This new Babylon 

birthed by billionaires will see 

a Biblical end 

Flip through the pages

of a dog-eared life and then

start a brand new draft  

The wispy sapling 

still manages to break through

the hard concrete slab

Opportunity 

is not the one pounding on

your door at dawn, friend 

Strip club preachers are

praying for rain, but dolla 

bills are not enough 

Like the temple's veil

torn asunder, truth's light will 

one day shine again 

Jack-o'-lanterns black 

with soot and beginning to

rot greeted the day