Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

At school the careers master 

Could see I was a disaster, 

The sort of maelstrom 

Employers run miles from. 

He said, ‘you’ll not make an ostler

Anywhere near Gloucester, 

They’ll not take you as a sommelier 

Even in Montpellier 

And you won’t be a barista

From here to Chichester. 

Perhaps you’ll be a farmer 

If you go to the Bahamas 

Or maybe a sailor 

In the navy of Venezuela

But you’ll never be a banker, 

Either here or in Sri Lanka.’ 

He was right, I didn’t argue 

And so now what I do 

Is write couplets and stanzas 

And then take my chances.