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The Nightmare

The Nightmare By Elton Camp The middle-aged man wasn’t sleeping well By his anguished groans, his wife could tell “You’re dreaming again, for goodness sake.” She shook his shoulder to get him awake “It was that horrible dream I’ve had before. Student loans I must pay five years more.” “Now, Roscoe, you are fifty so it can’t be. I’ve told you before that you owe only three.”

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Date: 5/27/2012 2:24:00 PM
Signs of the times... good poem... Terry
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Date: 5/28/2012 10:08:00 AM
Hello Terry, I have seen the devasting effect of student loans. It's a heavy load for young people to carry, likely for years. It especially annoys me when universities go up on tuition for the express purpose of increasing faculty salaries. Elton

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