X Management

Hello. What’s your exception,
Right now? Ok, recently.
What’s a recent exception
You made for yourself, being
A good person, all in all,

Not awful, not some monster,
More sinned against then sinning,
Or, you know, fifty-fifty.
Can you push yourself to think,
To remember the last time

You thought, well, this isn’t me,
But I deserve it this once,
I’m under a lot of stress—
Of course it’s wrong to do X,
But in these circumstances

I’m the exception now, right?
If you’re brave enough, you can.
We’re not here to preach at you,
To wag word fingers and say,
Don’t be such a hypocrite.

We’re just here to tell you this
Is who you are. This makes most
Of the mess. Build good systems,
Not good selves, to manage this,
And hope for better, at best.