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Help wanted
She hung the ‘help wanted’ sign outside her window.
‘Apply within’ it read.
She waited, she prepared her bed.
‘No experience necessary’ the finer print continued
On the job training for those who qualify
Full time positions only
Resumes and references required
She hung her curtains of desire
He rang the bell
She did not answer
She looked out to see her caller
He waited long
The door bell sang its song
She did not answer
One look and she knew he was wrong
She poured perfumes of drunkenness
Unto the linens and to her dress
Her bath of milk and rose hips
Petal kissed her skin,
new wine sweetened her lips
her tongue now dripped with
Clover honey
she covered herself in potent garb
he rang the bell
she did not answer
he left his business card
a wealth of knowledge her soul absorbed
for she was a student of wisdoms cord
she played the strings of truth that her pied
voice sang
the music of intelligence from her heart called
once again the bell rang
she heard no echo of her rhyme
so alone at her door he sang out of time
her stove was alit with pot of stew
well seasoned, full of flavor
from the sunny brew
skilled at the skillet
her cuisine was exquisite
the steam of simmering pan
escaped through her window
again the bell rang
mouth watering for a taste
he licked his lips
he walked away looking at her
looking at him through her blurred window
trash day arrived
she took it all outside
all the garbage, the baggage
collected from the past and her lineage
she went back to the window
cleaned it to a shine
clean and clear inside and out
he came once again tall and sure
as he removed the help wanted sign, it tore
he rang the bell, he waited
she ran to the door elated
she opened up to his gleaming smile
the one she had been waiting for all the while
she opened for she was ready
she opened for it was time
she opened for trash day was gone
her bed was laid
her meal prepared
her mind and soul the past remand
and she was well clad!
the crumpled sign fell from his hand
he took hers and they conquered the land
now the sign reads as you pass bye
position filled, you need not apply.
