Vegas Is No Mirage

If you're going to Vegas
Take along a friend
One who asks why
And looks hard at life

Talk about it
Write your thoughts down
Be gentle as you judge

But you can rest assured
It's no Mirage

Gluttony and lust
Two of the deadly sins
Carried punishments
Of eating rats and snakes
And being smothered in
Brimstone

Vegas has a novel approach
Set them up in front of
A game of chance
And give them
Enough money to
Last a week

I am no stranger to sin
It does not frighten me
I don't believe the tragedian
Accounts it has inspired

It's Vegas I don't get
From Mormon, Sicilian and Jewish mafia
To profligate use of water
And hedonism on Viagra
I will have to pass
Hit the next guy