Parts

when we ask for the entire thing
the kings and queens feel no
obligation
to give in to
television sets
radios
photographs
describing our future consumerism
the great mist of misplaced desire
and lack of knowledge
lack of motivation
to change the course
of all things under the sun
being present and accounted for.

shake their tables
the kings and queens
and gather crumbs for
filling photo albums
scrap books
glass cases
antiquity
of dog food
exactly what we wanted in the first place:
a Babylon
ready to have its language scattered.

after the winds come
the kings and queens will break apart
on the reef of realization
the people will inherit their purple robes
of meanness
and send all our bodies to the brick factory.