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Still Air

The Grounded

A distinguished rooster in a perfectly pressed ivory linen suit perched on a leather trunk in a grand colonial hotel lobby, Panama hat beside him, a still Departures board visible behind, ceiling fans turning slowly overhead

The board still says Departures. No one has corrected it. There is a kind of composure learned only from a canceled flight — the way the truly seasoned traveler unpacks a second time with the same unhurried precision as the first.

19 February 2026