Second Interview Human Resources
Joe Hillard
About the Author
Joe Hilliard. Luddite. Teller of Tales. Grew up as a teen in Los Angeles on a diet of Blue Demon, Doc Savage, Philip K. Dick, the Circle Jerks, Mildred Pierce, and Judge Dredd in 80s Hollywood. Graduate of the University of Michigan, which only added Kawabata, Krazy Kat, and William S. Burroughs to the mix. Marks time as a paralegal in sunny California. Anti-social media.
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 hand
As I walked out of the cold antiseptic conference room
On the first floor
Just down the hall from his office
With just enough room behind the desk to get on my knees.
Laid off –
All that the market can bear.
Guaranteed second interview
While 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 at
The 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 same
Gym down the street from the corporate headquarters.
And I am 42 and need the second interview
Need the job, don't need all of this.
And the second interview
Lasts as long as his hardon.
Tastes as bitter as his cum
As bitter as it comes.
Waiting for the next one in line.
I'm on my knees.