Virgin Mary Of America

Virgin Mary Of America
© Surazeus
2025 02 24

Relentless beauty of the daffodil, 
so golden bright in delicate contempt, 
inspires the Virgin Mary to rebel 
against oppression of the police state, 
hands shackled by gold cuffs of blind desire 
that chain her to the dirt-road country shack. 

Eyes glowing with divinity of faith, 
the Virgin Mary stares beyond the world 
to see bright paradise of honesty 
beneath the crumbling town of broken dreams 
with generous heart of social purity 
providing silent energy of love. 

Asserting calm respect of sacred faith, 
the Virgin Mary plots conspiracy 
to shatter absurd paradigm of power 
based on presuppositions of esteem 
that prop patriarchy through arrogance 
which still enforce domestic slavery. 

Waiting tables in the greasy spoon diner 
between the railroad and the factory, 
the Virgin Mary brings liberal plates 
of scrambled eggs with fried bacon and toast 
for farmers and truck drivers who admire 
graceful beauty of her celestial eyes. 

Dressed in simple yellow blouse and green skirt, 
the Virgin Mary of America 
attends the white church on the country road 
but always sits in the last lonely pew 
where she soft sings hymns of piety 
and quietly listens to sermons of faith. 

"We gather every week to pray with faith 
for Jesus to return and rule the world 
as global monarch who unites all nations, 
so, when the greedy scammer crowns himself 
King of America with Crown of Thorns, 
we should not be surprised at his vain pride." 

Shocked at intensity of her soft voice, 
everyone in church turns around and stares 
at prophetic eyes of the Virgin Mary 
that blaze with righteous anger of the Lord, 
then they all vote to excommunicate 
that evil woke feminist from their church. 

Walking alone down unpaved country roads, 
past rundown shacks where poor families live, 
barely surviving with little to eat 
since all government services were cut, 
the Virgin Mary kneels by the plum tree 
and cries for America lost to greed.