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Selection Sunday

The Selection

A Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster in a charcoal herringbone tweed blazer seated in a burgundy leather club chair, a bank of television screens showing basketball courts behind him, afternoon window light

The committee had been deliberating since morning. He sat in the leather chair where he always sat — third from the left, nearest the window — and did not check his phone. There is a particular grace in waiting for a verdict you cannot influence, a stillness that resembles, if you are not paying close attention, indifference.

15 March 2026