Something You May Not Know About Me...

The Goose

by Muriel Spark

Do you want to know why I am alive today?

I will tell you.

Early on, during the food-shortage,

Some of us were miraculously presented 

Each with a goose that laid a golden egg.

Myself, I killed the cackling thing and ate it.

Alas, many and many of the other recipients

Died of gold-dust poisoning.