THE INTERVIEW (If Only……!)
The words are all inside my head I cannot pry them
loose
I want to write these words and thoughts but my heart
cries “What’s the use?”
I stand before you stripped of pride for I cannot
read these words you write
I never learned to read or write, what did I need
it for?
Letters could not help me fight in a country still
at war!
I am not dumb for I can speak a hundred thousand
words
Yet cannot tell when written down which one of them
is heard
Please talk to me and I will tell of twenty skills
or mare
That I have learned and each one different than the
one before!
But do not ask for me to write each skill that you
will see
as listed in that resume…(my friend wrote it
for me!)
I’ll answer all your questions with honesty
and you
will find that I do all the things your ‘job’
would have me do
One chance is all that I require to prove to you I
can
do all these things and more for you, just please,
give me this chance!
A handshake now, “We’ll be in touch”,
you walk me to the door
I’ll wait in vain for I have walked this road
ten times and more
My luck may change tomorrow, for I’m learning
now each night
The “extra” skills that I must have –
the skills to READ & WRITE!
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