General Poetry posted July 20, 2017 Chapters:  ...29 30 -31- 32... 


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A chapter in the book Worlds

Sloth Race

by Bill Schott


Once upon a moment past

there was a silly race

it was between a sloth and hare

and also What's-his-face


The three got ready and got set

then off the rabbit sped

the hare was out of sight at once

the other two seemed dead


The sloth was found to have a pulse

and tortoise moved an inch

the hare was fairly far ahead

his victory a cinch


The tortoise muttered something like,

"I may be slow, but sure."

meanwhile hare had spanned the globe

and lapped them in a blur


Sloth had slowly stretched his arm

and tortoise tripped and rolled

onto his back and could not move

or so it has been told


Bunny broke all records set

prior to that day

turtle went home to recoup

or in a soup some say


Sloth would end up winning when

the finish line was crossed

'cause hare turned left in Albuquerque

and after that was lost


The moral of the story is

(beyond that hare got "effed")

the winner's not always the fleet

but sometimes who is left.

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