a silver coin...

Silver is an interesting thing. It's supposed to destroy lycanthropes, that is, were-creatures. Probably cuz it's also supposed to be a holy metal, either that or since silver leaf is used to make mirrors, and that eville creatures that look into mirrors perish, it's powerful. Meh. At any rate, a silver coin is a valuable thing. And I have one in my room.

A Silver Coin

Spinning slowly slowly
Round and round
A small bright mirror
From it a reflection's found

Picked up and dropped
Into a felt pocket of coins
It's hard to tell the value
But we know it brightly shines

From out of the corner a gleam
The guard's eye it catches
Cross my palm with silver
To go through the King's passes

An old crone comes up
Peddling magical charms and more
A silver coin will pay for them
For something, or a whore

The man in the dark sees
How you killed the bumbling fool
He wants a pretty coin no less
To be silent, to avoid a duel

A bribe, a payment, a silencer
Strange how so simple it is
When a small flat round of metal
Can bring such useful practical bliss

Shit. I think I've been reading too much Forgotten Realms. Oh well.

Jin out.