Busy Work

He gets the engine of his pressure washer going with a short tug on the starter chord and unfolds out of his crouch. A yellow butterfly flaps and twists, rising up and away from the puttering engine. Now he tucks himself into the side of the building clutching the trigger on a tensed length of hose and waiting for the passing foot traffic to open up.

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