Ahhhh Babylon!
that gratifying city of the senses
leaving the soul bereft.
Company men ply her marketplaces,
anonymous, without responsibility
the justified cover for vice and power.
On the run
relentlessly gouging for approval and money
the hand played for millennia, covert, overt.
It’s pulsing throng marching steadily
toasting its successes
unperturbed by consequences.
that gratifying city of the senses
leaving the soul bereft.
Company men ply her marketplaces,
anonymous, without responsibility
the justified cover for vice and power.
On the run
relentlessly gouging for approval and money
the hand played for millennia, covert, overt.
It’s pulsing throng marching steadily
toasting its successes
unperturbed by consequences.