Art and poetry on page and stage
12
Ron Kolm
THE NEW WORLD
Digital god
Watch over us
Rasta CPA measure
Our daily progress
With luminous
T-square.
Goddess Kali protect us
From thugs
As we build & build
& carry the terrible load.
Yep, it’s true—
Ah new tower of Babel!
And I’m on board,
Ah real worker bee
By golly
Nails pared to the quick
No lashes for this lad
Living in the shadow
Of the new tower of Babel.
Civilization
You bet!
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