Please Just Hire Me



This looking for  a  job  thing  is a giant  pain in the *ss
I miss  the days of drinking beer, and always skipping class
Waking  up around noon or so, and  heading to the rec
Sweating out the night before, or what did you expect
I've put in so  many  resumes, and filled  out  so many apps
I keep getting these Dear John letters, filled with all  sorts of crap
Thank you  for your submission, we  wish you the best  of luck
We notice  that you're qualified, but really don't give a f*ck
You're not what we're looking for, you won't be moving on
If something changes we'll let you know, but the conclusion is foregone
Does my experience mean nothing? And what about my Degree?  
You realize it's a  Master's right? Should I have just gotten a  GED?
Should I kneel down and  pray tonight, and just hope for the best
Or will my prayer be a cover letter that lays in a  pile with the rest?
Should  I  go make my own  youtube video,  just  like Gagnam Style
Do I hold up a  copy of my resume  and  hope that it  goes  viral?
I  could pick up an acoustic guitar, and strum a chord or three
I'll look right in the  camera and  say, "PLEASE  JUST  HIRE  ME"
My stress level is way up, my sleep hours way down
My once constant  smile is now a constant frown
Ready to get out of  this race, and win the lottery  
But until that day comes  around, "PLEASE  JUST HIRE  ME"

About this poem

I spent a lot of time job hunting. With so many claiming there are jobs if people want to work. For so many claiming there is a teacher shortage, it seemed that finding a job was much harder than people claimed it to be. I wrote this poem and as I got rejected from one job to another, I kept thinking of the words I wrote years ago. Thought it might help others that are struggling as they look for work.

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Written on February 02, 2013

Submitted by twkent2001 on August 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCADEBFGHIJJKLHHMMHH
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,380
Words 282
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22

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