Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
The Kid Who Won the Lottery
He always wanted to be an artist
In school he drew pictures of horses and trucks
In truth the same horse and the same truck too
On his book covers and his notebooks too
And on the margins of his papers and tests
He always wanted to be an artist
After graduation he worked around town
The Dairy Queen, and the Wal-Mart too
He swept the tire shop, and city hall too
His trailer-girl was pale with ketamine dreams
He always wanted to be an artist
The year he won the Louisiana lottery
They moved to Florida
he came home alone
He always wanted to be an artist
