Someone posts a rant on the perils of passive voice.
Someone else replies, in defense of passive voice— 
snidely, shyly. What does it mean, body of the text? 

"Nobody knows the system better than me."

We talk most days, but today he sounds far worse
than he’s sounded since they died.
I think he should call our old shrink. I say:
"Call me back after you call the shrink."
He hangs up, waits ten minutes, calls back.
"I did it," he lies, "but her service
says she’s away. What do I do?"