Thirty Grains

A Poem by LKang

“30 Grains”

Your snow globes shining brightly
That you put together yourself
Father Time enchanted the warping glass
Then put it back on the shelf
“Count up all the sand”�"�"�"
Father said “your eyes won’t strain.”
When you count them one by one
You’ve counted 30 grains.

Hold them to your eyeballs
They shine like the greatest steel.
And men with wisdom falter
When they see the grains are real
They said they’d buy them from you. �"�"
You search inside your brain
To see if you feel like giving up
Your only 30 grains

Men line up outside
To see your snow globes here
You see the line is way too long
And more people start to appear
You start to wonder�"�"-
If there is something really to be gained
From selling off to charity
your only 30 grains.

You find a buyer that pays
A great sum off their fortune
He drops the gold right in front of you
He talks like you’re important
Hand your thirty grains with pride�"�"-
Your buyer’s gold that he attained
From a pillage just west of here
From the latest campaign