we won the lottery
it was a day like any other
I had been pulling dead rats out of the ceiling
drinking warm water and eating bananas
after work I had a shower,
went to the store
I ran the numbers
then
I was 70 million dollars richer
I bought some coffee
and walked home.
I took off my clothes
and lay naked on the floor
when my wife got home from work
she lay down next to me
we smoked a cigarette
and went to bed.
The next day
we went to a movie
then took a taxi to the airport
and watched people coming and going.
eventually
she let her cute little moustache hairs grow in
and I started wearing cologne
we bought a mule
we named the mule Holmes
and fed it bananas and turnips.
eventually we grew tired of the mule
so we bought it an island, somewhere warmer
where the goats and rats used to run around
until they were relocated to Antigua
and the grasses came back
and the birds
and lizards.
the mule seemed very happy there
and we found it a mate
they did not repopulate.
again, I am late for work.