the world is full of gifts

of course,

he's not from the IRS,

but he says so.

Andrew Goldberg

is his name.

he sounds young, he has

an accent

of some sort

and is reading from a script.

Jamaican, perhaps,

or one of someone

on a far away island.

he wants to send me money,

to reimburse

me for my overpayment

of a few

thousand dollars.

nine thousand

to be exact.

he just needs my account

numbers,

my age,

my height, my weight,

my address,

my mother's maiden name,

all of my

children's names,

and my social security

number.

it will be a direct deposit,

he says.

i smile

and drink my coffee.

the world is full of gifts.