he needs to look up my address and then he's on the way

he's been

calling me for weeks now.

Andrew Rogers.

he works

for the publishing clearinghouse

prize patrol.

or so he says in his strong

Jamaican accent.

i've apparently

won 2.5 million dollars,

a pearl

white Mercedes

and 

a new kitchen with 
Whirlpool appliances.

i like this new scammer.

he's inventive.

i only need to buy him

two

five-hundred-dollar

green dot money

pak scratch

gift cards from

the dollar general,

and then my prize package

will arrive.

he calls me morning noon

and night.

sometimes

he's been drinking, i hear

dogs

and children

in the background,

sometimes the crowing

of roosters.

the baying of goats.

he says he's not far away,

a few miles

and can be at my house by four

o'clock

if i have the gift cards in hand.

i ask him

if he has my address, he goes

quiet for a few minutes,

then hangs up.