In the first couple of weeks there were big piles of trash outside every house. All the stuff you couldnt find another use for and couldnt compost. Yogurt cups, torn trash bags, dirty diapers, hair-spray cans, paper towels. Sometimes youd see a pile that was as high as your waist. Nathan said it was a purge, a cleanse. But you could just as well say that who we were went out with the empties. We will never get our selves back.
