Welcome to Babylon (There’s Cake)

—a poem

Yo, I think I would avoid any place called the “Hanging Gardens of Babylon.”

Hi, welcome to Babylon.

I hope that you like cake.

It’s all we seem to have at present.

No, there’s no mistake.

You are exactly where you’re meant to be.

The decadence is real.

We built this little feast for you,

A last-ditch pitch/appeal.

Just join us all on the darker side!

Come on! Don’t it look fun?

Sure you’re wasting one trip here,

But you’ll get another one!