The Earth is Quite Close to Buying a Lottery Ticket

 

The earth is crying

            as it’s just worked out 

            that the coins buried in the sofa are worth 

 

more than the actual sofa

            and actually belong to the bank

            that provided the loan

            for the purchase of the sofa

 

yet won’t 

            make a dent in the monthly repayments. 

 

It’s dreaming of investing in 

            a washer/dryer combo  

 

completing a few of its seventeen remaining tasks 

            before settling down to a film 

            starring Bradley Cooper.

 

And just like that the earth wonders if

            Bradley Cooper is also dining in

            at a takeaway restaurant 

            eating French fries dipped 

            in melted cheese the yellow of

 

nicotine stains on ceilings

            in apartments in East Berlin 

            after the fall of the wall but before 

            mass speculation on ruins

            and the attendant stripping of plaster.