Why did I receive this prize
For coming next-to-last?
Are you saying I would win
If I run half as fast?
The trail was harder than it looked,
So boost the spoils next time!
A little extra without the work –
Sounds like a perfect crime.
And while we’re speaking of the work,
Why not cut the course?
A hypothetical competition
Would require little force.
I may play that game with you,
But I know not its name;
If everyone will win a prize,
How am I to blame?
Competition grows quickly stale
Without the choice for one to fail.
Morning's Early Dark 