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
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2011
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