Woke up late



Where is the rat that always wakes me up?

Today I woke up late.

Where is the rat that always wakes me up.

No sounds were made.

Maybe I was sound asleep.

Sound asleep to hear the wake-up sounds.

The sounds from the rat that always wakes me up.

They are family now.

Always leaving the crumbs for them.

But today the crumbs were there.

What could have happened?

Could it be stuck on the mean neighbor's trap ?

Where is the rat that always wakes me up?

I am afraid for its life.

The rat that always wakes me up.

All day I am worried.

All day not hearing the squeaking.

Oh. The rat that wakes me up.
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Submitted by Banbeast on January 24, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A x A x x x a x x x x x A x a x x a
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 611
Words 152
Stanzas 18
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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