BABYLON 2003

Hark, the whispers run wild
in the streets and in Bedouin tents:
“Antichrist reigns in a venal land
of corruption and guile, sending
forth from his pentagram fort
behemoths of steel, flaming
rockets delivering death –
to rout the defenseless and weak.”

Hark, the whispers run wild
in the streets and in Bedouin tents:
“Who is the Harlot of Babylon –
seducing her people with liberty
and heartlessly selling them out
to the pious invader, deluded fool,
who ravaged her wantonly,
drenching her streets in fire and blood?”

                                             Dietmar Rothe © 2004