He stands tall, confident, solid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thin with chiseled edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sun beams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He sparkles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They squint at the brightness that reflects his strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A girl walks along the sidewalk beside her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She picks up a rock and for a minute thinks about putting it in her pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, she throws it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It makes contact with the surface and a crack appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mother scolds the little girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They look up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A sparrow in flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sun beams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It looks like sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until it isn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A collision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thunder rolls in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Darkness eventually settles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Positive and negative charges in the clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A burst of light that can be seen for miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Electricity dissipates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It suffers a direct hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A fire breaks out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Extinguished but the char marks remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The smell of smoke stings the nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The water damage is severe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Repairs drag on for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sparrow builds a nest inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mold and rust form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They cut it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It comes back again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The foundation starts to feel the weight of the floors above it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His legs are strong but there is a crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His arms are strong but there is a crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crumbling starts depositing small rocks at the foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A little girl walks along the sidewalk beside her grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grandmother stops to pick up a rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a minute she thinks about putting it in her pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, she wedges the rock inside of the crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For she knows that crack well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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