Behind the wall, the pool pump hummed its single long note.

The chair I was sitting in used to face away from the house.

I’d turned it around in the spring, and no one had turned it back.

A lizard climbed the block wall, paused, did twelve push-ups, and froze.

Somewhere down the block a dog was losing an argument with a gate.

At six fifty Sarah texted: Wire confirmed for Monday, 9 a.m.

Their side wants a press release.