We've all lived beyond our means... <br />'They' are relentless and made it impossible to ignore... <br />When all we're asked over and over these days... <br />Do you know your credit score? <br /> <br />Overdraft fees...Late charges...Finance charges...Cancellation threats... <br />Missed payments...Promises to pay...Collection calls galore... <br />Not a penny left over after monthly payments have barely been met. <br /> <br />We're overextended... We're overlimit...A fact we can't abhor. <br />We're resolved to buying groceries with a credit card. <br />Something we never had to do before. <br /> <br />Lines of Credit... Balance transfers...Reverse mortgages, there's more. <br />A variable rate that demands each month...'you've not paid enough, <br />we must take more'. <br /> <br />Forclosure Notices...Sleepless nights...Self medicating in panic... <br />Refinance for a quick debt fix...Robbing Peter to pay Paul... <br />Pay attention to the due date...These three digits are making us manic! <br /> <br />Through the media...Through the internet...One simple click... <br />Human greed from all ends determines who we are...a vicious cycle... <br />Did we score high or score too low? ...Are we an asset or a risk? <br /> <br />Trying to make ends meet....one paycheck from being poor... <br />Someone out there amplified this concept...made it a terror tactic... <br />All that matters now...Do you know your credit score? <br /> <br />(Revised)<br /><br />Cathleen Hodgkinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/do-you-know-your-credit-score/
