Apocalypto

Apocalypto 
by G. L. Pettigrew

At the ending was the word
and the word was: Waste
And the word was: Fire
Was: Chainsaw
And the forests fell
The ground scorched, dried to asphalt
The monkeys howled

At the ending was the word
and the word was: The pangs of birth
The gape of hungry infants
Was: The hack of plows
And the rivers where twisted and drained
And the earth was rent; parrots and lianas
orchids fell into the chasm

At the ending was the word
And the word was: Plague
Was: the roar of engines
And the firstborns died 
And crops became dust
The voice of the pigeon deafened the land
and brown snakes dropped from the skies
poisoned paradise, strangled Eden

And Wise man emerged as master
of chaos. Ruler of weeds.