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SECOND INTERVIEW HUMAN RESOURCES: AUGUST 2014
By Joe Hilliard
His Suit is well pressed.Mine is rumpled.One hundred and two in the shade SoCal Summer Day.But he smiles. Persistent.Human Resources patented flash.
I'm on my knees – Only crushing my suit further, crushing my hopes further.His fly is open –I'm on my knees - Throbbing flesh slaps my beard.I'm on my knees.
Guaranteed second interview.He smiled and shook my handAs I walked out of the cold antiseptic conference roomOn the first floorJust down the hall from his officeWith just enough room behind the desk to get on my knees.
Laid off – All that the market can bear.Guaranteed second interviewWhile EDD thinks about all you SoCal needs – Electric, gas, mortgage, food on the table,Insurance, no insurance –All that the market can bare.I'm on my knees – His fly is open –I'm on my knees.
He's 30ish, fit, works out atThe gym down the street from the corporate headquarters.They probably offer memberships as perks of the job.His offer – his fly is open.And paunchy middle me, desk job wanting – I'm on my knees.
And as I swallow –They've already hired the CEO's nephew Fresh out of the Ivy League and down and 23 and at the sameGym down the street from the corporate headquarters.And I am 42 and need the second interviewNeed the job, don't need all of this.And the second interviewLasts as long as his hardon.Tastes as bitter as his cumAs bitter as it comes.
Waiting for the next one in line.I'm on my knees.