minor failures

for falling out of bed
i didn't win the race
i came in third or fourth
or eighth or seventh place

i did not have a mask
to fill the face of me
so i just stood behind
the tallest nearest tree

i didn't have a pill
that i could swallow fast
so i sucked on a rubber band
and made that sucker last

and when i tried to win
the race to get behind
i found myself soon overwhelmed
by its tremendous grind