I played the lotto for years when it came to state
Spent my millions at least a million times in mind
And on paper. We talked about what we would
Do with our new wealth once our numbers came
In. I played one lotto built on numbers from our
Lives, birthdays, ages, important dates.
One night I had a dream and six perfect numbers
In different shades of beauty appeared one at a time
I woke up, remembered each number, each shade,
Every part of the dream right down to the smokey
Hue the numbers were all coming from. I was a
Winner, this was it, I just had to play those numbers,
I did for four or five years until I had a daydream.
I was sitting on my front porch looking out at the world
When everything became hazy and smoke filled
Finally letters began to appear one at a time in
Different bright neon colors. S..U…C..K..E…R..
Then nothing else.
(Written for We Write Poems Prompt)
16 comments:
The moral of the story: Pay more attention to daydreams then night dreams!
P.S. I think I bought a lottery ticket....once!
Strong and un expected. It is so human to want an easy change - money, weight loss, happiness, whatever. I guess to be human is to be partly a sucker. At least that's true of me.
LOL A cool and very true piece of writing. I like this.
LOL A cool and very true piece of writing. I like this.
Fun to read about your numbers, Judy! Cleverly done.
Funny. made me laugh outloud.
I enjoyed that - even though I'm a sucker to end all suckers. You know the story of the chap who prayed every night "Please God, let me win the lottery". This went on for a year until one night there was a reply "Give me a break: if you want to win, you have to buy a ticket."
I play it twice a week. A dollar a pop. Each ticket a winner. Eventually someone is going to win, might as well be me. I couldn't have expressed by intent and disappointment more succinctly Thanks for the poem, good job.
Regards,
Don
Judy,
This made me laugh! I played Florida's lotto 3 times when I lived there and never won a penny. But I am not much of a gambler. I hated Vegas for that reason, I spent twenty dollars while on vacation there.
Pamela
Loved it! I never buy lottery tickets but know exactly what I would do with the money if I would win. LOL. I think I'm the person in Viv's story :-)
Delightful read with that slam on the end. Made me smile. Used to do the lottery, when I had money. That was long, long ago.
Elizabeth
LOL! Great take on the prompt and a valuable lesson for us all.
What an enjoyable read with a great moral!
retrieval
Love this poem, Judy...it should be posted at every lotto venue...titled SUCKER. But, the proceeds go to education, right? So something good comes from it.
Truthfully, I still play a dollar here, a dollar there. I do tell myself that the proceeds do some good such as education and I know now that it's unlikely that I will win. I have had all that money spent so many times that it's a relief not to "believe" any longer. LOL
I love this. Very tongue in cheek, and you illustrate one of the reasons why I never play the lottery.
-Nicole
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