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Rat

I'm a rat, I'm a rat, I scurry and I bite,
I eat what I get, And I fuck and I fight,
I dodge the black crows, I run from your shoes,
But I'm old or sick, you'll trample over me.

Comments

Yorick said…
You didn't mention that two dead rats would bring luck to the person who sees them? ;)
Ozymandias said…
Ha ha!

You believe in that too?
Banno said…
Oh, I didn't know about the two dead rats business.

I hate it, hate it, hate it, when a rat runs from a shoe. I've had that happen on a shoot, though luckily not from my shoe.
Ozymandias said…
It's a personal superstition of mine - if I see two dead rats on the road, I consider the day lucky.

If a rat ran out of my shoe, I'd get totally freaked out, never wear that shoe again.

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