equilibrium

men and women of God
wallowing in unbridled materialism
in the sewer of spiritual emptiness
most turning to men and women of gold

in those days of old
he resorted to the whip we are told
an expression of righteous indignation
today these lines are my whip

never will this be a glorification of poverty
the shepherd' staff for a stray sheep
a revulsion for counterfeit money
that journey back to an equilibrium