Text III
Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944), an American novelist, short
story writer, poet,
and social activist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walker)
We Alone
We alone can devalue gold
by not caring
if it falls or rises
in the marketplace.
Wherever there is gold
there is a chain, you know,
and if your chain
is gold
so much the worse
for you.
Feathers, shells
and sea-shaped stones
are all as rare.
This could be our revolution:
to love what is plentiful
as much as
what's scarce.
From:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/we_alone_23191