[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Conference Room B, quarter past eight
Agenda open, laptops already on
Next: audience line item, printed on the page
Not a demo anymore; it has a place
I ask which story held them, which one lost them
Editorial reasons are still written down

[Chorus]
The morning meeting has been extended
Cold coffee, Ben still checking
No announcement; the line item stays
Reasons and numbers share the page
The clock runs past where we used to stop
I mark it, then move us on

[Verse 2]
Leo stays seated, not up by the screen
He talks from his chair; we stay on the point
Sara weighs in; no permission asked
Ben says, “Six point two? No—look at seven-four.”
I ask what changes if either one holds
Sara answers; discussion moves on

[Pre-Chorus]
I circle the figure; Sara adds a note
Leo pulls the source; Ben checks his number
“Does it change the call?” I ask
I mark it. We move down the list

[Chorus]
The morning meeting has been extended
Cold coffee, Ben still checking
No announcement; the line item stays
Reasons and numbers share the page
The clock runs past where we used to stop
I mark it, then move us on

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
What does it prove? What does it miss?
Which readers stayed? Which part did they skip?
Seven-four checks out.
I write it down. Same call.

[Chorus]
The morning meeting has been extended
Cold coffee, one percentage contested
No speech required; the line item stays
Reasons and numbers share the page
Past the old endpoint, no one protests
I turn the page and call up what’s next

[Outro]
Same room, same table, coffee gone cold
The clock is past the time we used to close
I turn the page and look around

“Next item.”

[End]