The Lottery Ticket

Pirooz Kalayeh was born in Iran, but raised in America. His whole life has always been split like this. Inside the house, was gormet sabzi, Persian rugs, and eating on the floor. Outside, was hamburgers, Star Wars, Scooby Doo, and America. After describing how his mother tells stories like a comedian with phrases like “this’ll make you laugh for two hours”, she tells a story on the phone about how she loves buying lottery tickets during the pandemic, and, then, how she actually won the lottery when he was younger.