The Calling

[dukealien]

with god created intent
the air lifted and grew thin,
roads lost parallel lines,
and the working class mustered:
clergymen, buskers and bakers,
clerks and townsmen,
all stood motionless
amidst the wake.
one man smirked, as if to give off
the whole charade.

This is intriguing, and contains thought-provoking images (for example, roads losing parallel lines - are we talking perspective here, with vanishing points?)

In basic critique, although you've chosen not to use strict punctuation, etc., I'd suggest a hyphen to make "god-created," even though it would tend to lock out some readings or interpretations.  I don't consider clergymen, generally, members of the working class - the group includes bishops, etc. - so perhaps "parsons" even though they may be a bit more educated than the average busker.

There are some good chops - "roads lost parallel lines" rolls off the tongue as well as being an arresting image.

I do question a couple of words - hope this is not excessive for Basic.  One is "wake," which simultaneously suggests (to me) the wake of a ship - makes sense in context - and the traditional liquid-fueled funereal sendoff.  Which may just be a wrong idea on my part, but it doesn't fit well with the very sober image of mustered and motionless bystanders.

The other is "off" (in "as if to give off/the whole charade" at the end).  I get the meaning from context - as we would say in the US, to give away a secret with an overtone of doing it unintentionally or disobediently.  In US parlance, "give off" connotes an emanation as in "give off light" or "give off" a bad smell.  So I'd replace "off" with "away" there, but only if that means the same thing on both sides of the pond.

I liked it, it's mysterious and visual, showing instead of telling.