzle,

just an open end, like kids drink from in Summer.