Warning Of The Wolf

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.