Image by Lars Plöger from PixabayOnce upon a while, as I walked I stumbled across something glittering at my feet To my astonishment, I heard a voice As the Queen of Gems spoke: “Oh human! I see the greed in your eye Its unmistakable glint, you cannot deny Unsurprising, as I am no ordinary gem Having once adorned the most expensive diadem” I was taken aback, but having neither greed nor pursuit, I replied “Oh Queen of Gems, you are mistaken For, your arrogance is what shows you greed in my ey...