Once upon a midday dreary, while I coded, mind grown weary,
Unit-testing logic for an XML transform,
While I tested, keyboard tapping, XML to JSON mapping,
Javascript in Java wrapping, wrapping all to test the core
"mvn clean package", typed I into one of consoles four.
Quote the maven: nevermore.

My screen displayed "assertion failed", and with stack traces on it wailed,
My terminal the long log tailed, with this and with exceptions more.

Eagerly I searched subversion, hoping for a working version,
Sought to find some type coersion to mitigate the the errs' rancour
"Assertion failed", and nothing more.

Long into the afternoon with logs and comments I'd festoon,
The code to try to make immune to bugs both new and seen before.
As I fought the testing framework, beginning to redo the same work
The logs shown in "svn blame" warped, fruitless commits that neared one score
Quoth the maven: nevermore.

Then at last I found the function, the one last critical code junction
That in my coffee-and-code unction I'd managed to so far ignore.
It ran a SQL DB query which on that mind-worn midday dreary,
With mind grown vexed and eyes gone bleary I had yet to e'en explore.

The database I must implore.

Finding the elusive error -- missing records were my snarer --
INSERTs made and confident that victory was sure
I issued the commands that'd mocked me and from succesful builds had blocked me.
What I saw with gladness shocked me -- the maven its complaints forswore
"Build successful" - I won the war.