Married Too Young

Married Too Young By Elton Camp Butch and Meg were sixteen when they met Raging hormones on a disastrous course set Meg told her parents, “He’s the man for me.” At a frown she added, “A better I’ll never see.” Butch demanded parents’ consent for him to wed “If you don’t agree, then I’ll just take her to bed.” His parents didn’t think that it was the thing to do, But marriage seemed the lesser evil of those two Seven years have now for them come and gone A change in view each of them has undergone Butch missed college, burgers and fries to sell And Meg’s life as a cleaning lady is a living hell Both of them together just barely can get by To get any savings ahead, they needn’t try Of any unexpected expense that may appear, Both of them live in constant dread and fear The couple now argue about money every day But they never expected it to turn out that way Both feel cheated of a normal adolescent life Which they surrendered for misery and strife They found out that ‘love” wasn’t near enough The shine wore off and their lives are now tough Will they somehow find a way to make it through Or is bitter anger and divorce what it has come to?