"Moloch" is depicted as an embodiment of evil - yet the name does not refer to the devil or widely understood wrong deeds, but rather to the state of society, financial system, and politics.
To introduce his meaning of "Moloch", Ginsberg uses undoubtedly negative connotations, mostly related to emotions ("Solitude! Filth! Ugliness!"; "Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless!").
The author also provides examples, even if not directly, of Moloch. At the beginning, he mentions "boys sobbing in armies", which is a reference to the army, followed by "Moloch the vast stone of war! Moloch the stunned governments!" - a description of a (probably corrupt) government, constantly engaging the citizens in wars and military conflicts. "Moloch whose blood is running money!" describes the core need fuelling the society, money, and, therefore, banks. Similarly, Ginsberg brings up "Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks!" - referring to one of the most profitable industries, the oil industry, and reminding the reader of how trade and material goods can replace spiritual life, becoming one's "soul". Later, the author mentions "Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs! Moloch whose factories dream and croak in the fog! Moloch whose smokestacks and antennae crown the cities!", meaning to depict an industrial area, stale and soulless, that has erased natural landscapes. Finally, through "Moloch in whom I sit lonely! Moloch in whom I dream Angels! Crazy in Moloch! Cocksucker in Moloch! Lacklove and manless in Moloch!" he presents the emotional state Moloch puts him in, leaving him isolated and longing for a different way of living, and slowly depriving him of his own nature, positivity, and even sanity.
