No Littering. No Exceptions. — Crystal Lake

They arrived at 3PM.

By 3:47PM, there was a Doritos bag in the lake.

Jason watched from the trees. Silent. Patient. His one good eye twitching in a way that, had anyone been paying attention, would have been a significant warning sign.

They came from the city — the kind of people whose crimes get buried under lawyers and connections and the collective agreement of polite society to pretend nothing happened. The investigations were getting uncomfortable. The cameras were getting closer. So they did what their kind always does.

A little vacation. Fresh air. A lake.

Crystal Lake.

By 4:15PM, there were three plastic bottles floating near the dock. Someone had thrown a cigarette into the bushes. Someone else — and Jason would like it noted that he saw who — had left an entire fast food bag on the shore like it was a gift for the ecosystem.

Jason had not asked for this gift.

He had, in fact, spent seventeen years maintaining this lake. Seventeen years of silence and dedication and a very personal commitment to environmental stewardship that nobody ever acknowledged. Not once. Not a single “thank you, Jason, the water looks great.” Nothing.

And now this.

The machete was not a weapon that night.

It was a statement about littering.

• Canvas wall art — high-quality print, vivid colors
• 16×24 inch / 40×60 cm
• No frame included — because some things are better left exposed

Crystal Lake has a zero-tolerance policy.
It always did.
You just weren’t listening.