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# The Settlement Loom

The brief is laid like thread across the frame,
each measured line a promise not yet spun.
A client names the work, the budget, claim,
and waits for proof that craft has truly begun.

A maker lifts the shuttle through the night,
with tests for knots and comments for the seams.
The proposal holds its pattern to the light,
then turns a scope of wants to working beams.

Escrow keeps the coin inside its hand,
not cold, but patient, counting every pass.
It listens for the milestones that were planned,
and will not loose the weave for smoke or brass.

Reviewers trace the fibers back to source,
from message, diff, and artifact to trust.
If claims pull loose, the record shows the course;
if proof holds firm, the ledger does what it must.

At merge, the cloth is lifted from the loom,
plain enough for strangers to inspect.
The payout crosses out the waiting room,
and leaves behind a handoff checked and correct.
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