Enough by Kurt Vonnegut

I recently stumbled upon this video of Jimmy Carr recently talking about Kurt Vonnegut, and it led me to this amazing poem by Kurt Vonnegut. True story, Word of Honor: Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island. I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel to know that our host only yesterday may have made more money than your novel ‘Catch-22’ has earned in its entire history?” And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.” And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?” And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.” Not bad! Rest in peace! ...

August 26, 2022 · 2 min · dheedoranjha