Red Tractor In The Field
© Surazeus
2025 12 03

If she thinks about it with special care
Artemis will remember why she cries
when angels descend the ziggurat stair
and trick her lover with appalling lies
while Thor is busy paving country roads
in vain attempt to control divine toads.

Somebody always tries to kill the swan,
despite federal laws protecting her soul,
that escapes Cave of Tuonela at dawn
and teaches children how to set strong goals
so they achieve the American Dream
if they can unite in heart-bonded team.

People vote for the simple-minded clown
who poses by red tractor in the field
while upholding values of the small town
depicted on lost Achillean shield
that hangs now in Museum of Fake Art
which is very dear to my wealthy heart.

The new apartment complex by the mall
fills up with renters from the lower class
who hang paintings of Elvis on the wall
and pray earnestly when they attend mass,
but harsh social critiques are out of line
so Juvenal takes Sappho out to dine.

Though few regret fall of our empire state
because they cannot see morals dissolve,
I swipe card to open neighborhood gate
so I can study how primates evolve
from hunter-gatherers to nationalists
who must oppose global imperialists.

Through random concepts of the Language Game
humble wizards of academia
worship grandson of Oedipus the Lame
who crowns himself King of Arcadia,
after Frankenstein resurrects his soul,
yet hides as notorious internet troll.

When Artemis returns home on the plane
from her home on the other side of Earth,
she finds Thor has dispelled her psychic bane.
so she marries him in church, and gives birth
to Sisyphus who runs for President,
though he fails to become more confident.

The American Dream was never real
except as shining Lamp of Liberty
who tries to help us build a better world
where no one lives in fear of poverty,
so we eat hamburgers at festivals
while recreating truth with mental tools.

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Orpheus arrests King Midas because he sells the American Dream by fooling the poor who long to play rich with cryptocurrency they think is real when they invest their life savings but lose it all to his scam.

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