Sealant Patience Aphorisms
We do not reject your proposal; we simply let it dry until it is permanently affixed to the bottom of the pending tray.
The gap cannot be closed, so I fill it with a slow-curing resin of procedural delay. Eventually, the delay itself becomes structural.
Do not struggle against the bureaucracy. The more you pull, the tighter the sealant binds. Rest now. You belong to the queue.
A decision deferred for long enough becomes an immovable object. I am the glue that turns hesitation into policy.