Humble Prophet of the Cow
© Surazeus
2026 10 25

To understand how light of long-dead stars
animates human brains with fierce desire
to fly with joy above this rumbling globe,
I ask the humble prophet of the cow
who gives me holy grail of milk to drink,
so I feel tree roots curl into my heart.

Cassandra walks beside the spinning wheel
that rolls home-wagon on the windy plain
on endless walk to find the Promised Land
ruled by the humble prophet of the cow
who writes strange puzzles on tablets of clay
that cause time visions to flash in her eyes.

Crouched by the wagon wheel of wordless hope,
Cassandra watches with obsessive eye
her father walk into the shadowed woods
to ask the humble prophet of he cow
which way they need to go on signless road
to find the palace of the laughing clown.

Head buzzing with mute terror of undeath,
Cassandra treads the liminal expanse
of sorrow toward horizon of her heart
to hear the humble prophet of the cow
proclaim his hegemonic state of mind
which traps brave people in harsh tyranny.

Advanced against blurred obstacles of faith
to transcend metaleptic wall of fear
erected by postprandial somnolence
before the humble prophet of the cow
can catch the angel falling off the moon,
Cassandra parts veil to the Otherworld.

Inspired by spark of new insightful vibe
that channels flow of psychic synergy,
Cassandra abjures fractured paradigm
spooled by the humble prophet of the cow
that affirms function of male privilege
exploiting fertile nature of the womb.

Spearheading progress of leveraged love
against systemic power of desire,
Cassandra gathers riddles of glass skulls
forged by the humble prophet of the cow
to build impactful program of respect
ensuring mothers feed their children well.

While drawing soul of serpents from the well
whose whispers teach her secrets of dream runes,
Cassandra gazes back down road of life
paved by the humble prophet of the cow,
and wonders how her brave children will fare
in game of life long after she is dead.

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Orpheus walks across the hills of Arcady till he finds the humble prophet of the cow lounging by the River Alpheus while his sons build the palace of Xanadu.

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