Humble Farmers Of The Soil
© Surazeus
2026 03 28

Suppressed desire of the damp ether hum
writhes eyeless in limestone guilt of respect
between weed-tangled banks of rivered oil
that erodes foundation of empire guilt,
trapped in drama of unforgiven crime
that dissolves elements of memories.

Substance of our bodies reconstitutes
other bodies outside fake photographs
blurred by fog of memories we forget,
barely visible on glass table of hope
disturbed by famine of answerless code
that conjures neon signs on cement streets.

Ghost of my heart guards unlocked labyrinth
where my ancestors wander loops of hope
with brave impassive cry of warriors
that we return to history of our pride
when we were humble farmers of the soil
beneath bright satellites of global faith.

Adamant refusal of patriots
to condemn imperial glory of power
restructures toxic privilege of faith
to match political climate of war,
rejecting birthright of obsessive quest
to build our nation on skulls of dead gods.

Against current tides of fate, I believe
in brotherhood of nations as one tribe
with genuine concern of social health
for star-blind Oedipus in sacred grove
of Colonus where acacias shade graves
preserving souls of gods who ruled the world.

Unpeopled landscape of my first homeland
glows with weird enchantment of timeless myth
through my imagination of faint hope,
so I sit bored beneath the apple tree
where Scythia first taught me how to sing,
but all I can do now is mumble jokes.

Half-destroyed by endless war of vampire gods
to control deserted hills of oil wells,
castle of my grandfather shimmers hot
in lucid calm of weightless innocence
till factory workers revolt against greed,
then get back to work making more eye-phones.

Neglected harbor of fear-rotten docks,
where Elpenor waits for his ship to come,
collects debris of missile-shattered boats
till Ahura Mazda arrives by plane
to defend Strait of Hormuz for Ishtar
who walks barefoot on crunched shells of the beach.

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Orpheus studies the Strait of Hormuz to develop a strategy for taking control of this vital passage for the global trade in oil as blood of civilization.

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