Native Treasure

Here is a little jewel I found on the Internet...of all places!

HELLo - part one

How have you all been?!
Well my search for gold has taken quite a turn lately and I just thought I would let you know how it is going thus far--seeing how this blog is supposed to be just that! So much to tell you it will have to be posted in parts with this becoming the first of an unknowable amount of posts. It seems to make great sense--to me at least-- to label this post as 'part one' since it is the first!
Well so much for the first installment, I do not wish to over indulge anyone's attention span, especially mine, but stand-by because the next installment is certain to be the next post!
See you then.

Found this on the Web

COLLECTING ROCKS
I think that there shall never be
an ignoramus just like me,
who roams the hills throughout the day,
to pick up rocks for zero pay.
For there’s one thing that I’ve been told,
I take the rocks and leave the gold!
Over deserts wild and under sky so blue,
I search for rocks of varied hue.
A hundred pounds or more I pack,
With blistered feet and aching back,
And after this is said and done
I cannot name a single one.
I pick up rocks where ever I go
The reason why I do not know.
For rocks are found by fools like me
Where God intended them to be.
Though now I'm told the rocks aren't mine,
it's the State who owns these gems so fine!
Yet with all I spend on tax and fees,
I had thought the State was me!
Author unknown