The Trash Can

A short lesson on the virtue of patience

Flannery Wilson
3 min readOct 10, 2020

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Today I received a trash can in the mail from Amazon. Yes, that is correct. I told Amazon to send me a trash can via the U.S. Postal System.

When I first opened the box, I noticed a little piece of paper flutter out of it. That was the warranty.

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Flannery Wilson

Flannery has a PhD in Comparative Literature. She teaches French, Italian, and visual media. Her book on Taiwanese cinema can be found on Amazon.