Diplomacy Council

They really care.

Makes them a little scary,

But since nonviolence is in the portfolio

It seems safe to assist.

Tasks are easily assigned

When the entire organization consists of four.

Delegation means choosing a different

Tone of voice.

A peanut-sized staff offers a second advantage:

You will not suffer message disintegration.

What demands you make not succeed,

But not because of a failure to communicate.

This merry band of few,

Underpaid and overworked,

Busies itself with aliens.

No, not the green ten head-ed kind.

Their job is to reach, reach across borders,

Oceans, skin pigments, languages,

Religious distinctions and time,

In search of shared concerns and solutions.

Day to day enthusiasm is not a cynic’s delight,

Thus, I view the determination to add value

That these insufferable people bring to their job

A resolution that is suspect. They really care.