First Place

A gun's hollow bullet cracks the sky.
That's my cue to give first place a try.
So I took off on a strong set of feet.
Today I will not suffer another defeat.

To this end there was no flaw in my analysis.
I am at no risk of lasting damage or paralysis.
It seems that nature has made an exception.
To lend me capabilities beyond perception.

And I will run and I will burn.
For every new lesson I will learn.
As the weight of the world hangs above our necks.
The breaths I take sometimes sound like sex.

I'll be relieved when I finish in first.
In a race to do away with the worst.
To turn about in the morning naked and exposed.
But wake up happy I didn't pass out in my clothes.