The Whore of Babylon

Harlot, Harlem, starving stardom
The things that "wise men" seek
Starlit darlings, farther columns
The gates of great deceit

I see the Whore of Babylon
Mounted on the Beast
What’s more, the Rising Son
Is stranded in the East

The Anti-Christ and Christians
Transcendental woes
Reformation districts
Blood upon the snow

Who is the Whore of Babylon
Mounted on the Beast?
Dignified and evil spawn
Upon which flesh will feast?

Electric pulses, primal urge
Perverse pleasures, too
Sin, death, crime and scourge
Murder heaven’s troops

I see the Whore of Babylon
With heart so freely thrown
The Beast who goes to babble on
Has seized a seated throne