Short Interviewer Poems

A child was interviewed on breakfast radio in England,
The interviewer asked what she thought of the world,
He said,'simple I'm perfect and the world is imperfect.'...

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his nose was distracting
but so was mine
i listened to it ; in the car on the way
there
the bass was in my brain

what if he'd never heard it?
the questions kept coming
questions about
stuff 
thinking about the book of judges
i saw paintings  

i followed him home
hid beneath the window pane
but heard nothing

i didn't get the job...

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FLY

So, you’re wanting to be a pilot, son
Free as a bird way up there in the sky
It is an important job, as well as fun

You look so keen, and I do know why
Leaving all that boring stuff way behind
I can see that you just really want to fly

We take only the fittest that we can find
You realise this is the best job, bar none
But to this interviewer role I’m resigned
...

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What is the criteria to work in this office?
The prim interviewer began rattling off statistics 
About education, degrees, experience.
I looked around at the staff I could see.
Everyone I saw was female, blonde, twenty-two, and 36, 24, 36.
They dressed in short skirts, wore high heels and their nails were points.
Not a few of them. 
All of them.
Experienced in what? I wondered.
Knowing I would not make the cut.
Of course as you may have guessed, I didn’t....

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