Twice Told Tales

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I know the odds of winning the lottery but
at the office
thousands of offices
hospitals churches VFWs and Polish-American clubs
we buy tickets in pools
reasonably priced insurance
it avoids being left behind
a trepidation so intimidating
it upgrades the likelihood from 300 million to
your colleagues might win
if you don’t bet five dollars or ten.