Rat Race

To what do you owe your success, wise rat?

Speak of your prosperity!

Oh, it's a rarity!

You have yet to be picked from the claws of the cat.

Will you be the Aristocrat?

Your words hold no verity!

Your stance shows no parity!

And when you speak, your words are flat.

"I owe it to myself, alone."

But can you hear?

The dishonesty prevalent in his tone?

He claims the innocence of a deer

But for his sins he won't atone

And his success is owed to the people's fear.