The ones that go unnoticed.
The ones that won’t get you promoted.
The ones that won’t stop you from getting fired.
Here’s to the reading of that one last e-mail
After everyone else has turned out the lights.
Here’s to the making of that one last call
That nobody else will know about.
Here’s to taking that later flight
Staying that extra hour.
Writing that one last draft.
Answering that one last text.
Here’s to the doing of all those things
That would otherwise not have been done
And will not likely be acknowledged
When the contract finally comes through.
Here’s to all the thankless tasks
The ones others wonder why you do
But in the end the thankless tasks aren’t really thankless.
Because the one who knows you do them is you.
