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Yes, we love gold
The way it shines in candlelight
Below the earth
Where so few things are ever bright
And silver too,
Rubies and diamonds. All of these
Are beautiful.
You think you have the right to seize
And mangle them
To wear as crowns upon your heads
To decorate
Your sunburned, pudgy forms. Who said
That you could take
Our treasure, that’s no use to you?
And then accuse
Us of the things that humans do?
You hoard our gems
And gold. You lock it all away
You fight for it
You even kill, and then you say
That goblinkind
Is the epitome of greed
You steal our gold
Because you want the things we need.
You have so much
Out in the sun, where flowers bloom
But still you steal
Our only beauty, in the gloom
And when we fight
To save the things we love, we’re told
That we are cruel
And covetous, for loving gold.
Tom Juniper Poetry 