Names Of His Lost Tribe
© Surazeus
2026 04 01

Trapped by obsession with integrity,
Alanus walks to the new grocery store
and contemplates how to save his lost tribe,
but they are photos on the cereal box,
so he scatters cornflakes on tombless graves,
and prays to the sparrow in the elm tree.

Reluctant to accept his bitter fate,
Alanus paints mural on the brick wall
that depicts migration of his lost tribe
with bright colors in cartoon characters
which tourists photograph with beaming smiles
to post up on their social media sites.

Annoyed by laughter of the traffic light,
Alanus forges new Anywhere Key
from dark matter in bones of his lost tribe
with lightning flash of mute anxiety
so he can teleport to every house
where ghosts of his ancestors linger blind.

Startled by appearance of gold Dream Stone,
Alanus breaks it open with soft spell
so he can read the names of his lost tribe
who drive horse-drawn wagons of curious hope
across the wind-swept steppes of Scythia
where they build tree-house networks in tall trees.

Amused by sparkle of electric snow,
Alanus leaves car factory at dawn
with fragments from the skulls of his lost tribe
to lounge on back porch of his shabby home
and grill hamburgers while his children play
under strangeness of blue Missouri skies.

Concerned about the state of politics,
Alanus builds fortress on ancient mound
to host council meeting of his lost tribe
who plan new movement of the working class
to seize means of production from vampires
and build new schools for their children to learn.

Shocked by acceleration of world war,
Alanus hikes in rugged mountain vales
with hungry survivors of his lost tribe
who build new nation in the wilderness
centered around Temple of the Soul Flame
which their First Father stole from Hearth of Hell.

Eager to translate song of honeybees,
Alanus enters temple of blank books
that record tales from the lives of his lost tribe
which play as shows on television screens
in stores of old deserted shopping malls
where children of the fallen empire play.

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Orpheus joins the Alani tribe as they migrate westward from the Pontic-Caspian Steppe across the lands of Europe to found their kingdom in the ancient city of Carthage.

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