Manage Randomness Of Fate

Manage Randomness Of Fate
© Surazeus
2026 11 04

My heart remembers nothing of the pain 
wound tight by tree roots in my throbbing brain 
long after river stones of moral tricks 
crack into pageless books of blood-soaked bricks 
from which foundation of our holy state 
was built to manage randomness of fate. 

From crowded neighborhoods of faceless ghosts, 
enchanted by blind horse that always boasts 
about grandiose wars of wealth it has won, 
I compile statistics about the sun 
with plan to build from ritual pieties 
empire through religious anxieties. 

We cheer great victory of the humble man 
who campaigns for God with progressive plan 
to fund healthcare for every breathing soul 
whether or not they perform social role 
that contributes to success of the state 
for refugees locked outside jeweled gate. 

Retention of brave workers without hands, 
who sacrifice their health to uphold brands 
of corporate pirates trashing companies, 
inspires new mission to reforge mental keys 
that should unlock new opportunities 
for tailless monkeys who still live in trees. 

Our bodies wither from unspooling clocks 
that call with trumpets to war-monger hawks 
who land on wrist of Christ at whistle call 
when his voice shakes faith of the castle wall 
through resurrection of the never-dead 
whose wisdom springs as daughter from my head. 

Hephaestus hobbles in cathedral hall 
to fool Achilles in the shopping mall 
with joke that he has been elected king 
who should wield invisibility ring 
through power to raise spirits from the dead 
who are but memories in my addled head. 

I condescend to implicate myself 
through screaming statue on library shelf, 
yet choose to vindicate with random rule 
my use of sorrow as attention tool 
for tricking people to see me as god, 
but flee when they realize I am a fraud. 

Last emperor of my ancient dynasty, 
paralyzed through glam of my majesty, 
I wander homeless on the signless road 
to find secret marsh of the humming toad 
who teaches me code of eternal truth 
so I can play role of messiah sleuth.