there is an expectation
i can make the machine
defy physics even as
i prove through trial
the impossibility
of which they demand
using poor materials
warped and unyeilding
and expecting a sudden
pliability in defiance
of coventional truths

often enough the issue
is in my explanations
being off of center to
the narrative they need
to justify blaming
anyone else for the failure
if they only knew
how far removed from
reality i truly am
they would be happy enough
i am not drooling
or even worse sobbing
in a pool of my own
wretched idiocies