the daily morning phone call

it's early

but

i take the call 

anyway,

i'm still in bed,

yet

to make the first cup

of coffee.

i've won

8.5 million dollars from

the publisher's clearing house

again.

and another

pearl white

Mercedes Benz.

i listen

to the polite man

from Jamaica

tell me what i need to do

to receive

my prize money and car.

i only need

to buy

one green dot money pak

gift card

for a mere

500 dollars

for the prize patrol to show

up

at my door.

i tell them wonderful.

can't wait to see you.

then i hang up,

and take a long hot shower.