the surface loam and clay
hide the harder rocks
and when stripped away
harder still are found down
where pick and axe cannot reach
in the deep places dark
within labyrinth mazes there
secret holds harbor the hardest rock
only the desperate look here
hopeful in finding diamonds
~r.
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