Augustan Heritage Of Power

Augustan Heritage Of Power
© Surazeus
2025 11 11

When the old gaunt man in long ragged coat 
tries to explain scream of the butterfly, 
I give him communion wafer to eat, 
but he just wants to drink hot blood of angels 
as he wanders with disgruntled despair 
through shiny offices of wealthy banks. 

Yet he reveals where the uneasy dead 
are buried under asphalt parking lots 
so sorrows of their hearts may fertilize 
insatiate hunger of the brutal land 
where necrophilous angels of the heart 
hurl corpses of empires in velvet sand. 

Based on Augustan heritage of power 
which he extracted from cave of desire, 
the old gaunt man with one dark raven eye 
grabs shadows of our souls from empty graves 
to lead our holy army of brave heroes 
to fight against grim shadows of our fears. 

Disfigured by fierce villainy of hate 
that bears witness to patriotic pride, 
the old gaunt man hanging in the ash tree 
throws rune-carved stones of cleromantic sight 
through divination of the scattered word 
to conjure warriors from mute peace of Hades. 

Through reconciliation against fear 
at wordless trembling of estranged respect 
the old gaunt man who knows the ring of fire 
still offers sage advice to angry boys 
asserting passion of purposeless hope 
to defend our way of life from invaders. 

Since he lost his marriage certificate 
that proves his adoration of Queen Mab, 
gaunt Odin gambles with Zeus to contest 
over whose empire shall rule the whole world 
with auspicious riddles of innocence 
inspired by firecrackers of true love. 

As half-blind doppelganger of my soul, 
attended by wolf and raven at dawn, 
grim Odin teaches me to play roulette 
with greed of tyrants to manage the world 
based on fake randomness of reverence 
which humans express in cathedral hymns. 

I cannot translate to real human language 
weird infernal scream of the butterfly, 
so I cast runes of fate on sandy shore 
to calculate when our empire will fall 
so we can build on ruins of its lies 
new world republic through justice for all.