


Let us make a name for ourselves:
Nextel. T-Mobile. Sprint. Verizon. Cingular.
Cloud busters, ziggurats of the 21st century,
Loom over farms, line interstates, and co-opt church steeples.
Nextel. T-Mobile. Sprint. Verizon. Cingular.
The present-day Nimrods prostituting their wares,
Looming over farms, lining interstates, and co-opting church steeples.
Promising allover, rollover, anytime, global, unlimited, fair and flexible.
The present-day Nimrods prostituting their wares,
Exploit the human hunger for companionship,
Promising allover, rollover, anytime, global, unlimited, fair and flexible.
Can you hear me now?
Exploit the human hunger for companionship.
Forget about the whole point of communication.
Can you hear me now?
This incessant babble has nothing to do with God.
Forget about the whole point of communication,
We’ve got text messaging, custom ring tones, silent vibrations, cameras, videos, email, Internet.
This incessant babble has nothing to do with God.
I only have one bar. You’re breaking up. I’m losing you. I’m not getting a signal.
Try the text messaging, custom ring tones, silent vibrations, cameras, videos, email, Internet.
Cloud busters, ziggurats of the 21st century.
I only have one bar. You’re breaking up. I’m losing you. I’m not getting a signal.
Let us make a name for ourselves.
Based upon the biblical account of the Tower of Babel, Genesis 11. Written in Pantoum form.
© 2005 Cheryl A. Hemmerle. All rights reserved.
