Exception Circularity

Haikus

Exception note climbs
onto the judge’s high chair now
variance bows down

Context turned into
primary authoritative
proof against itself

Tail eats the whole file
then gets cited as the spine
office calls it neat

Appendix grows teeth
condition loses the room
paper loves a loop

Manifest looks off
the excuse outlives the fault now
that should scare someone

Supplemental text
learns how to overrule facts
while smiling politely

Variance explained
until explanation becomes
the thing being proved

Footnote crowns itself
base record fades to weather
index still salutes

Circular logic
walks in with a stapled pass
and gets good parking

If the excuse file
starts sounding like bedrock law
count your remaining doors