War-Machine Of Fear

War-Machine Of Fear
© Surazeus
2026 09 28

Our bodies, ground in war-machine of fear, 
transform from angels to demonic gods 
who fight for plot of land to plant fruit trees 
when greedy tyrant on the ziggurat 
demands obedience to him as sun lord 
so we pay taxes for his lazy guards. 

Hoping to escape war-machine of fear, 
we run across the swirling waves of fate 
to leap on angel wings into bright clouds, 
but plummet to grave Earth of broken hearts 
in crash that clears space in the Holy Land 
for us to build new empire of dead gods. 

Transformed to ghouls by war-machine of fear, 
we mortal bell-brains clanged by shouts of hate 
howl wild in chorus with electric wolves 
that prance through arch of triumph to pretend 
our savage slaughter of our enemies 
grants us rewards of noble gratitude. 

Confused by code in war-machine of fear, 
I walk through abacus of glowing trees 
to translate pungent scent of after-rain 
from shock of surging blood in twisted veins 
to hunger magic through imperatives 
that we exchange gifts with oppressive goons. 

Sun-dazzled fierce by war-machine of fear, 
I stumble lost in labyrinth of ghosts 
who fail to possess idols of dead kings 
based on transcendent nature of god eggs 
to dwell in yet-unrealized dreams of peace 
contingent on obedience to the king. 

To reinvent the war-machine of fear 
as faith-expansive gyroscope of love, 
I build wood bridge across abyss of death 
so angels may cross from their world to ours 
and give us treasures on the moon-gold night 
where laughing waterfalls preserve our thoughts. 

Paralyzed by the war-machine of fear 
that churns out greed-blind devils of the church, 
I wash my face in pool of Hippocrene 
which causes wings to sprout from my sponge brain 
so we pick vegetables in falling snow 
and eat hot soup around fire of despair. 

Concerned about the war-machine of fear 
by mining silver from deep Laurion caves, 
we build huge fleet of ships with billowed sails 
to fight great empire of the tyrant king 
and save our nation from enslaving chains 
so we may live and die with liberty.