INTERVIEW WITH THE OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF ESTIMATING DELAY.

Yep, we outsourced Estimation in the 90s & the Oughts

to Samoa, or so we thought, but when the phone records

came back Albania, well, that scandal kicked the calories

outta Middle Management & we brought that job home

I mean, one job, I know it ain’t much, but I’m proud to say

by now, these Delays are 100 percent American-made &

100 percent American Estimated & 100 percent American

Middle Managed & 100 percent American fulfilled—that is

when the Delayed equipment, person, or sum actually arrives

(I was sent to Theory Courses at the Extension Campus &

ever since I’ve adopted the motto: Keeping It Real Time!)

Oh yes ma’am you can expect a delay of 10 to 15 minutes

our latest information suggests a delay of 20 to 25 minutes

see? I just love helping a Fellow Citizen to be Delayed!

[NaPoWriMo Sonnet #8.]