they say to activate the new phone a verification code is needed
it will be texted to the phone number on you account
except, we broke that phone, the old one
no problem, they say, the code will be sent to the email on file
sure, so first we need to sign in on the computer (refer to line three)
which, of course, requires its own verification code
be sent to the phone number on our account
except (again, see line three) we broke that phone

the boys in the back of the class, the ones
who laughed through senior English reading Catch-22
knew this day would come, and they say
brother, I swear one day we’ll need a dang verification code
to get into our graves