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# The New, Shiny Object
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-new-shiny-object/
- Published: 2021-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: I tell you this, my good old fellah e'er since the days of Methuselah they're countless -- stories that are told about the evil that is gold
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

I tell you this, my good old fellah  
e'er since the days of Methuselah  
they're countless -- stories that are told  
about the evil that is gold

born in the heart of supernovae  
this shiny object of Jehovah  
does simply represent the rare  
it's humans who put on its air

and so no doubt in years upcoming  
as financing updates its plumbing  
the bitcoin will receive this label  
it's coveted by Cain and Abel

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2792076-all-that-is-gold-does-not-glitter