Beneath Babylon’s Blue Baldachin

Beneath Babylon’s blue baldachin,

Boldly brocaded by blazing blooms,

Bazaar brokers busily bargain,

Buyers bankrupt—but business booms.

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Bearded blacksmiths, bare-boned beggars,

Brave bards, bankers, bubbly bakers,

Borrow beyond barren budget books,

By bling besotted: bounty-bent brutes.

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Bedtime-bound Babylonians, buoyantly,

Bring back bejeweled beauties, blithely,

Beneath bedchambers, beautifully built,

Bright-baubled basements brilliantly brim.

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But behind bright buildings, brawny-bricked,

Babes, before blissful, babbling bestir;

By breakfast, Babylon’s bought beauty

Blindly becomes banal burglars’ booty.

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Beneath Babylon’s black baldachin,

Bleakly bespeckled by bleeding blooms,

Bruised, bludgeoned bazaar businessmen

Belabored byes breathe—but business booms.