11-03-2025, 11:25 PM
Chances
In La Paz they used to say
on any given sporting day
among the idlers who would play
a poor man has three chances:
One chance is the Second Coming;
next, a change of government.
Lastly, and to get big money
he could win the Lottery.
Of the three, a coup’s most likely
with a half-life of eight months;
Jesus’ winding up the heavens
beats the ticket you just bought.
In La Paz they used to say
on any given sporting day
among the idlers who would play
a poor man has three chances:
One chance is the Second Coming;
next, a change of government.
Lastly, and to get big money
he could win the Lottery.
Of the three, a coup’s most likely
with a half-life of eight months;
Jesus’ winding up the heavens
beats the ticket you just bought.
Non-practicing atheist