Angst Rat Poems

Rat-a-tat-tat, hear the guns on the street,
children are shooting children in their school.
And yet, gun control bills end in defeat,
corporate America is no fool.

Money matters...

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So ya thought ya might
Like ta go to the mouse show
To feel the warmth of

The mouse confusion
That kill-the-mouse-cadet glow
Hey you! Yeah you mouse!

Up against the...

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Narrative of the Year of Rat

February is like a fierce tiger dashing down the mountain
The trees and the grass were startled
The water in its inherent...

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Lab Rat Race - 




Well it’s a hard pill to swallow
that we aren’t promised tomorrow;
but the rent is still due today. 
Sure, you’re losing your...

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I cannot type 
I cannot write 
I cannot read
I cannot see 
I cannot hear 
I cannot smell 
I am like a mole rat...

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Coupes skimming fly, gently humming of engines and tires.
Listen closer, and hum turns to cheetah’s roar, pushing for
A harder pace, an impact-- No achievement is...

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Black Rat;
        Laying on your stomach in the grass.
Looking so alive by the ant-hill;
    ...

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Angst
        Pressure
     Tension Builds
  Nerves Tautly Wound
Stomach's Knot Tightens
   Imminent Deadline
...

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The Enfeeble
 I feel repulsed when he is near I ought to have 
 compassion for this cripple a twisted foot and
 an arm that...

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A Rat
it was dawn about six o’clock the phone from the bridge of the ship rang, 
time to get up. I had been sleeping on...

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What a ***** to find time to creep into another woman's bed
or maybe a rat to scurry under my feet for cheese and bread
askin for...

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A.T. Throw down quick a beat
so hot it melts ya lips so ya can't speak
teach em to pray 
Make em hope it'll rain
cool off the...

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A RAT SEEKING A CAT

Pity pervades
indiscretion invades
safety is a thing of yesterday
and tears are the price we all must pay

I pity the little child who...

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NEVER  LIE TO THE SKY

You promised to make rainbows last forever
Primary colors that would refuse to fade
My belief in your vow proved I’m not...

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A UNKIND KIND OF KINDLING
  
I am taking pictures off the wall
Then taking them to the flame
I am burning each, every and all
Food for...

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