Titan of New York

By: Philo Publius

Titan of New York

Prometheus of America

Against the Philosopher you stood,

And the Author you opposed,

With the General in a nascent pantheon

And vision unmatched

Thundering truths to be

Of an infant nation,

Then, in commerce we traded

As principles we debated

Now, in commerce we trade

As principles fade.

No divine genesis

In the pastoral utopia,

Instead, dragon’s teeth

Sown in fertile dreams

Sprung then

To flourish now

Monstrous and beautiful,

When honor was threatened

Oh adopted prophet!

You moved swift as Mercury

With the attendant rage of Ares

To ride against the storms

Gathered to curse and to scorn

With sharpened words

And malleable wills

Down the lists of life and fame

Vainly armored in passing glory

Even as your deeds

In Eternity etched your name

And Time theirs forgot;

Ozymandias each to his cause,

Ignoble as you were faithful,

Not to a woman,

To the dream of a nation.

Titan of New York

Prometheus of these united states.