when searching for gold
they were searching for gold
but only found silver
nearly in abundance on either
side of the rivers
they arrived at elkport
over a fortnight ago
labored along the banks of the
volga & the turkey
right at the height
of the twenty year drought
they worked the bloody sands
like only they knew
sifting silver flour into canisters
courtesy of the glaciers
counting their blessings
(almost on a daily basis)
at the local bank
or the nearest pub
august two thousand twenty-one
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