Elton Camp Poet Rhyme

Age Discrimination Is Rampant

Age Discrimination is Rampant

By Elton Camp

Younger folks don’t think about such stuff
You will if you manage to live long enough

I didn’t experience it until after I retired
And looked for a new place to be hired

Jobs for which I was extremely qualified
My visage, interviewers suspiciously eyed

Just because I wasn’t young any more
I found that I couldn’t get past the door

Actually the money I didn’t really need
But wanted to keep ability up to speed

Computers I have taught students to use
Yet, tech incompetence some did accuse

And at one place, this young gutter snipe
Assumed I didn’t even know how to type

I was ignored or some false reason told
Not a one dared say that I was too old

But despite prejudice and unspoken jeers,
I found a job and worked for several years

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Poet Destroyer A November 25, 2011 at 10:25 PM I agree how every thing is corrupted... thank you for the thought provoking poem... Have a wonderful one...p.d.

Danny Stinson November 25, 2011 at 9:06 PM Tragic, yet unfortunately true in this day and age. Good rhymes. Elton Camp November 25, 2011 at 9:25 PM Daniel, thanks for reading and taking time to comment. I have mixed feelings about old people continuing to work when there is no financial imperative. That's why I retired, but I hadn't expected to experience such discrimination when I applied for various part-time jobs. Some old folks really NEED to work and should get the chance if capable. Elton