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Rat-race
by Laryalee Fraser (Age: 68)
copyright 05-26-2002


Age Rating: 10 to 127

 

Tiny feet of consciousness
pitter-patter down the street;
tailored thoughts in steely-grey
blink a syncopated beat.

Caught within a power surge,
climbing ladders, row on row,
each one clutches private hopes --
yields them to the status quo.

Tuned to bells and flashing lights,
basic needs have been restrung.
Soon another seething mass
tumbles off the final rung.




05/17/02




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06-05-2002 Melissa Rives    

Wow...this is another great poem with a meaningful message! :)
05-30-2002 Nancy Pawley    

Fantastic!
Nancy
05-28-2002 Kay Lee Kelly    

Yikes, so much with so few words, outstanding!
05-28-2002 Maralee Gerke    

This is a good poem. The rats almost sound like lemmings to me asthey follow blindly down the path to destruction.
05-27-2002 Peggy Bertrand    

My life is definiatly a rat race..... Thank you for this simple yet truthful piece it was cleverly produced.....
05-26-2002 William Robbins    

Rat-race, so true, so sad, so much we all must chase. Well done.
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