This city stands in grand scale, near-eclipsing the sky
Huge monoliths of steel, glass & concrete;
Testing the boundaries of modernitys ambition,
Vying against the known limitations of engineering & architecture:
Like Stonehenge, the Pyramids, & the Taj Mahal, in ages gone by;
Whereas the latter, were in praise of the rulers of life, death and/or the afterlife;
The former, are altars in praise of the God of wealth, opulence and an overt manifestation of self-pride
Delivered to you through acolytes, filled to the brim with avarice in their eyes;
Termed variously as ‘art’, ‘impressive’ or ‘achievement’ by its followers:
Their ambition is to mesmerise, captivate, enthral; & seduce you into rapture,
To allow the proselytisers of this new religion to exploit, in converting new followers into believing:
Money, wealth and consumerism, is:
The meaning of life(!)