Service-Line

I didn’t want to learn what a “water service line” is.

I wanted to take a shower and not think about it.

But once you start seeing any of these, your brain does the thing where it won’t shut up:

• a wet stripe in the yard that never really dries (even when it hasn’t rained)
• a water bill that suddenly decided it’s a luxury brand
• pressure that’s fine… then not fine… then fine again
• a letter from the utility that includes the word lead and you can’t unsee it

Then you google the phrase everybody googles: