What a community values
is reflected in its tallest buildings.
Ernestine J. Hicks
Skyscrapers
They rise from the ground
nurtured by greed and lust,
reaching to a false heaven.
Puppeteered by masters of
Machiavellian industry, they
dazzle the dandies of church
and state never separated by
any ancient dictum. Peaking
Gaia’s complexion like stiff
meringue over fossilized filling,
they wait for the weighing of
feather and heart determining
the fate of their Pharaohs and
their own towering remains.
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