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Rat Race
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Life may be a rat race, But I run it, not to win, But to escape. Every step I take Leaves me further behind, Without hope of return. So now I will turn around And run the other way. Away from the race. Away from the fleeting blurs Of brazen runners Vainly trying to finish first.
Copyright © 1997 by Randal A. Burd, Jr. Publications: Abilene, TX: The Golden Wings of Time, Creative Arts & Science Enterprises, 1997 Author's Note: Poems viewed here are the latest versions and are not necessarily word-for-word as published.

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