Janustown

Millions awake to a rainbow metropolis
Pandemonium, disarray
While in a bubble of bucolic order
A rooster summons the day
A young man’s awarded a PhD
Some sect denounces technology
In between medieval perspective
And the most advanced science on the planet
Dreamers of a dream tangled in extremes
Rooted in a scheme built on contradiction
Heed the clarion, blinded by the sun
Deafened by the sound: Welcome to Janustown
Moving ahead and embracing the by-and-by
Holding on to the way things were
Watching the play from palaces in the sky
Or cardboard caves in the dirt
Health-craze and beauty idolatry
Golden arches, bells, kings, obesity
Fast food and slow social progress
Schizophrenic battles between voices
Dreamers of a dream tangled in extremes
Rooted in a scheme built on contradiction
In the twilight zone limits are unknown
Shiny but run-down: Welcome to Janustown
Bridge:
Ancient inner battles define the double face of a nation
«Make her great again»; reason trumped by human temptation
Yesterday — tomorrow: The mandate’s getting lost in translation
Dreamers of a dream tangled in extremes
Rooted in a scheme built on contradiction
Scathing reprimand requires knowledge of the land
So throw your blinders down: Welcome to Janustown