Rat Rant
by Rachel Hoyt
Please no, not a rat,
Anything but that,
Even a gnat,
Or an ugly bat,
But not that -
I come from no rat.
I like monkeys,
Can't I come from these
Primates that please,
Fur balls at ease -
Can't I come from these?
I like monkeys.
So what if they're tough?
They're ugly - no fluff,
No sparkle, all scruff -
I wish this was a bluff.
I've got sparkle and fluff,
Don't want to be that tough.
© 2013
Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
This rhyme was inspired by the news that we
may have a rat like creature in our ancestry.
poetic news
about Santa Barbarians talking back
ha...rats in mass numbers...not good...much like any vermin...spiders...not in mass either...did you see those spiders in brazil?
ReplyDeletePeople in mass frighten me more than spiders and rats, that's for sure.
DeleteHehe. Rats in mass numbers are scary. I did see the spiders. That would freak me out more than rats or humans.
DeleteThough the rats may be tough
ReplyDeletecreatures coarse and rough
Consider the slime and grime
that populated the planet in an earlier time
The kinds of things that make us say
"I ain't touchin' that stuff"
Life is coming and going
to and from whence it came
and after all these years
it's that primordial ooze to blame
:-)
Well said, M. James. :)
DeleteFun poem -- disturbing thought!
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