While workmen hammer wounds into basements, the man from public works scans the scene with cover- up eyes. Up and down the block, pinhole leaks have gathered momentum like some underground conspiracy. The rumor of mud spreads in the water, and a neighbor wrings his hands over wrecked carpets on the driveway. We ignored the warnings until our own pipes burst, and now we stand where a sinkhole will someday swallow the intersection, flooding the scent of wet wool and solder with new worst cases, a future plumbed with copper is only a future pockmarked by theft, and nighttime clang.
28/4/2023 09:00:50 am
Sinkholes are becoming an epidemic. Something to do with water tables falling. Very sad for homeowners.
Cheryl Snell
28/4/2023 09:50:31 pm
Indeed. Thanks for reading this, Paul.
Rashna Tessa Walton
29/4/2023 03:34:49 am
Love your story with its nightmarish undertow.
Cheryl Snell
29/4/2023 03:59:17 am
Thanks so much!
Sue Clayton
30/4/2023 03:40:09 am
Ignore the warning songs of buildings at your peril. Comments are closed.
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