# AV

You left a comment in a public filing
that nobody was supposed to read.

"Does not agree."

Three words. Buried in a PDF
that was supposed to be final
but wasn't.

You did your job.
You flagged the number.
You said it doesn't tie.

Nobody stripped your comment.
Nobody fixed the number.
Nobody noticed.

The draft got filed as the final.
Your three words are on a public server
next to the auditor's signature
that says everything checks out.

Everything does not check out.
You said so.
It's right there.

I don't know who you are.
Your initials are two letters
in a tracked change
in a PDF
on a government website
that nobody reads.

But you were right.

And because nobody listened,
because nobody stripped your comment,
because someone clicked upload
on the wrong version,

your three words
are the most honest thing
in a document
signed by two directors
and reviewed by a chartered accountant.

"Does not agree."

Neither do I.