the easter raffle

The Easter Raffle




I am yellow and thin

Coated in black lipstick.

I am like a black sheep, in a flock of white,

There can be only one,

Or two if you’re lucky enough!

I offer you chocolate and wine,

A basket full of brown eggs,

Surrounding a tall green bottle.

I am a gamble, but so is the chicken and the road.

I hear your pockets jingle,

They sing a song that only loose change can make.

I ask for little but a donation,

That will bring a smile to an empty playground.

And a book to a vacant desk.