Urban Warrior

legend has it
beneath the surface
of the money self
there’s something richer

once it gets out
it turns you funky

you wear
the colors
of the parrots

and amuse
the beasts
with your talk

statisticians declare
there’s more to you
than they thought

in their studies
they imagine
the ancient emerge

a lost civilization
from under
the streets

one now dressed
in the slang
of the future

a surprise
provoked by
the forgotten

exciting like
an uncounted
roll of bills

a locked suitcase
rattling
with diamonds

the flag
of an unknown
country –

whose emblem
has not yet
been deciphered