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Natural Selection

from Here There Be Demons by The Crows Of Albion

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Those loaded questions that have no real answer, applying for a job that you’ve proved you can do with your eyes shut, up against someone straight out of school, your hope filled eyes as you travel to the interview on the train - having to face your fellow commuters on the way home having been rejected. Oh, right, it’s just me then…

lyrics

Natural Selection

Outbound

I look at them
they look at me
through glassy eyes
that never see
we’ve shared this carriage
many years
never sharing
hopes or fears
I swiftly pass
the guarded gate
and check my watch
in case I’m late
despite producing
dog-eared ticket
the blank faced guardsman
doesn’t click it
I side step gran’s
with shopping bags
and hands that plead
from piles of rags
fat businessmen
in rain drenched suits
and pretty girls
in thigh length boots
rehearsing each
spontaneous line
the interview
begins at nine
my suit is black
and very smart
shop windows whisper
“just the part”

Return

I look at them
they look at me
through x-ray eyes
I know they see
my bitter
onion of cares
they relish
peeling back the layers
a question asked
a swift reply
a sadness seeing
grown men cry
a pungent odour
seeps and lingers
on my
disappointed fingers
the journey home
seems twice as long
I bump and grind
the milling throng
the guardsman smiles
a knowing smile
hands withdraw
into the rag pile
fat businessmen
with pretty girls
shiny foreheads
golden curls
my suit is damp
with dismal rain
it’s job rejection
time again

credits

from Here There Be Demons, released September 30, 2015
WORDS: Ian Whiteley
MUSIC: Martin Heaton

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