Classified

Classified

by Laurie Benson 2022 

Newspapers had a section,

Help Wanted, called Classified,

and if you qualified for the classified

you could apply and

wait to see how

things turned out.

Were you the person they

were looking for in

the advertisement?

Would the hourly wage be

enough for you

to be you?

A different sort of help

is wanted, needed these days.

It won't go in the newspaper

or online.

Not the much publicized

Craig's List, not Glass Door,

Indeed or Linkedin, but

the "help me if you can," kind

the Beatles sang about.

H.I.R.I.N.G. signs are posted

everywhere, sometimes

with a bonus.  Incentives,

calling out, "help us if you can,

if you will!"

But a friend once told me

he would never live to work,

only work to live, and it seems

working to live, the work of living

is more difficult

these days than

working for hire, and 

nothing about that should

be classified.

So if you can, "get someone's

feet back on the ground,

they will so appreciate you 

comin' round,"

and there won't be a sign

that is easy to see,

so watch with something

other than your eyes.

Help.

If you can.