<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420263" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The relay race</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I may have been the slowest child<br>to ever run in track and field<br>I was a foodie even then<br>with not the fastest set of wheels.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I still have the medal that I won<br>for finishing in second place.<br>awarded to our relay team<br>In a two team relay race</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was the anchor(aptly named) <br>they could have called me 'ball and chain'<br>The other three were none to spry<br>We were well matched those three and I.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">By the time the baton reached my hand<br>My competitor neared the promised land<br>I set out full steam(for me) <br>as he crossed the line to victory.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I gamely tried to speed in haste<br>for what I knew was second place<br>and I was genuinely surprised<br>when they gave medals to us guys.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I never after won a race<br>nor finished either show or place.<br>I prize the medal that I got.<br>If I was a horse, they'd have me shot.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420263" data-title="The relay race de John F. McCullagh" data-description="I may have been the slowest child to ever run in track and field I was a foodie even then with not the fastest set of wheels. I still have the medal that I won for finishing in second place. awarded to our relay team In a two team relay race I w..."></div> </div> </div>

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