Ishtar

By the laws of physics
 it is the ultimate destroyer of worlds

it is the female aspect of the universe
whence things come into creation,
and where things go unto destruction.

Her name's McClaine but
she likes only straight bourbon

Life is a beaut

but it wouldn't be if we
weren't destined to die
ergo, it is ugly
when

we think of only the
material as immortal
As if the Americans
put these highways between us
only to illustrate the fall of man

when we value

the veil, matter
over mind