Crucifixion of the Skyscraper

Men took the skyscraperAnd nailed it to the rock. Each nerve and veinWere searched by iron hammers. Hour on hour,The bolts were riveted tighter. Steel and stoneDid what they could to quench the fiery coreThat blaze within. Till when the work was done,Solid as sepulchre, square-rooted to the rock,The skyscraper, a well polished tomb of hope,Guarded by busy throngs of acolytes,Shouldered aside the