Warning Of The Wolf
© Surazeus
2025 02 04

When they decide to meet beside the sea
and throw all their sorrows in sunless deeps,
they fall asleep under the rowan tree
among flowers where the grasshopper leaps
so their hearts break not when the empire falls
at relentless dance of porcelain dolls.

Yet when they hear eerie hoot of the owl
they wake in moonlight by the shining pool,
startled by grim figure in long black cowl
who smiles and suggests they return to school
so they are ready when the empire falls
to sell homemade crafts in the market stalls.

Strange shadow of the star-eyed seraphim
looms over busy market just at noon
when Rapunzel in the tower sings hymn
to wake psychotic demon of the moon
who declares the empire will rise again
at cheerful tweeting of the crazy wren.

They hide their feelings in the polished box
which Pandora brought as their wedding gift,
so when she gives birth to the nine-tailed fox
he wanders lost in the mountain snow drift
to deny the empire will rise again
through analysis of his bloody pen.

Fooled by Rasputin that their plan is strong,
King Midas and Duke Golfindel play golf
with heads of departments who chose the wrong,
but they fail to heed Warning of the Wolf
who howls distraught at fall of our empire
while we cope and join the heavenly choir.

Bowing to Pluto on his Kremlin throne,
Midas offers him the Treasury Key,
but Oil King gives Orange Clown broken bone,
so he chops down the Eden garden tree
so no one eats at fall of our empire
except his propaganda versifier.

Weeping at funeral of America
while Liberty lies imprisoned by Greed,
the Lost People cry out to Onatah
who gives everyone her magic corn seed,
then comforts us our empire will not die
for Icarus will teach us how to fly.

From burned ruins of smoking Babylon
rival tribes of Zarathia unite
to build new nation based on Avalon
where every person shares the equal right
to live free in world empire of the why
saved from destruction by the nameless spy.

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Orpheus brings dinner to Rapunzel in her tower where they gaze out the window at America as they eat, and discuss the fall of the empire.

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