greed is the unholy
gospel of our
democracy
our reptile-in-chief
is calling us
to hiss
our mammal hearts
have mysteriously stopped
beating
& our angel brains
have long
departed
we worship the wealthy
crawling on our
bellies––
slithering together
more angry than
our snaky minds
can bear
true is false &
false is true––
we bite our own
tails &
pass away
this is the way our world
ends––
this is the way our world
ends––
this is the way our world
ends––
in these truly existential
times