TOWERS OF BABEL

There were rivers to cross,

then oceans;

and hills to climb,

then mountains.

Common language was lost

in failed use.

New languages grew

in its place.

The Tower of Babel could not be built,

but lay waiting, 

for the day

boundaries could be crossed

minute by minute.

Applications translate

while we communicate.

Photos bound oceans.

News climbs mountains.

We build a common language

internetted, and interconnected.

No more need for State’s Rights when we

can all see a shared reality.

A united people is difficult to control

so Republicans lose their party

to the control of the trolls

who lay waiting under the bridges

we cross to meet one another.

And Right where we cross

they argue State’s Rights

to obfuscate and create

The United States of Babel,

making it impossible

to Build Back Better,

or vote.

And they do not stop at our borders.

Right wing trolls mine under the bridges

which unite the world’s democracies,

creating Towers of Babel

across the earth.