Rat Race

poetry / music

Guérin Asante
Nov 7 · 1 min read
Strafe Above the Garden © Guérin Asante 2019

Beyond this
rat race,
those barons,
demanding
armaments
of sweat from
those who
have no more
to their name
than debt
and (sometimes)
caffeinated veins,

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Guérin Asante

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Guérin Asante is a writer, painter, musician, photographer, polyglot and curious human — just like you. He thrives on bridging our digital and inner worlds.

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