Eagle Of Zeus

Eagle Of Zeus
© Surazeus
2025 03 15

Fierce Eagle of Zeus, with valorous grace, 
glides over vast maze of America 
hunting for the tyrant with monstrous face 
who hides his rage in cave of Attica, 
then swoops to help Serpent Queen Melusine 
who fights hate with dream-projecting machine. 

Relaxed in ruins of the Parthenon, 
eating lamb gyros with shepherds at dusk, 
I watch ghost of my goddess on the lawn 
dance in weird trance while she wears secret mask, 
then sing hymn with the forlorn nightingale 
till my ship comes in with storm-tattered sail. 

Defending Melusine from harsh attack 
so she can bathe in the perilous sea, 
I convert Eagle of Zeus to our track 
with divine honor of the cosmic key, 
which helps us to open ancestral doors 
and sell illusions at cathedral stores. 

With Garthenstone brought from Arcadia 
I build from ruins of our empire state 
liberal republic of Zarathia 
with capitalist game of the locked gate, 
stage-managed by socialist principles 
so we can overcome all obstacles. 

Seeking Tree of Dreams in Bavaria, 
where my grandmother bakes sweet apple pie, 
I hide witch accused of hysteria 
to protect her heart from the regal lie, 
and tend her wounds with gentle loving care 
though all she does is mumble spells and stare. 

Escaping to lush Isle of Avalon 
on Ship of Sorrows steered by Sisyphus, 
I flee revolution in Babylon 
taken over by Ozymandias 
who appoints cruel Midas his puppet king 
with mission to break every angel wing. 

Leading refugees from Assyria 
in wagon train across the bleak waste land, 
we colonize lush vales of Scythia 
to build paradise in the promised land, 
but fight over who has the right to live 
and who is generous with love to give. 

Irrepressible urge to rule the world 
twists the failed merchant into bitter king 
who trembles in fear of the cosmic herald 
soon to arrive on divine justice wing 
to save our country from his tyranny 
and restore our global democracy.