Cheer Brave Jupiter

Cheer Brave Jupiter
© Surazeus
2024 07 21

When I stand in the forest of dead trees, 
I sing the spell that festers in my heart 
to cheer brave Jupiter in noble fight, 
as Pluto storms Olympus with intent 
to reign as fascist tyrant of the Earth, 
so we can preserve world democracy. 

When seven ravens in dead apple trees 
mock my plaintive song for victory 
against the hordes of demons in red capes 
that howl against the laws of Jupiter 
which prevent them from enslaving mankind, 
I rise from Slough of Despond with faint hope. 

When blood-thirsty zombies rise from foul graves 
and swarm city maze with hunger for brains, 
we follow Jupiter in holy war 
to protect fertile farms of our homeland 
from greedy ghouls that emerge from its mud, 
demanding sacrifice of sacred blood. 

When ghosts of dictators with jeweled crowns 
swirl from crackle of television screens 
to haunt our living rooms with solemn hymns 
forged into bullets soldiers fire from guns 
through revolution of the weeping book, 
we hold hands in grove of dead trees and sing. 

When wingless angels of the holy land 
build castles of bones on crucifix hills 
to network world empire of Jupiter 
by harnessing peasants in fields of wheat, 
the sad prophet writes riddle of his name 
with runes in water of the vision well. 

When bitter wolves wearing gray business suits 
dismantle factories to buy ocean yachts 
so they can invade Isle of Paradise, 
the people, now homeless and unemployed, 
follow stars-and-stripes flag of Jupiter 
to defend Liberty with sword of truth. 

When four horsemen of the apocalypse 
drive fast race cars on the highway from Hell 
to challenge noble might of Jupiter 
for right to wield the Scepter of Zambor, 
we wave Earth-green flag of Jesuvia 
that unites rival states in world empire. 

When the gold lion of democracy 
fights with Lucifer against tyranny, 
we gather in the mountain temple hall 
where Janus Quirinus writes our new names 
with demon-blood ink in Book of Blind Ghosts, 
then cheer brave Jupiter with songs of grief.