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When members of the MakerBot Software team are running late, they don’t just send in a one-off email. Department director Far, who calls himself the Nerd Herder, established a tradition of poetry for these messages. For example, this:

A Tricolon Crescens about Traffic:
Traffic, I cant stand it,
Traffic, I hate it,
Traffic, I hope it dies in its iniquity.
- David

The team has a special affection for haiku:

incorrigible recidivist
mornings are hard for some
can haz work late
-Far

And a stream of replies:

Far is a genius
inventing poetry styles
I can haz lolku
- Joseph

seriously guys,
we are going overboard
with all these haiku.
- Ted

But we can’t stop now!
These haiku improve my day.
Keep on keeping on.
- Ben

When Far’s head was too achy for a poem, one was written on his behalf:

No haiku from Far
I will author one for him
Far will be in late
- Matthew

Prose not withstanding,
The assistance is appreciated,
With my kopfschmertz fading,
Pro Se my poem is created
- Far