2022 prompt/hour 10:
“owl is stupid – about being smart …bc trauma-anxiety is real”
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Position Vacant: Magister Library Owl
Desirable characteristics
*older owl
*needs to be willing to dress the part when on duty
*needs to be able to pull off wise-owl-owl voice when necessary
*must be able to sit at the information desk for extended periods (if you have back or wing injuries please consider if this is the correct role for you)
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He’d answered the advertisement
He’d met the stated criteria
He’d gotten through the interviews, somehow
He’d just skirted around the obvious
He’d been aware of his lack, of course
He’d been told not be be stupid about it
By friends
By family
By former workmates
But he knew
He knew they were looking for a *wise* distinguished old owl
Not a {stupid, thick as two planks, can’t get anything right ever can you? useless} owl
Yet
Yet somehow
Somehow
They said yes
They offered him the job
He’d got it
He’d been accepted
He’d got a magical contract to be paid for life
He’d never go hungry again – not even if he was {stupid and useless and got it wrong again}
What was he going to DO?
Any moment now the magister librarians were going to figure out he was a total fraud
Find out do you hear
Find out he was a fraud
Find out he was stupid
Find out he got things wrong
Find out {he dropped things …and I’m so sorry I’ll fix it .. please – I’ll try harder … I can do better… I promise ..}
Find out he wasn’t *wise*
Find out he didn’t have a clue
Oh, OH what was he going to DO?
Merry – LordCricket 2022 poetry marathon