Student Loans

From the Wall Street Journal:  "Americans are flooding the government with appeals to have their student loans forgiven on the grounds that schools deceived them with false promises of a well-paying career—part of a growing protest against years of surging college costs."

The school was bright and shiny, the instructors very firm

that I would prosper once I learned to care for pachyderm.

I studied hard and listened to my lectures, power points

that showed the teeth of elephants and all their massive joints.

My loans were getting bigger and my worries multiplied,

but my advisor said the circus riches would provide.

When I completed study and was graduated I

found that Ringling Brothers to their Jumbos said 'good-bye'.

Now I am a bar back, serving lushes who all say

they can see pink elephants most any time of day . . .