The Rat Race



Running here running there
As if people really don't care
This place and that place
It’s just a fancy rat race
Mazes and tunnels wafting with cheese
Skinny rats following fat rats tall and short rats
Running here and running there
No one stops or stares like they really don't care
This place and that place
Don't look them in the face
It's just a fancy rat race
When it seems we can’t keep the pace
some one dares look us in the face
then it becomes fast paced
They will not be able to keep the pace
They will pay the price
For looking us in the face
After all it's just a fancy rat race

About this poem

ONE DAY, LIKE MANY OTHER DAYS, I WAS OBSERVING THE PEOPLE AROUND ME. LIKE MANY OF MY POEMS, ONLY A FEW WORDS COME TO ME THEN I THINK ABOUT THE DAY AND WRITE THE REST.

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Written on March 16, 2011

Submitted by BARKER99 on August 03, 2021

Modified by BARKER99 on August 05, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aaBbcdaaBbbbbebfbb
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 575
Words 117
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

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