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Continuing Job Search Implodes

When I was skinned I made a little list- Call it (Something Here) : It started out, 'I am getting older, what should I do? ' Like go on the road, Actually join the Legion or Take vows for the ashram of Guru SatChitAnanda. . Buy acre of land and travel trailer Raise garden, keep White Leghorns (like Dad) , Foment Graduate School riots, Teach, Commit suicide with tea Commit horoscopes for money Or go home or Sell health foods and Grind my own peanut butter Drive a Big Rig Ten days on the road Eating fries and dogs Or Take a job with the state As employment counselor Give out food stamps. Walk across Africa Without shoes, Establish base lines for jumping beans Test kangaroos for tie-downs Photograph mangoes in flight Or herd silver-plated ants, Forest Ranger in Chromium Forest, Study ancient petroglyphs for Shell Herd sheep on mesas in Utah Wander High Desert in search of New alluvial fans, Search for aliens in Rachel (NV) Put all on a number in Vegas, (List ends here): Call the President, I've got a job In Trust, (some state here) , Job Duties: Replacing Wisdom Teeth Milking dry rattlers Finding wild women Listening for Agave worms, Raising desert flowers And sitting quietly with the stars, 'There you go...' 'Thanks! '

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Date: 3/13/2015 10:57:00 PM
A fun read. Lots of jobs lol and adventure, lol. True, job search can be rough. #7
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