can’t believe I just wrote a poem about records management

In the doldrums of mid-morning and beneath fluorescent lamplight
I have my monitors for company and my task list for accountability.

Here is the work my skill set chose for me--to speak truth to power
Through calculated risk factors, regulations and best practices,
Records schedules, classification schemes that valuate a virtue,
That we are--or ought to be--transparently, precisely what we purport ourselves to be,
And where we fall short, see our path towards compliance
(Which is, to me, just another word for integrity).

See it all here,
Reviewed, proof-read, documented with secondary sources
Prepared to be presented, read, categorized and ignored;
Watch power lay the foundation for my future failure
And, in the same breath, thank me for my continued service.

Idealism in this profession has a short shelf life in spirit
If not shored up early by stubbornness and grit.