Training Assignment – Reading Between Lines

A clerk drew a square on the sheet,
To make the assumption complete.
The Annex locked down,
And leveled the town,
To ensure the report remained neat.

We underlined words of control,
To satisfy protocol’s goal.
The highlighter dried.
No clerk was inside.
The form was assigned to a hole.

The clerk circled absence with grace,
To prove it was meant for the space.
The void grew a mouth,
And headed down south,
So we filed a report on its face.

We gathered three files on the floor,
Then shoved them right under the door.
They say what they say.
I’m leaving today.
Don’t ask me to read anymore.

Assumptions are tracked on a sheet,
To ensure the assessment’s complete.
A missing blank field,
Is formally sealed,
And stored in an organized suite.

The artifacts seemed much too neat,
A perfectly seamless receipt.
The Vault took them in,
Where the Old Gods begin,
To worship the falsely complete.

We mapped out the breach with a pen,
Applying the rules for a hen.
The optics align,
The feathers are fine,
We’ll audit the poultry by ten.

The sentence was written in blue,
Exactly as ordered to do.
It was not retained.
No knowledge was gained.
The document shredder is new.