I wonder how the Buddha 
   would feel about always being
   depicted in Gold?

If the desire that he warned
   about had color, surely 
   it would be Gold.

Nobody has ever murdered
   over teal or mauve or cornflower
   (heated words with 
       contractors notwithstanding)
   but Gold's body-count is staggering.

Helen's puny thousand ships have
   been multiplied over by orders
   of magnitude for the cause of Gold. 

I think the Buddha, looking at his
   reflection in one of those well-
   polished Gold statues would say,
       "Did I teach you nothing?"