'Sadr City Sardonic'

Part One- 'The Chosen'

minnaret phalli pierce
fertile clouds, that
suffer miscarriage
most of the year:

in great cities of men
such as this
mighty mollusks of men
clutch so tightly
thrones of supposition
their shells of paper, perfect
calligraphed words of god
protect these severe revered
from the hells they birthed
for every being but themselves
secretly smiling yellow fangs
in the glow of salvation in solitude

(c)Thomas Gray, 2006