Marks Out Of Ten Poem by Paul Reed

Why is it we mark ourselves out of ten
We should give ourselves a bit of slack now and then
We rate schools and hospitals and old peoples homes
Holidays and airlines and even best seller tomes

Utilities also come in for a fair bit of flak
Water, gas and electricity all under attack
Then on the 'X Factor' we try to rate the singers
We even historically rank the Wild West gunslingers

Maybe the whole human race should stand in a good light
And someone come and arrange us in order of height
If they actually did it, and I don't know when
I should be OK as I'm five foot ten