Scott Andrew Bailey – Author

By Scott Bailey © 2026

Ranking destroys

Reinforces the framing

Is control

By those outside of it

Winners win more 

Losers are stuck

With the derision

That holds them down

Equality negates leagues 

In response to malformed_poetry’s prompt 

https://www.threads.com/@malformed_poetry/post/DVv2N6Riqd2?xmt=AQF0Pt3qAlGymjnk0bjm-0pr5I_Q-spzaRwczmGOGCF6ZKda7sOcbPUuzQy0GVNbVuqKVHdN&slof=1