Jack Clark Poet Rhyme

The Application

There she stood, expressionless
As I contemplated the paper mess
She handed me, on her counter there
And then, with the coldest glare:

“Fill out these forms ’n bring ‘em back”
(If she’d smile, her face would crack!)
And dutifully, with pen in hand
I complied with her command.

Name: Well, that’s easy - to myself I said
I wrote it down, and on I read
Address, birth date, I filled out, too,
For eye color, I wrote down: Blue

For “Height”, I put down: 5 feet ten
Then began to read again.
Some questions, they’d be hard
So, I had to be on guard!

Under “Salary” I wrote: Very bland
A number I’m sure they’d understand
And under Former Residence:
I wrote down: Old basements

Under “Sex” I wrote: Only mentally
(I had started to write: Occasionally)
Then came the word: Experience
I wrote: Yes, but only once

 “Please list your credit score:”
That’s easy: Zero and no more!
Under “In Your Check Account:”
Again was zero for my amount.

For other questions on the form
Accurate entries I did perform
I checked the form: It was complete
All my entries: Bold and neat

I went again, to stand in line
To face the clerk: “Miss Serpentine”
And hand to her my forms complete
Then get the job, so I could eat!

At last the cold and chiseled face
Of “Miss Serpentine” was in place
Across the counter from where I stood
I saw her expression:  It wasn’t good

She scanned my forms with eyes so cold
Then she turned and quickly strolled
To her desk some feet away
Then came back.  I heard her say:

“Now that we’ve your application”,
She said to me with resignation,
“For approval we’ll just wait and see”.
I asked: “How long might that be?”

“Well, let’s see – it’s twenty-twenty six
So why don’t you just hit the bricks
And when the calendar reads: Twenty Twenty eight
Your application will have met its’ fate.

“But lady, I need to eat now!
Can’t you speed it up somehow?”
“Sorry, but it’s our policy
To research thoroughly”

So, resigned, I turned away
So much for McDonalds’ here today
Maybe there’d be less hell
If I’d applied at Taco Bell !

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