MAP-ANNEX: MANAGED ABSENCE INTERNAL INDEX

The index of absence is stored,
Within the internal record.
The empty space tracked,
As procedural fact,
And kept on the primary board.

The index of things that are gone,
Is kept on the server till dawn.
I check off the list,
Of things that we missed,
And stifle a terrible yawn.

A paperclip wasn’t inside!
The index of absence is wide!
Lock down the whole floor,
And bolster the door,
The staple has also now died!

The annex records the blank space,
Where someone removed a small vase.
The index updates,
At standard set rates,
And nothing is left in this place.

The void in the annex of old,
Is full of the ghosts of the bold.
The index was cursed,
When it was reversed,
Or so the new clerics are told.