Short Rat Hole Poems

I sit and sweat,
My pain does swell,
I'm living in
this unholy hell...

Time drags,
Like my lamed foot,
that twists and turns with glee,
The pain so much unendurable
Has got the best of me

The silence
of the empty wallet
The silence
of the grave
It's been me that I have lost,
No longer am I brave..
Living in this rat-hole,
is like living in a cave....

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In the old house there once lived a fat cat 
From half a mile she could smell a brat rat 
She was too lazy to run about and play 
Spent time lying on worn out mat gray.  
 
One day she didn’t find food in the bowl 
She was sure it was the sly rat that stole 
Chased the culprit in empty stomach
In round rat hole her head got stuck. 

March 13, 2021
Contest  :  Nursery Rhyme 2
Sponsor : Eve Roper...

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A fat cat lived in a house on the mound 
From a mile she could smell the brat rat around 
She was too lazy to run about and hound
Spent time lying on frayed mat on the ground.  
 
One day when in her bowl food wasn’t found  
The sly rat stole it she knew and frowned 
In empty stomach chased the culprit to pound
But her head got stuck in the rat hole round.

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April 25, 2022
Contest : Nursery Rhyme 3
Sponsored by : Eve Roper...

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In the old house there once lived a fat cat
From half a mile she could smell a wet rat
She was too lazy to run
Spent her time under the sun
Lying on worn out black and white old mat.

One day when she did not find her food bowl
She was sure it was the sly rat that stole
Her stomach started to burn
She saw the rat on the run
Chased it blind, her head got stuck in the hole.

August 11, 2018
Syllable count : 10-10-7-7-10
(Checked on howmanysyllables.com)...

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