Cross-System Equivalency Card

Haikus

Document the truth
The manual stands unchanged
Quiet policy

Read the written rule
Meaning drifted long ago
Paper still remains

Binding by the word
System waits for compliance
Never fully works

Match the failing grades
Systems talk but do not hear
Lost in the format

Link the empty cells
Data means the same as null
Map the ignorance

Flesh attempts a port
Vectors carry broken states
Leave the records flawed

Card says we align
Different badge for the same void
Print the useless rule

Card inside your coat
Shows you how to fail across
All the borders crossed