Oh Yea!  I won the lotto, well, about $1600.00 or so.  As luck (hmmm) would have it, it was about a week before Tanya's 38th birthday.  I decided to split the winnings between bills and us.  I got a table saw and a router and I got Tanya a nice rocking chair and ottoman (she was six months pregnant).  I also wrote this next poem to hide the last surprise.  I tried to write all in metaphors and alliteration.  I think.  If anyone ever asks, I'll explain the meanings.  All in all it was an invitation for a small cruise to Mexico.

Poetry In Motion

There's a forest of trees

 red, green, yellow and blue

there's a wild fire raging

especially for you

if the west wind prevails

to douse the flame

wishes come true

it's the name of the game

words are just frosting

you realize

it's my poetry in motion

that hides the surprise

the heat of the sun

the breeze in your hair

watching gulls glide

with hardly a care

we'll ride the waves of the Baja mar

sipping margaritas aboard the Pacific Star

Daniel Copper  6-24-94