victim

and then he laughed
  incredulous
  by fate or design
  that he should be the one
the chosen one

chosen
  from all those names more fluent than his
  passport photographs more gorgeous than his
plucked
from this crowd
  of passengers
  of crew
to be chosen

he
  the competition non-winner
  the optimistic entrant
  the nondescript nine hundred and ninety nine thousandth
  in a million
  the supporter of dreams unfulfilled
  the face you'd always forget
finally remembered
CHOSEN
for one fleeting moment
                            elite

and so
  like a winning ticket holder
  prize winner
he laughed
as they lead him to the door
  to the world's camera
  press
  tv
at last famous
    BLACKNESS
and then he laughed
no more