Late Saturday afternoon,<\/p>\n
familiar summer sound revs up,<\/p>\n
neighbors’ lawn mower blats along<\/p>\n
as the grass flings out of the chute.<\/p>\n
A sudden metallic CLANG!<\/p>\n
halts the motor abruptly.<\/p>\n
Various *!@#!! words float up to the window beside my desk.<\/p>\n
Futile pulling on the starter rope,<\/p>\n
twice, four, five dammit times.<\/p>\n
Surrender.<\/p>\n
Evening quiet settles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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