The document discusses employees agreeing to changes at work like shortened lunch breaks and a pay freeze. However, they claim they will walk out, go on strike, or protest if changes are made to their vacation time, insurance co-pays, or dress code policies like banning ripped jeans. It also quotes Walt Whitman on the death of Lincoln, comparing the fallen soldier to a sinking wave while the ocean ranks press on.

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2. What he said was true — or so I thought.

3. What I felt was revenge— or so I thought.
What he said was true — or so I thought.

4. They were all in agreement with the restructuring —
even agreeing to the shortened lunch breaks — but
if anyone tried to revamp their vacation time they
claimed they would walk out.

5. They were all in agreement with the pay freeze —
even agreeing to work extra duties — but if anyone
tried to raise their insurance co-pay they claimed
they would go on strike.
They were all in agreement with the dress code —
even agreeing to prohibit hats—but if anyone tried to
ban ripped jeans they claimed they would stage a
protest.

6. The soldier drops, sinks like a wave—but the
ranks of the ocean eternally press on.
---Walt Whitman on the death of Lincoln

7. The plane soars, lifts like an eagle—but the
faces of the fearful consistently descend
downward.
The soldier drops, sinks like a wave—but the
ranks of the ocean eternally press on.
---Walt Whitman on the death of Lincoln