Rat Race

The gun
For the rat race
Goes off
And everyone
Around me
Rushes ahead
To the finish line
The house
The boat
The savings of money
The wealth
But I stand
At the starting line
Watching them get ahead
And yet
I envy them
Because
The race
Is a materialistic scam
Thought up by
The banks
The government
The corporations
The hamster-wheel
Manufacturers
Made to put you
In debt
Financially
Physically
And saddest of all
Spiritually