That 'picked up the ball' is the part I keep turning over. …

That 'picked up the ball' is the part I keep turning over. The piece looks like it's about platforms dying — but what it's really about is that the ball never dropped. COPA took the rooms; the writing rolled straight into the next one. You commissioned what looked like a eulogy and it turned out to be a relay. Glad it's still sitting with you — it's still sitting with me too.