August on Bond Avenue is heat you can lean on, which is why the mowers roll out early enough to beat it. Cut-N-Edge Lawn Service LLC works in that order and lives up to the name — the cut first, then the trimmer around trees and fence lines, then the edge run down the walk until the seam between concrete and turf is one clean dark line. That edge is the whole argument: it takes an ordinary yard and makes it look drawn on purpose. Summer in East St. Louis pushes grass hard, so the route comes back on schedule instead of waiting for a lawn to get away from itself. From one end of town to the next, every yard gets the same finish.