As I hope is true of all of my fiction, my novel has many layers and subtexts that are intended to both entertain and expose the reader to ideas and concepts that I hope will leave her/him thinking after they put down the book. Like my favorite contemporary novelist, Dean Koontz, there are threads of social commentary throughout my modest published fiction. In this novel, beyond the obvious criticism leveled at for-profit education, I touch on a variety of other serious issues in both direct and subtle ways. In Chapter 2, for example, I briefly explore the theme of this short poem using humor to temper what is deadly serious criticism some aspects of my profession. You can hear my reading of chapter two through one of my podcasts at https://open.spotify.com/episode/1NeYlH158LslBXOwQa0Ikz?si=80biKWFUSjaIxRdYPuidbg