True Lamp Of Diogenes
© Surazeus
2025 07 16

When I find true lamp of Diogenes
in the antique shop on Tripodon Street,
half-hidden behind the albatross wing
and the typewriter that Elytis owned,
I buy it for thirteen dollars from Hermes,
then wander weird streets of America.

With lamp of Diogenes in my hand,
and wisdom of Athena in my heart,
I walk maze of streets in America
to find the honest man who knows the Why
that programs atomic clock of the brain
to conjure virtual model of the world.

Approaching giant statue in the square
where we once fought for truth and liberty,
I see its head is cast from gleaming gold
that casts glow of charisma on the world,
but its feet are frail clumps of crumbling clay,
so the tyrant will topple from its greed.

Ascending steps of the grand Capitol
that shines on top the hill of global power,
I search its politician-crowded halls
and legislative chambers of firm desks,
but find no honest man with generous heart
among the vampires wearing clean blue suits.

Riding elevators in tall glass towers
to visit hushed headquarter offices
that manage global corporate companies
where thousands of accountants and salesmen
analyze data on spreadsheets of hope,
but not one sees the clear light of my lamp.

When solemn light of credit flickers out
in gusts of change from world-sweeping events,
I rekindle frail flame of fantasy
that radiates from lamp of Diogenes
so I may see the fortune-mapping way
through ever-shifting labyrinth of fate.

Just as I almost give up futile hope
of ever finding the one honest man
who could preside our complex nation-state,
I find in shadow of the timeless book
brave Goddess of Justice and Liberty
who tries to avoid political games.

When clear light from lamp of Diogenes
reveals face of the woman I respect,
whose star illuminates the firmament,
I give her scroll with message from our hearts
imploring she save us from tyranny
and restore our democracy of faith.

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Orpheus implores Athena to campaign for President of Zarathia to drive out the tyrant and restore democracy to land of America.

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