Dave Lordan - Dublin Spire

Cold steel colossus
Squat between the heavens
and the street
the street and the heavens

Part dragon
Part dreadnought
Part STARWARS
Part Panopticon
Part Messerschmidt

you pierce the clouds
occupy the atmosphere
possess the rooftops
dominate the capital
diminish everyone in range

and so are suited to the worship of neo-liberal Pharaohs
Bullies Templars Christian Brothers Mafias Ku Klux Klans
Conspiracies and modern governments in general

that are more heartless than any admiral
that have no pulse,
and are unmovable
that, numb to the touch,
watch over all,
feeling for none.

With a face as blank and comfortless
as an executioners hood
you brag of your unscalable heights
your impenetrable flanks

of how at dusk you lance the sunset from the sky
set alight your tapering lure
reel in the falling stars
hack off their flaming tails,
impale their flying wishes.

Dave Lordan

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dublin-spire/