God Met Me Last Night Poem by Ratan Bhattacharjee

Last night God met me on the street
He said, 'I'll give you a good job in the States'
He wanted to know if I wanted more
I said 'yes'.
He said, 'Let me give you a good house'
He wanted to know if I wanted more
I said 'yes'
He said 'I'll give you a hi fi car'
He wanted to know if I wanted more
I said 'yes'
He said, 'Well, let me give you a good gal to marry'
He wanted to know if I wanted more
I said 'yes'
He said 'I'll give you a super-duper child'
He wanted to know if I wanted more
I said 'yes'
He said 'I'll make you a trillionaire'
He wanted to know if I wanted more
I said 'yes'

God looks confused
He patted on my shoulder
and asked
What more do you want?
Not a job, not a house, not a car, not a gal, not a child, no wealth?
What do you want? You are'nt mad?

I said, 'yes, God, thou art Omniscient. I am mad
I want nothing of all these
I want 'LOVE',