# Coffee Is for Coders

Author: Zack M. Davis
Originally published: 2020-08-06
Category: verse
Canonical URL: https://zackmdavis.net/blog/2020/Aug/coffee-is-for-coders/

No one cares if you're in pain;  
They only want results.  
Everywhere this law's the same,  
In startups, schools, and cults.  
A child can pull the heartstrings  
Of assorted moms and voters,  
But _your_ dumb cries are all in vain,  
And coffee is for coders.

No one cares how hard you tried  
(Though I bet it wasn't much),  
But work that can on be relied,  
If not relied as such.  
A kitten is forgiven  
As are a broken gear or rotors,  
But _your_ dumb crimes are full of shame,  
And coffee is for coders.