October 21, 2025

(other) notes from the debrief

• small paper plates only
• no wine in the upstairs hall
• less cheese, more chocolate
• pre-printed lanyards
• someone else to turn the music on
• maybe not so many spreadsheets
• PA, microphones, long extension cord
• on-site crockpot, two plain tablecloths
• regret’s little teeth at my ear
• the sound of a broom across an empty floor, another kind of hope