The Carat Rule
A diamond mine does not dig up just gems.
It mostly yields a heap of rocks, rocks, rocks.
The mining urge and effort always stems
From greedy, deadly sin. The greed then stalks
Poor men to do the drudge of work and if
One finds a giant jewel, he does not get
The value of it, does not get a whiff
Of richness, getting only further debt
That evening, drinking beer and left
To afce another day of pounding walls
Of stone below the ground. The diamond heft
He held in hand is taken. Bwana calls.
It’s not as if the white man needs the rands.
Instead he needs to tread on “nigger” hands.
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