so you hoard as much as you can
always a few karats in your pocket
always excessive ones on your hand
but you treat them not with honor
what I see is pure disdain
if those jewels were another
colour
you dare not
treat them the same
You say you love black gold
but it's not too common
in your genealogy
to cherish rare beauty
so you act like they are
confetti
All that dashiki you wearing
with your prominent afro-head
and treat black gold like pebbles
stuff to trample on
and tread?
You say you love black gold
and I think
that's
lamentable!
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