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Race the Rat

by M. Close 

Posted: 24 March 2010
Word Count: 123
Summary: For the Triolet Challenge - I made 2 versions. It is amazing how such a small change can alter the meaning and the feel of the work.


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Version 1.0

the clocks don't change where I am at.
no fall behind nor spring ahead,
you set them once and that is that.
the clocks don't change where I am at.
who needs more time to race the rat?
too slow, too fast, still end up dead.
the clocks don't change where I am at,
no fall behind nor spring ahead.


Version 2.0

the clocks don't change where I am at.
no fall behind nor spring ahead,
you set them once and that is that.
the clocks don't change where I am at.
who needs long days to race the rat,
or longer nights to lay in bed?
the clocks don't change where I am at,
no fall behind nor spring ahead






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FelixBenson at 13:35 on 24 March 2010  Report this post
Oh, these are great Mike!
I think the key with all these repeated poems is whether the refrain *works* and gains impetus and additional meaning - and these really do. Plus the theme really fits with the form because there is a sense of passing time in the first one, which you successfully slow down in the second - these lines with gthe repeat sound like you are thinking things through....

who needs long days to race the rat,
or longer nights to lay in bed?
the clocks don't change where I am at,


I also like the double meaning in
no fall behind nor spring ahead


Very cleverly done!

Kirsty

Nella at 15:41 on 24 March 2010  Report this post
Very clever, Mike! I like the second one best, with the longer nights in bed.
robin

V`yonne at 15:51 on 24 March 2010  Report this post
Great stuff Mike - have we ever had a triolet at EDP? I feel one coming on.

Findy at 17:59 on 24 March 2010  Report this post
Good one Mike, very clever.

I agree with Robin, liked the second one. Loved the last line

no fall behind nor spring ahead


Really nice

findy

M. Close at 07:54 on 25 March 2010  Report this post
Thank you for all your kind comments. I like the last one too.

In the states we use the phrase 'fall behind and spring ahead" to remind us which way to set the clocks when the days get longer or shorter.

Looking forward to reading what you all come up with

Mike


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