My Path It Did Cross

Poem by Luisa Kay Reyes

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My heart was weighed down by absolute dread
For I knew the routine all too well
It seemed like a better end to be dead
Than to be denied by personnel.  

My career had reached a dead end
After being let go and laid off
I joined the gig work trend
Trying to keep fate at a standoff.  

I had forgotten I ever applied
When offered a time to interview
Experience proved I’d be denied
All of that trauma was best to eschew.