In the elevator all I can think is
"How do you talk to people again?"
Three of us wait in a glass room,
waiting for our interview.
Someone jokes, "Maybe we'll have to fight each other."
My insides flutter.
Some kind of courage makes me say "Like in the Hunger Games?"
The third mimed a bow and arrow pretending to take aim.
We laugh.
The CEO comes in.
We answer her questions one by one.
She accepts us all. It feels like my first win.
There is no pay, but this might be fun.
I applied to be their filmmaker
and ended up one of their article bakers.
It took some time,
but I was able to change her mind.
Sometimes being bad at something (like articles)
Can make people kind.
I became one of their new cinematographers!
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To be a Straw Hat
PoetryA young woman graduated from college and has no idea what to do with the rest of her life. No one will hire a nobody with no experience and a lot of time on their hands. Spiky (her nickname), tries to find her way in life while many odds are stacked...
