the desperation
built over eons
for a redemption that never was
a paradise that never would
or could be
crumbles now

massive tributes
of stone and steel and glass
stand empty
skeletal
as the unheard echos of millions
tortured slaves of empire
fall flat upon the dusty floors
and rotting rafters

here too
belies true power
as the new and fantastic
digital temples
overtake the last of our fear
and gorge themselves
on an endless streaming mass
without substance
without hope

flavorless
we choke upon its message
and dine in brooding silence
beneath the unbearable burden
of its pugnacious irrelevance

waiting for death

Peace/Love

m(-_-)m