Letter of Recommendation: Digging a Trench

I followed that white PVC line farther into the yard, digging a trench about two feet deep and two feet wide along a curve that approached a row of dead Pyracantha. I found digging a trench to be repetitive and physically demanding work, similar to going on a long run, except where I might breathe through a cramp or troubled thoughts while running, here that same discomfort and confusion seemed to rise through my arms and into the pickax, which discharged as I drove it into the dirt. That night I dreamed of digging the trench the way I dreamed of waves after being on the ocean all day.

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