Call Me Minervus
© Surazeus
2026 06 27

Call me Minervus, for I am grand voice
of wisdom that writes human memory
in tales of tragic sorrow we endure
on endless journey to the Promised Land
where bright Utopia of communal peace
fades at ceaseless wars of national pride.

We walk toward misty mountains of our faith
with map of wisdom my mother designed
to guide our way safe on the signless road
through slough of despond to the pearly gates
where oligarchs charge rent for air we breathe
and tax our hearts for water we imbibe.

Subject to strange enforcement of the law
through random obligation of respect,
I channel spirit of Minerva straight
through tangled roots of heart relationships
to weave new tapestry of our world view
where every soul is equal in one love.

Through shocking revelation of the owl,
whose eyes reflect weird television shows,
I wake soul of Minervus in my heart
so I know how to unwind tragic fate
that tangles nations of the world in war,
but I am busy naming every star.

Call me Minervus, for I hear weird song
of ocean waves that pulse in veins as blood
that nurtures neural network of my brain
which conjures virtual model of the world
in glow of consciousness I call my soul
as temporary flame of divine light.

With Harp of David nestled in my breast,
I strum harmonious strings of cosmic spheres
and sing enormous psalms of rectitude
concerning rights of star-born citizens
to kill intruders in their Holy Land
with Sword of Justice dripping blood of fear.

Though billions cry out to the lonely stars
for brilliant angels of celestial realms
to guide our way through maze of blinding greed,
no shining wings of cherubim enwrap
our fragile bodies of conceptual worth
with pulsing shield of psychic energy.

Though I alone survive holy crusade
on ship of state to fight the great white whale,
wrecked by fierce arrogance of tyranny,
I come to your cathedral of glass faith
as blind Minervus sent by Lucifer
to shine Lamp of Diogenes at you.

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Orpheus and David perform at the musical festival in downtown Athens, Georgia where thousands of refugees pray for the way to the Promised Land.

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