Next World War

Next World War
© Surazeus
2025 03 28

We may survive the next world war, or not, 
with cheerful laughter of the Argonaut 
who cancels quest to steal the Golden Fleece 
in vain attempt to establish world peace 
by claiming every land on Earth is his 
because he always wins the puzzling quiz. 

He wants to build new home in vale of tears 
to manage school of crazy puppeteers 
by teaching them to scam the populace 
with threat from rolling stone of Sisyphus, 
but he gets lost in forest of the clown 
where Gretel marries him with mindcuff crown. 

Still staring in the mirror of his soul 
for twenty years without his secret goal, 
he wonders who defines the right from wrong 
besides the Valkyrie with tragic song 
who outshines everyone on the world stage 
though she got trapped by fame in her gold cage. 

Elected captain to steer Ship of State, 
after Midas wrecks it with bitter hate, 
the Argonaut who hides his secret name 
writes new constitution for the world game 
so everyone who plays life by the rules 
can create beauty with conceptual tools. 

Since we hope to survive the next world war 
with shadow of our faith in global lore, 
though traitorous thieves destroy our world view, 
we work together when the ingenue 
performs her role as savior of the world 
as prophesied by the mad cosmic herald. 

As incarnation of brave Liberty, 
who wields Book and Lamp of democracy, 
Minerva rides the white horse of our hope 
with grand ontology beyond our scope 
to build from ruins of America 
nation of justice called Zarathia. 

Displaced from homes we lived in many years, 
and fired unfairly from fruitful careers, 
we follow Moses through the wilderness 
across the rusty bridge of aimlessness 
to surround castle where the tyrant hides 
with treasures he stole from our psychic guides. 

Though Midas steals everything we hold dear, 
attempting to divide us with fake fear, 
we smash his idol with its feet of clay 
when Sisyphus arrives with spells to pray, 
so we will survive world war of his greed 
and regrow Tree of Life with honest seed.