Nightmares

If you think the nightmares You have as a kid Are really all that scary Then have a listen to this With your monsters in the closet Boogie men under the bed Werewolves at the window Ghosts floating overhead They don't even come close To the stress of the adult Let me take the time to enlighten you To the real nightmares through this poem There's the annoying bill collector Always beating on the door As your Uncle Sam AKA the Tax Man Is always wanting more And just when you think gas prices Have reached the ultimate peak They raise the price 20¢ over night Then double that the next week How about your job down sizing And not inviting you along With your entire lot now in a box Sold down the river with a song And let's not forget the aches and pains That magically appear Over every square inch of your body Year by year by grueling year Or when the doctor comes in the room And asks you to sit down Informing you in a week or two You'll no longer be around So if you want to swap nightmare stories You'd better pull those covers tight Cause adulthood has some doozies Sweet dreams kid and good night Just a fun little bedtime story to read to the kids!