pulled our social justice defense line to the South while like-minded professionals from isolated parishes pushed north. We had much to discuss having been carved into regions by a layer of corporate language seeming to have dissected American unity.
A brilliant sun shone on a garden that was kept lush and almost giant by carekeepers who had shunned the Miracle Gro ban. "You can do that? Ban back?"
"Any side effects?" Science-oriented team reps hit the just getting ungroggy in time for brunch crowd with a barage of questions about the splendid setting.
Some went straight for the food. Omelets and biscuits and, "Our biscuits are like their," an eyeroll north, "Cupcakes. Well, at least around here."
A team of nutritionists smacked, lightly, hands away from a buffet feast being photographed while the authors of the food revealed recipe secrets. Labels were typed out by organizing types. And little magazine-worthy photo blurbs were instantly printed to stand beside gorgeous, simply gorgeous items in "the spread".
People milled about.
Concerns, issues, and updates were groundcover level of noise as people got their bevvie on. "Beverage of choice?" A black-tie event server asked each person wandering over to a non-prominently placed "wet bar". "Do we all have to hire servants for our professional presentations?"
"Not at all," a lady with a sundress over her blue jeans and garden boots fixed her lipstick in an antique with broken mirror furniture piece. "I could fix that," someone said. "Not right now. Let's eat. And by the way that's my daughter and her boyfriend serving today." Someone made a note to ask for an interview. "Her Daddy is hellbent on keeping them mostly apart until wedding day." Little ahs. One voice boomed from further back in the foyer, "Mine is too! This kid's wearing a chastity belt." She thumbed at a teenager who turned neon red and visibly shrank about three feet. "Is he here?" She grew taller than mom and asked down at her. "Who?"
"My
Silverware on champagne flutes sounded a mass exodus to the lawn.
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