Long Applicant Poems

Not too many decades out of college
I finally landed my first full-time job,
as a White House speech writer.

I know,
you would expect
I would not start at the top
and then claw
and grab
and snatch my way to the...

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*** Classified Ad — “Position Wanted” ***

  ((The following is from ad details written on the ad draft form submitted by the ad’s purchaser, who, while here was briefly helped by clerk ES Slinger,...

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Growing up I was never the favorite
Never the good kid
Never given a chance
 
My outbursts were shut down
I was told to
Sit down
Shut up
Keep it together
 
My parents struggled to keep me in school
They never had...

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You’ll never guess whom the cat drug in; have a day where you just couldn’t win?
He came strutting in, smacking his gum loud, dressed to the nines Goth Punk style.
Tats trailed down his left arm,...

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Now, who wouldn't hire this confident young entrepreneur? 



Sitting here this morning at my desk a bit concerned about a brand new job that I’m applying for today,
I was so relieved to find the copy...

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of the world war (3rd!)
I'm not the forced applicant
I don't wanna be the forced applicant

of the world war (3rd!)
no; I'm not the well-wisher
not the advance receptionist

columnist, they are political analyst
journalist, they are critics of the...

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MPA statement
 from recent MPA applicant
 *
 "Hello, my name is Bill and I'm a Miserable Person."
 "Hello Bill" - standard response from the audience.
 "I no longer socialize with any family or any friends
...

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Applicant's
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Destiny is a walk
Which never steps backwards%
The day I became an applicant
I feared the blank holes
To insert and answer on
Ice cold I frozen hoped
To complete the form.
This is the forward1% step
My foot is in...

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To whom it may never concern:

NOTICE
re: Regarding this notice
"Please disregard this notice"

MEMO
re: Ignored memos
"Please ignore this memo"

SIGN POSTED:
Please do not read this sign
Any employee who reads this sign will be subject to immediate disciplinary inaction...

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Are you our sort of writer?
Do you write
Stories or poems
Memoirs or nonfiction
Or some other form?

Blank pages wait for something new, do you
Put something on it before you walk away?
Stop waiting.
Open your notebook,
Empty, empty, do you...

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Such a yearning in my heart to find a one
No, find the one 
With the appropriate prerequisites
The right experience
The proper internships to complete my externship
The perfect applicant
Just right for the job
After many interviews and several...

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Mine was counter number nine I heard
No one there what a relief
I sat to be told you next
Where? At ten; nine is off now.

Saw a real American woman
Finger scans each applicant
From behind a big glass...

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Knock, knock, is anyone there?
Feels like there’s no one home.
It’s only God filling my empty space,
When I think about it, I become sad.

Feels like no matter my accomplishments,
Until I get married, I’m a pointless applicant.
It’s...

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Hatred is wide prevalent
Heart has become insolvent
Kindness, none wants to invent
Human tongue is a real serpent
People love to be highly vehement
Affection is totally...

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My husband forced me to interview his new secretary.
Because I can type?
I was furiously opposed.
Be professional he said, which is not in my vocabulary.
So here she was, sitting across from me.
I leaned back in my...

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Should one merely settle for the word ‘Style’
In lieu of the more appropriate ‘Guile’?
A secretary asking an applicant to wait for a while
But still not nearing this anxious file;
Letting the doomed document and others pile,
Sometimes...

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Thirty hours early for her interview.
Impressive or ludicrous?
She ordered everything on the menu.
Wanted to taste each dish before accepting position.
Is she the new chef? I inquired.
No, a potential hostess.
I stared at the woman.
She looked more...

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My Ex Husband:-

Lied to me
Was often drunk and violent
Belittled me
Spent all my money
Ran off with my best friend ...


HE’S FIRED!

Position is now vacant

the new applicant needs to be:-

Honest
Teetotal and gentle as a lamb
Stand by me...

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