Record Her Weird Tale

Record Her Weird Tale
© Surazeus
2025 01 10

"I want to spend the night in the Museum 
when the Muses would tune their instruments 
and practice singing tales they memorize 
till they perfect expression of the mind 
projecting vision of the world in verse 
that fills the hearts of listeners with awe." 

"Instead I sit alone at old computer 
typing words to recompose their lost tales," 
Samuel muses while snow falls on his home, 
"for I hear the Muses singing to me 
with Mercurial voices of eerie dreams 
which I try to record before I die." 

No crimson embers glow in his fireplace 
for he gathered no wood from tall trees 
because his house features under its floors 
the most modern air-conditioning system 
that blows hot air through grates along the walls, 
though the worn-out heat compressor has died. 

"Snow shrouds my town in frosty flakes of light 
while far away west in City of Angels 
wild fire burns mansions of celebrities 
who perform roles of heroes in the movies 
that have long replaced drama on the stage 
where Oedipus and Hamlet stand ignored." 

Sipping hot ginger mocha by the window, 
as he gazes at the yard covered with snow 
where young deer frolic and prance in delight, 
Samuel wonders if he should feel grateful 
that his house is safe from wild fires and bombs, 
yet still he feels fragility of fate. 

"Though we have enjoyed eighty years of peace 
since we defeated fascists in world war, 
our state institutions appear to crumble 
from stale inertia of partisan fights, 
and now the greedy fascist Midas clone 
threatens to destroy our democracy." 

"Now Clio, solemn Muse of History, 
bold daughter of Power and Memory, 
chatters nonstop about current events 
while I attempt to record her weird tale 
that seems to make no sense without the code, 
till I remember weak men grasp for power." 

"What hero, possessed with spirit of Christ, 
selfless leader who guides people to grow, 
instead of tyrant exploiting our fears," 
Samuel wonders while watching snowflakes fall, 
"will rise as Hidden Dragon from our hearts 
to rebuild our state as Zarathia?"