A Rat's Lament

With human man I know no peace or ease To him I'm just a spreader of disease He kill my kin and wage war against me As if I were his greatest enemy. Wish I were born a dog or even cat Instead of what I am a brown haired rat Then I'd not have to live much like a mole And spend most of my life in deep dark hole. Most of my kin are victims of man's hate They pay with life for eating his bane bait In such a World it's hard for rat's survive And in such a World it's hard to stay alive I'm just a rat nine times bigger than a mouse I hide each day in my dark and earthy house And each night whilst sleeping farmer snores in bed I eat my fill of grain in his grain shed.