SILVER POEM

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Portico 4:15pm

Silver is not a barbaric relic

as Gold has been called

Silver as a standard of measurement

is tried & true

I may be worth millions

in a very short time

as I have bought into

The Sterling Which Fell On My Head

at a specific date

one sunny afternoon

over twenty years ago

& Which has been incubating

ever since