We’re not all of us bearded old buffers with tall pointy hats
But the way we’re depicted, of course you would never know that.
You see, representation: it matters, and we’ve been done wrong.
A gnome who’s not male, pale and stale doesn’t seem to belong.
And the fishing rods! Where did that come from? It’s just a cliché!
We’re not fishers, we’re miners! (well most of us are, anyway.)
We are underground creatures, we don’t stand around on the grass.
These ridiculous caricatures are just lacking in class.
So, don’t buy into stereotypes with that pointy hat stuff!
If you want good gnome representation, it’s easy enough:
Just get rid of the ornaments, then you’ll be getting it right
If we really came into your garden, we’d stay out of sight!
Tom Juniper Poetry 