The gold fillings
From pirate teeth
Ground to dust
Hid just below the surface
Look for the glint
As the waves return.
Five years older
Big brother knows
The glint is from
Gold nuggets
Pirates sewed into their clothes.
Gold dust too fine to retrieve?
Sounds like fool’s gold to me
Dad said.
We looked at him
Waiting for something to happen
When nothing did
We went back to our fun.