*Illustration reference: From the film "Napolean Dynamite" (2004)
Hooray for all the second-placers
Try just enough to be save-facers
Put in the average amount of time
Win second place? Hell, they don’t mind!
There’s something lovely in the losing
For first place is not of their choosing
Just happy to be showing up
They need not hold aloft a cup
Their attitude is, I might reckon
Is someone’s got to come in second
And might as well still celebrate
For nothing’s wrong with second-rate
Though accolades might be quite tiny
Silver is still pretty shiny
For life in shadow, is ease to bear
Imagine if you truly cared
The anguish that comes when you fail
So harshly felt, on greater scale
Relentless is that race to top
The stress to win, it never stops
So, here with me, let’s raise a glass
To those that fill up second class
Are left behind, forgotten quickly
Descent to nowhere comes quite swiftly
The words I’ve heard from clever man
Highborn are those who’ve also-ran…
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