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[aid] => mick
[title] => Waking a Rat
[time] => 2009-05-29 07:14:46
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[bodytext] => I killed a rat in the shed last night A dark murky figure in the crescent moon light I pinned him with a hoe to the cold dirt floor And squeezed him until he drew breath no more He squealed when I did it and it caused me to freeze So clear was his utterance, he cried the word please I stood there and shivered in the mid summer heat Then hoe still in hand, made a solemn retreat To my chair by the fire, seeking peace I did flee But I couldn’t escape from his innocent plea And I sat there in mourning until the fire went out Waking a rat, and feeding my doubt [comments] => 1 [counter] => 171 [topic] => 61 [informant] => manbeast [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => selfstruggles )
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