PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

Recently I was privileged to observe in all it’s magnificence

The ingenuity of youth mixed with a little innocence.

I was in line at a store counter, in front of me was a young boy

Who asked the manager of the store if he could work in his employ.

The manager looked the boy over and asked, “Weren’t you here last week?”

The boy smiled, stood up straight and tall and then began to speak.

“Yes, sir.” He nodded. “That was me; is the job still open today?”

The manager smiled as he tried to come up with just the right words to say.

“Do you remember what I told you last week?” he reached over and touched the boy on his shoulder

“That I was looking for someone who is perhaps a little older.”

The boy was unperturbed, he would not be disallowed

“Yes sir! I remember,” he said, “and I’m a whole week older now.”

He didn’t get the job, there are age requirements in our land of the brave and the free

But I think I would have made an exception based solely on ingenuity.