our babylon he spent his youth down by the piers: teenage masons building warehouses setting glass in windows driving river barges working in woodshops, print shops, gun shops trading bread and olives in the market stall dancing in bistros, stumbling home. we have built our Babylon here tawdry as it is, we have insisted on it: its pillars and statues, its minarets and tombs, its pools of scented water where lilacs float. there are no castles in this universe only fancy houses where you invite your friends for a moment's pleasure: fast forward to gardens in moonlight, sound of water on stone.
	location: Denver, Colorado date: 1993 average rating: [not rated] your rating (0-10):