Neither of us ever
played the lottery
you, out of respect
for the odds
me, on principle
but it didn’t stop us
from joining in
the dreamy conversations
of the others
on what we would do
or no longer do
if we hit it big
I knew then
I loved you
when you said
the first thing you would buy
was a hot air balloon
so you had something high
to throw all that money
away from