She had written. With her (?) Sharpie. On that road, the dirty road. Dirty. Even to the oncoming traffic. Bye.
p.s. To 'drop' dirty means that the problem still remains. At least this was how the therapist would put it. In that kind of a frank term. Makes sense when you think about it. And those dreadful steps that are required to follow thru. Takes a lifetime. And the attached burdening self-defeating stigma that goes along with it.