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Jaden Laboux

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Pool

Submitted to Contest #227

I mostly do fillings for old folks whose children have grown up and abandoned them. The pool at 393 Abcott St, a standard ten-by-twenty-foot rectangular hole in the ground, slopes gradually to just over six feet deep. Joe brings the concrete, and I bring the tools for laying, smoothing, and directing its flow. I couldn't tell you why people would have a pool in this part of the world where it snows for nine months, remains too cold for swimming for two months, and for only one month, the temperature is passable. Joe says it's nice to have a ...

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