Evolution of the Rat Race

It's a devolution of humans
Furry palms and tiny whiskers
Wriggling their noses
Looking for that cheese
Following the system's maze laid out for them
They don't know or care for the rules
When they reach the cheese
Others have their cheese removed
It's no longer enough that any one rat should win
But the others must lose
Even slaves can choose
Work or die
Comfort or freedom
A clear choice to choose comfort
Comfortably watching the other rats drown
Comfortably watching that water rise
Comfortably consuming
Exponential growth of exponential sorrow
Evolution of the Rat Race

@RiskDebonair
Irish Writer, Poet, & Lover