Selection Thursday

Holding Pattern

A Copper Maran rooster in a tailored charcoal suit jacket and white dress shirt standing in a backstage corridor, warm golden stage lights glowing behind him, dramatic copper-black tail plumage, looking off to one side with calm composure

He had arrived early, not from anxiety but from the quiet conviction that punctuality is its own elegance. The corridor was full of men rehearsing handshakes — he alone had nothing to rehearse.

23 April 2026

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