When It's Free

It is good to receive things for freeBecause we are freer with the thingsThat we don’t pay for,And especially if we believeThat there will be more.Think about it.If you work all month at minimum wageAnd then go out to eat and order fillet mignon,And if you spend every spare dollar on that meal,Then it is precious. You hover over the plate protectively.You lose yourself in the experienceAnd every other person in the restaurant Disappears in the momentary bliss of that dish.And heaven help the soulThat gets between you And your dearly bought succulence.And yet, when the 18 wheeler Comes barrelling down the canyonAnd turns over just in front of your houseAnd spills forth 20 pallets full of frozen choice cuts,You call your friends And the town descends upon the pileAnd your only joy is that it didn’t go to waste.