Pile of bricks

The other day I was detoured to the other end of the block due to the alley being blocked by another lawn maintenance truck and noticed every backyard had a pile of bricks.

Where did all these bricks come from?

Leftovers from uncompleted patios? Chimney repairs? Walls that were never finished?

What is strange is every house has some consistency of repetition.

Beyond the fact we all have roofs and windows and doors, seems we all have piles of bricks.

Taking a step deeper believes all these houses have combs. Hairbrushes. Toothbrushes. Sponges.

At some point there were lawnmowers in every house to be used by the head of the household every Saturday but that seems to have disappeared.

Still I imagine every house on the block has a washer/dryer for so few hang out their laundry to dry. A stove to heat up a leftover pizza is still necessary to sell the house. A refrigerator needs to cool veggies before they rot and use more energy than anything else in the house.

When all the lights go out and everyone will go to sleep to awake the next morning to their toothpaste and hairdryer just like their neighbor.