{"id":5084,"date":"2024-01-17T08:22:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T13:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2024-01-17T08:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T13:22:12","slug":"poem-you-are-not-a-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/17\/poem-you-are-not-a-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: You Are Not a Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A poem for those who have crushing student loan debt&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>You Are Not a Loan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do the bankers still have a crush on you<br \/>\nEven after having<br \/>\nTaken you<br \/>\nTo school<br \/>\nBank rolling<br \/>\nThe best daze of your life<br \/>\nOnly left<br \/>\nWith dear John<br \/>\nLetters<br \/>\nAfter your name<br \/>\nMeaning little<br \/>\nWith a debt sentence<br \/>\nHanging<br \/>\nOver<br \/>\nYour ahead<br \/>\nThey so illicit<br \/>\nAs you shutter<br \/>\nWith the expectancy<br \/>\nOf another missed monthly due date<br \/>\nFeudally hoping for closure<br \/>\nAs your castle is rooked<br \/>\nFor in<br \/>\nChess beating<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the king&#8217;s game<br \/>\nSure wood<br \/>\nForest to pay<br \/>\nFor they won&#8217;t except a check mate<br \/>\nDown<br \/>\nUnder<br \/>\nColonizing all that is penal<br \/>\nAs no man<br \/>\nAn aisle<br \/>\nOf thieves<br \/>\nCon signed<br \/>\nAnd in return address<br \/>\nOccupy that robbin&#8217; hood<br \/>\nUnable to fiord<br \/>\nAs men of means<br \/>\nWho cannot right<br \/>\nIt off<br \/>\nIn their abandon<br \/>\nJust<br \/>\nAnother pawn<br \/>\nTo hock with them all!<br \/>\nConceived only in liberties<br \/>\nFashioning accompany<br \/>\nBanned of brothers<br \/>\nAs marry men<br \/>\nOutlaws and in-laws<br \/>\nA peer before queens<br \/>\nWith a warrant for a rest<br \/>\nAnd broad casting<br \/>\nFor won and awe<br \/>\nWee have yearned an education<br \/>\nThe key to mastery<br \/>\nComing out of the woulds<br \/>\nThe hole truth<br \/>\nAnd sole uniting principle<br \/>\nOf persons of interest:<br \/>\nYou are not a loan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem for those who have crushing student loan debt&#8230; You Are Not a Loan Do the bankers still have a crush on you Even after having Taken you To school Bank rolling The best daze of your life Only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/17\/poem-you-are-not-a-loan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[294,416,249,359,486,421],"class_list":["post-5084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-awe","tag-debt","tag-education","tag-life","tag-meaning","tag-truth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: You Are Not a Loan | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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