the winning ticket

    i've won a bundle on the lottery
    and now my colleagues explain to me
    what this money can buy

    they come to my office and sit
    on my table
    some joke that
    I should give them a chunk
    the amount depends
    on their sense of humor

    some are sensitive
    about my table
    it has no support under the edges
    they sit on the table anyway
    comfortable
    like at home (like at home?)
    and they introduce me
    casually at first
    to their problems mishaps hardships
    and they tell me how fortunate
    i am in general and now
    they say
    you got lucky
    other deserving hard working people
    our friends
    never get a break

    i easily but seriously agree
    with all the occupants of my(?) table
    i smile and almost
    laugh at their funny jokes
    i carry on my shoulders
    the burden of humanity
    and my life is filled with meaning

Wlodzimierz Holsztynski
       1992-05-26