Woke up this morning, the server's down,
Packets lost, there's a frown.
Data's flowing, but it's out of sync,
In the backend world, that's the brink.

Retry, retry, give it one more go,
In this digital dance, you gotta flow.
Cancel, cancel, when it's time to quit,
In this backend world, we never sit.

Requests are piling, the queue's on fire,
Users waiting, stakes getting higher.
But we’ve got the tools, the will to fight,
In the code's dark night, we see the light.

Retry, retry, give it one more go,
In this digital dance, you gotta flow.
Cancel, cancel, when it's time to quit,
In this backend world, we never sit.

When the endpoint’s failing, and hope is thin,
We loop back ‘round, we dig in.
Every 500’s just a chance to learn,
In the logs, our victory burns.

Retry policies, exponential backoff,
Graceful shutdown, no more standoff.
In the realm of code, we hold our stance,
With retries and cancels, we enhance.

Retry, retry, give it one more go,
In this digital dance, you gotta flow.
Cancel, cancel, when it's time to quit,
In this backend world, we never sit.

So here’s to the coders, the backend knights,
In the world of ones and zeros, we write.
With retries and cancels, we make it right,
In this endless loop, we find the light.