T1 2024 Today

Washed out.

To: Derek Subject: Not feasible.

She checked the wall calendar. Still December. Still sunsets. t1 2024

She grabbed her coat and went home.

T1. The acronym had metastasized from the company’s strategy decks into her dreams. First quarter. Make it count. Set the pace for the year. Her boss, a man named Derek who used words like “circle back” and “low-hanging fruit” without irony, had sent a GIF of a rocket ship on January 2nd. The implied message: You are the rocket. Or you are the debris. Washed out

“The old trail washed out,” the text said. “The one behind the cabin. Creek rose six feet in two hours. Never seen that before.” t1 2024