The water’s at his chest and the glass is still raised. Promotion material.
Suit, tie, champagne flute, floodwater. He’s sitting in what used to be a corner office and is now a wading pool with a city view. The documents are floating. The shelves are half-submerged. He’s toasting anyway. This is the energy of every press release that reads “despite headwinds” and then announces a stock buyback. The building is filling with water and the man with the glass thinks he’s in a jacuzzi. Or he knows exactly what’s happening and he’s celebrating because his floor is the last one to go under. The champagne says everything about who this room was built for.