<< i tried to leave you, i don't deny / i closed the book on us at least a hundred times >>

the stove is giving us problems.

black tar has started to leak from the chimney pipe that runs along the wall above the cabinets in the living room.

as well, damned if you can get the thing to light. last night the stove was puffing smoke out forever. you'd speak to it in stern tones. then.... *puff.

tomorrow we will perform surgery. some part of the chimney is plugged. angioplasty.