[Intro]
Don't turn the page yet.
Sara, Leo, Ben look up.
This item isn't closed.

[Verse 1]
The board is still in view.
One result made us look again.
Sara circles the comparison.
I stop Leo at the page turn.
We were ready to close it.
The evidence belongs in the room.

[Chorus]
Before we move on,
don't make it one or the other.
The result changed what we noticed;
it didn't settle the question.
Set it next to why we ran it.
Before we move on,
there's still a choice to make.

[Verse 2]
Marker cap clicks on the table.
Ben leaves the board where it is.
Leo keeps one hand on the agenda
instead of turning the page.
I point to the performance result,
then the editorial reason beside it:
why we chose the piece that morning,
what we thought it had to do.

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
Don't hide behind instinct.
Don't hide behind a count.
Say what each one shows us,
and where each one runs out.
Put the evidence on the table.
Put the editorial case beside it.
Then editors make the final call.
Good. Now we can move.

[Chorus]
Before we move on,
leave the result up for a minute.
Use what the numbers tell us.
Name what they cannot decide.
Then read the note beside the result:
why we chose the story at all.
Before we move on,
that's enough to turn the page.

[Outro]
All right, close the item.
Keep the board beside the notes.
Turn the page.
Next point on the agenda.

[End]