And because every Friday morning, when that black cover stands beside Township Road 167 and the real trash truck passes without incident, I am reminded of something I spent thirty years teaching and nearly two years forgetting.

Steel does not brag.

Steel does not threaten.

Steel does not argue.

It simply stands where you put it.

And eventually, even the most determined bully has to decide whether hitting the same boundary again is worth the cost.

Sloan made that decision at 7:32 on a Friday morning.

Her Escalade made it for her.

THE END

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