The brunch ran ninety minutes long. Somebody suggested a group trip. Somebody else started a shared calendar. On the walk to the car comes the hug, the smile and the line everyone says at the door, delivered warmly and meant as a ceiling. One more get-together fits the budget. Two would need a doctor's note. A funny introvert shirt for the homebody whose social battery hit zero at the appetizers and who already knows which excuse covers the next invite. The car door closes. The silence is excellent.

THE FINE PRINT

GREAT SEEING YOU in bold heavy serif capitals across the top, We should do this in a big flowing brick red script below it, and AT MOST ONCE MORE across the bottom in the same serif, a touch larger, with MOST in the script's red. Black and red ink, no punctuation anywhere.