gutter
raze
he
tore
our
eavestrough
apart
and
left
the
dismembered
mess
on
the
ground
for
us
to
trip
over
.
a
few
extenders,
an
extra
elbow
,
five
threaded
screws
,
and
two
rusted
metal
spikes.
he
dug
a
trench
in
the
dirt
and
unearthed
a
slab
of
concrete
i
never
knew
was
there
.
he
intends
to
have
someone
else
perform
reconstructive
surgery
and
bury
the
downspout,
wherever
its
mouth
is
now
,
under
the
ground
so
the
water
it
carries
won't
be
seen
.
but
all
he
does
is
keep
showing
up
unannounced
to
stare
at
the
wreckage
of
his
latest
project
put
on
pause
.
when
it's
feeling
spiteful,
the
wind
rocks
those
twisted
aluminum limbs
until
they
rattle
.
this
is
how
little
he
has
left
in
his
life
.
he
feels
a
need
to
break
things
he
has
no
intention
of
mending,
knowing
whatever
chaos
he
creates,
he
won't
have
to
deal
with
the
fallout.
we
will
.
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go
blather
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