Wednesday, April 1, 2009

the LOTTERY

Crapshoot venture chance doubledare rapid risk fuck it
poor thrown daily dice at future children
"good luck" greeted with surprise thanks or reluctant jinx

"Attention:
'god peed'.

Attention!
wasteful consumers,
a human idea has grown so powerful, so puissant...
it has urinated the marginal possibility of wealth!"

Dull to shrill, inconsistent beeping, ...recycled reminders
cash? credit? debit? verifiable currency? debt?
please rattle off an excessive string of numbers that identifies you
or just give us the last four digits
aching heels, banal discrepancies

"god peed,
all over this land"

Thank your local
menial gas station co-worker
tear off ticket, pay with hand
pay to lose dignity for attempted luck
NEH, 2008

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