Silver and gold
Silver and gold are not on a wheel
of harmonizing shades;
rather we’ve made a ranking of metals
and colours of meaning
“You don’t win the silver;
you lose gold.”
Mines mine for gold;
silver, a side effect.
Gold keeps the rich rich;
silver kills germs.
He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth;
she is a gold digger.
Gold fish, adorable;
silver fish, disgusting.
Silver on jewelry, still costume.
“Someday you’ll work in gold,” a jeweller’s praise.
There is a silver lining,
she got a gold star.
Silver and gold are not on a wheel;
we’ve put them on a ladder.
But an Olympic gold medal
is made of silver metal.
