Declare Myself Uncitizen

Declare Myself Uncitizen
© Surazeus
2026 02 03

Straight over broken rocks of rugged hills 
toward azure infinity of the sea 
I walk across Thasos Island at noon 
to join Staphylus in his wicked dance 
for mocking small kings who think they are gods 
though they are hidden in towers of glass. 

My heart spurts blood on barbarian land 
to cleanse attentive angst of thought control 
while soaring wingless across the last sky 
which gains finality beyond exile 
by wrenching free from cubicles of gold 
before blind gods expel me from their myths. 

Since I lost interest in the shining world 
based on supreme fiction of global fame, 
I stand mute on stage bathed in dusty light, 
perched equidistant between East and West 
to map topography of broken minds 
crushed by bland forces of conformity. 

Thus I declare myself Uncitizen 
of every crowded country on the Earth, 
accomplished emblem of democracy 
since I transcend strict borders of the state 
as psychic chameleon with many names 
detached from national greatness of pride. 

I dwell in Middle Earth of shifting tones, 
devalued by elite crowd of the state 
as parrot nomad of the mapless mind 
till I return to my ancestral land 
disguised as savior of humanity, 
trapped by principles of the Underground. 

As the most dangerous public enemy 
who established network of terrorists 
I paint cute demons in the holy book 
with pretty faces of celebrities 
while imprisoned in legend of my fate 
where I watch angels hanged by the world state. 

Threatened by otherness of common folk, 
proud haughty butcher of the twisted tree 
builds walls of Aparthood as paradise 
enclosing special people inside fear 
who buy and sell identity with gold 
melted from skull of Ozymandias. 

Awake at edge of our pulsating world, 
we live in dark times of our poisoned pride 
as sparks streaking vaults of eternity 
to annotate our victories on church walls 
with Voice of the People they crucify 
till Staphylus gives me glass of sour wine.