June 29: Calibration

When asked to do a task that one will fail,

And no-one else could possibly fail less,

To acquiesce and know one won’t prevail,

Will always hopes of better things depress.

When bearing blows for others is the norm,

Perceived a toll for traveling the road,

Conditioned thus, it seems to be bad form

To point out the disparity in load.

So when new leadership makes a request

On finding to what you’re habituated,

That one speak up when one is feeling stressed,

With dreams of normalcy one’s inculcated.

Alas, whi...