{"seoTitle":"Biggest Lottery - A Poem About the Gift of Being Human","seoDescription":"A whimsical, wonder-filled poem by Pemba Umoja about creatures from across the universe waiting in line for the rarest prize of all.","keywords":"Biggest Lottery poem, poem about being human, poem about wonder, universe poem, gratitude poetry, Pemba Umoja poems","s1l1":"They came in all shapes and sizes","s1l2":"from planets big and small","s1l3":"ringed and unringed","s1l4":"visible and invisible","s2l1":"This was","s2l2":"after all","s2l3":"the biggest lottery in the universe.","s3l1":"What a fabulous chance!","s4l1":"A once in an eternity opportunity!","s5l1":"To be human for a lifetime","s6l1":"That's it.","s6l2":"The ultimate prize","s7l1":"To have flesh","s7l2":"To feel","s7l3":"To want","s7l4":"To taste","s8l1":"To walk barefoot in human feet","s8l2":"on grass, water, sand, earth","s9l1":"Who would want such a thing?","s10l1":"Everyone, everywhere.","s11l1":"All creatures who have forgotten to feel","s12l1":"All creatures who have never known how","s13l1":"The queue is long","s14l1":"It extends from one end of the universe to the other."}