By Ben Greenman
from forthcoming collection, as yet untitled
The elbow-jointing of two giant boxes is a substantial addition to the extensive network of passages, tubes, tunnels, nests, and runways that occupy the lawn between the house and the back fence, which now includes sections made from cardboard, rubber, metal (a trash can that has had both ends cut out), sheet plastic draped over frame plastic, and fabric, assembled together into what one observer has called “the equivalent of an intestinal system that permits the yard to digest the children as they pass from the rear door of the home: ascending, transverse, descending, Sigmoid, until finally thrown forth by the gate in the fence near the driveway.” Most segments were decided on the principle of difficulty or at least meander, with ducts and chutes winding around the bases of trees, beneath the patio table, up the stairs by the laundry room, and even through the pet-access door. It seems a shame that the main house should be limited to cubic rooms and beeline hallways.
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