My Neighbor Called the City Over My Fence, but the Inspection Ended With Her in Tears

sound, just audible from where I was sitting, the sound of small tubes of different lengths moved by air, gentle and unhurried and entirely inoffensive.

Nobody said anything about them.

The morning continued in the quiet, productive way of good April mornings, the light getting warmer, the dogs doing their dog things, the newspaper getting read, the continue reading …