Job Interview No. 2

from Turnaround France by Will Clark

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Is today a holiday? The bells are ringing like crazy
Do I appear as a snake in the garden
where I slink,
without
a leg
to stand on?
It’s a world within itself

The bars are cleaner here. The food is making me nauseous.
I spent the last three days finding the real price of milk
Inside your pretty mouth
Your bag in the hallway
is ready for the night, but in my time I’m asleep, I shouldn’t be asleep

Pay attention. Things are happening.
Things are acting and things are reacting.
The flowers are bee-like. The bees are flower-like.
A blade of grass cuts through your heart
You’d like to raise your hand and explain.
But it’s no more pencils. No more books. No more teachers. Dirty looks.

There was a job interview. I huffed, and I puffed, and I blew it.
But hey that’s ok with you, you got a friend who makes you jealous
But might just help me out
The guy is totally lazy.
And keeps you up at night with plights and gripes as bad as Achilles.

You see pain where there is only cruelty.

You were standing stiff as Job
And caught her picture in the newspaper
Under another name but there undoubtedly when
And undoubtedly how, and undoubtedly
Why you think you’ve got it bad as Job?
It’s not like you had a son or a daughter
It’s not like you had any land to hoe
It’s not like you had any animals to slaughter
Or any house the devil could burn

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from Turnaround France, released July 9, 2021

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Will Clark Brooklyn, New York

Will Clark plays guitar for Madam West. He's not the erstwhile guitarist. He still plays.

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