Knowing the beans well - v2

 Knowing the beans well - v2

walking the store, trying to find the one item

knowing the core products, the seasonal aisle

thinking about the birth dates of the smokers

the preferences, the regular things

that fill their carts, their baskets

seeing the world through the lenses

closeup or landscape, different visions

detail and context, clarity and ambiguity

the little things that matter day to day

cost-accounting in a fund accounting world

knowing the beans well, on a first name basis

the multiple uses of each space, each room,

remembering numbers, dates, relationships

hidden patterns, parts and piece, little factors

compartmentalized, focused, burdening the equation

the cost of the whole enterprise

making the ledgers balance

beans lined end to end…

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edited March 21, 2021

March 20, 2021

Knowing the beans well

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/knowing-beans-well.html

poem, poetry, cost accounting, fund accounting, University of New Hampshire, indirect cost, indirect cost proposal, CASB, GASB, OMB, OMB Circular A-21, money, overhead, burdening, money,

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