Friday, October 9, 2026

The Kid Who Won the Lottery - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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The Kid Who Won the Lottery

 

 

He always wanted to be an artist

 

In school he drew pictures of horses and trucks

In truth the same horse and the same truck too

On his book covers and his notebooks too

And on the margins of his papers and tests

 

He always wanted to be an artist

 

After graduation he worked around town

The Dairy Queen, and the Wal-Mart too

He swept the tire shop, and city hall too

His trailer-girl was pale with ketamine dreams

 

He always wanted to be an artist

 

The year he won the Louisiana lottery

They moved to Florida

                                    he came home alone

 

He always wanted to be an artist

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