Babylon
By Tyler Morrison
This work was published in the Spring 2013 issue of The Lost Country. You may purchase a copy of this issue from us or, if you prefer, from Amazon.
Babylon babbles on,
A babbling brook
Of whores and crooks
That pours on down
To Apollyon.
And Babel’s tongue
Was always forked,
Not from confusion,
But the old deception
Of harmless snakes.
So march on, princes!
Make new wars!
Who dares to halt
The history books’
Immaculate Progression?