Seashells…

From Timbuktu

To Nubia

Sally promised

Great prosperity

For all tribes

In each ancient

Advanced civilization

With folks that had

Such vast wealth

Then they unknowingly

Gave their power to Sally

Who handed them seashells

Promising them a much

Greater treasure/reward

Alas, that was all for nichts!

The villages had a loss

For quite a vast majority

Of their natural beauty,

Their precious minerals,

& stones, too, wasted away

For a meager price of seashells!

Nov. 30, 2022.

Wōdnesdæg.