BRIMMING CLOSETS, SHOE RACKS BULGE
ONE IN EVERY COLOR, I'LL JUST INDULGE
MY WILDEST WHIM WILL OFT BE MET,
BIGGER, FASTER, GIVE ME, GET...
...TRAVEL ON IN BABYLON.
MAY I GO FIRST?
KNEW YOU'D NOT CARE.
FOR MY TIME'S PRECIOUS.
YOU'VE LOTS TO SPARE
I'LL SLIP IN FRONT
AND OFF I'LL GO
SEE I'M QUITE FAST AND WELL...
YOU'RE QUITE SLOW.
I AND ME, FAST FRIENDS, LIFE LONG,
...PRATTLE ON IN BABYLON.
NIP IT HERE, JUST THERE A LIFT
I JUST TURNED FORTY, IT WAS A GIFT.
THE EYES, THE LIPS, THE BOSOOMS DO,
SCULPTURED, LASERED, INJECTED, TOO
NO WRINKLES LEFT, THE TUMMY'S GONE.
..JOURNEY ON IN BABYLON....
ENOUGH OF ME, HOW DO YOU VIEW ME?
YOU GET ONE, BUT GIVE ME THREE.
I COULDN'T BARE TO JUST SAY NO,
IT'S MY DESIRE AND RIGHTLY SO.
ADD ANOTHER AND ON AND ON
...SHUFFLE ON IN BABYLON...
NO END IN SIGHT THAT I CAN SEE
TODAY IS BLOCKED BY THE MIRROR IN FRONT OF ME.
A WRECK, A DEATH, TSUNAMI TIDE,
IT MILDLY STIRS ME, I MUST CONFIDE.
T.V. CLAIMS TENS OF THOUSANDS GONE
OH, WELL LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS ON
NUMB TO THE STUNNING SIGHT OF EACH NEW DAWN,
SINKING FAST IN BABYLON.....
LIKE A LOBSTER IN A POT,
WHO BEGINS TO LIKE THE WATER HOT.
I'VE BEEN DUPED! BEEN TRICKED! BEEN HAD!
CONVINCED THAT TRUTH WAS SOMEHOW BAD.
EVIL, CODDLED AND COOED AND PURRED.
AND BECKONED ME ... AND CALLED.. AND LURED...
NOW, IN A PLACE WITH THE LIGHT TURNED ON.
I'M RACING HOME FROM BABYLON!
I'M RACING HOME FROM BABYLON!
BY BETH MOORE
