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Way of the Rat

Like sunshine on a cold Spring morning deceiving our judgment and senses, the rat manoeuvres through honest lives, a Machiavellian villain before our eyes. Sharp pain in our back can not be felt, slowly we bleed unknowingly from malicious acts assumed as mistakes and poisonous words on metaphorical plates. The gullible gobbling every last morsel coaxed by the rodent kings charm, others now treat us with utter contempt. Realisation dawns slowly, this was all meant. A great planner and chess game player - a master manipulator, this rat's moves to the winning check mate eminate from the deepest bowels of dark hate. Rubbishing others to his own gain, convincing the blind he is the best, while deadly charisma gnaws his path, My fellow man I plead, watch out for this rats wrath.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 3/29/2014 5:33:00 PM
So many diff/nt kinds of rats...very discribtive metaphorical speaking, great poem.
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Rob Carter
Date: 3/29/2014 6:03:00 PM
Thanks Tiaua, yes rats don't have to be furry rodents, not in my world! Rob
Date: 3/28/2014 8:57:00 PM
That RAT is dang scary. Good metaphoric poem!!! I got something different out of it than Robert did.
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Rob Carter
Date: 3/29/2014 6:01:00 PM
Thanks Andrea. I'm sure we've all encountered this on some level even if we don't know we have! Rob
Date: 3/28/2014 8:02:00 PM
Rats have historically been given a bad name because their co-habitation with people in the Middle Ages was responsible for the epidemics of the Black Plague. This is a very descriptive write.
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Rob Carter
Date: 3/29/2014 5:59:00 PM
Thanks for the comment Robert. You're right about rats bad press over the centuries. Rob

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