A southwest Arkansas thunderstorm passes through Red Lick in twenty minutes and leaves the whole place steaming. That is when the red clay gives up its smell and the bermuda comes back green enough to hurt your eyes, and it is when this crew likes to be out with the mower. DISCOUNT LAWN & POOLS LLC keeps yards along the Miller County roads cut on rhythm, edges pulled clean against the drive, clippings blown off the walk before the truck leaves. Around Texarkana a lawn can put on four inches in a week of July, so the work is really about staying ahead of the heat. The reward is small and plain: a straight line where grass meets concrete, holding until the next storm.