Cross Dominion

The sign of the Chevy
is a distorted cross,
15 MPG, a fitting symbol
of man's dominion over
earth, granted by God,
eternally ineffable.

Once, with slender seeking fingers,
Pandora tilted back the lid
to an ebon casket loosing
tendrils of darkness to the world.

Thus her waxen image is set
beside decietful evil Eve
in the hall of women.

Now with oil-slicked hair
and styrofoam grin
man halves what can't
be seen to reassure
himself he's above
a humble earth...

...for a moment,
but how many moments more?