assorted ephigies amd plethora of trinkets
alien insignia of kingdoms lost in time
devouring the cultures of defeated rivals
we cloth ourselves in esoteric plunder that we find
exotica collection
our heaps of foreign spoils
cloaked in the riches of the weak
we parade our decadence, a tropic of indulgence
through annihilated nations drained of all their splendor
we borrow dead extravagance to entertain our fancies
appropriate the heritage surrendered
we frolic in the ruins of civilization
despoiling the throne of the meek