Impossible Decision

Attending:
Ms. [redacted], Chair
The Part of Her That Wants To Choose A
The Part of Her That Wants To Choose B
The Part of Her That Wants Neither
The Part of Her That Will Have To Live With It Regardless
Various minor voices in advisory roles

Item 1. The Chair opened by noting that not deciding is also a decision. The Part of Her That Wants Neither disagreed and asked to be minuted as disagreeing. Motion tabled.

Item 2. The Part of Her That Wants To Choose A presented the case for Option A. This took forty minutes. At the end, the Part of Her That Will Have To Live With It Regardless asked one question. The room went quiet.

Item 3. The Part of Her That Wants To Choose B presented the case for Option B. This took thirty-eight minutes. At the end, the Part of Her That Will Have To Live With It Regardless asked the same question. The room went quiet again.

Item 4. The question, for the record, was: Which of you will be the one to explain this later?

Neither Part could answer.

Item 5. The Chair called for a recess. No one moved. The recess is ongoing.

Adjournment. This meeting has not been adjourned. It cannot be adjourned. There are pieces on the board at her feet. She is looking at them. Above her head, something is coming apart. This is what a recess looks like, from the outside.

Next Meeting. Immediately.