the vomit stained city
the stupid flow of cars, dull
vessels of blood, languid
in their approach to everywhere
monstrous houses, wet in the sun
palaces of steel, dirty
kingdoms in your open palm
O grieving citizens, kneel
at the black boots of the One
crack pipe, broken tooth
only in the city, patron of the dead
finder of lost children
nuclear furnaces, piles of money
men floating here and there
herds of cows, demons of Hades
underworld primates in a sleepless daze
in this city of god, city of light
city of the living, city of the dead.