Release Date

by Dr. Unstoppable

Bleary eyed coding well past my efficient threshold
Gives my life meaning

One day my team swore a pact and called it The Project Plan
The plan was tempered with rationality and experience
But in secret at the core each of us had poured in the fire of our ambition

This challenge to validates my identity
I am a programmer
I am professional
I am a member of the unseen force which creates and connects the modern world

We release on Tuesday
A scrambling dissociated pain masquerades as the weekend
We have battle against time for so long. Hobbling to make our final stand
Existence becomes the fight, purified to a singular focus
Oblivious to the looming specter of inevitable failure, we continue
Bringing delusion into reality

I set out to work until dawn
Wearily, I muddle through the twisting broken code
Untangling another bug, my focus drifts back to reality
The clock has rolled past the hour it had given me when last I looked
Another hour passes as I scratch out my failed attempts and jot notes to mark my trail
I realize that with a clear mind I could have solved that bug in 15 minutes
I decide to sleep under my desk

Near release date I taste a life with every moment planned and needed
I think of doctors ending shifts in a world where people are still dying
I think of politicians seeing family while still more voices need to be heard
Then the plan breaks down, so I try to bend the rules
The floor is hard, the book is not a pillow and yet I sleep

My world is inherently unfinished, I only work on broken things
I choose the epiphany of awareness over the bliss of ignorance
The knowledge I've gained invites me into a larger universe
Stepping through the door
I feel pride and awe for an instant
The celebration of calibration
Then I am again small and confused
As I plot my course to the next release date