Monuments

Towers of glass and steel
Monuments of arrogance
Time to hide away
All the proletariat

In distant corners of the city
Lurks an uneasy feeling
People pleading
People fleeing
People begging
People kneeling

Shanties of wood and scrap
Monuments of servility
Time to cast away
All the disagreeable

In distant corners of my city
Lurks a sense of urgent hunger
People pleading
People fleeing
People begging
People kneeling

Towers of glass and steel
Monuments to ignorance
Why must we hide away
All the selfless