Working alone,
the ace engineer gets it down.
Like an artist
of few mistakes,
he conceives,
births practical designs,
buildable, awesome.
Promoted and monied,
he runs a team
and thinks he can run the world.
Off for himself now,
fumbling, failing, fanatical,
driving nails in what he could have designed,
still unaware.
It's the fault of a woman draftsman,
he's told,
but he knows it's his own damn fault.