Free Land Of Yaskonia
© Surazeus
2026 02 08

Escaping cruel thugs of the police state,
Heyhlamas travels northwest on winding roads
to snow-frosted land of mountains and lakes
where he stops along Yellowhead Highway
and stares amazed at Yehaihaskun Mountain
that shimmers bright with stripes of black and white.

"Here I shall found new empire of my heart,"
Heyhlamas proclaims to eagles and bears,
"which I shall name Yaskonia to replace
British Columbia, imposed by invaders,
as declaration of our sovereignty,
free from greedy exploiters of the east."

Climbing halfway up the striped rugged cliff,
Heyhlamas carves cave from darkness of fear
where he finds bright spirit of Manitou
gleaming in enormous diamond of fate,
so he reigns with justice and liberty
over peaceful land of Yaskonia.

While gathering nuts and berries in pine woods
to cook nutritious meal for energy,
wise mountain emperor with moon-black eyes
encounters giant woman with long hair
tangled with bones of demons and kings
who whispers to red raven on her shoulder.

When army of tanks invade mountain vales
to impose dictatorship of King Midas
on lush fertile lands of Yaskonia,
Mother Dzunukwa grabs them with large hands
and hurls them far into the Salish Sea
where they transform into Mikinaak turtles.

Inviting Kwan Yin, Lakshmi, and Athena,
Heyhlamas convenes World Council of Sibyls
who protect free land of Yaskonia
from powerful states of Telluria,
safe from tyranny of corporate kings
hungry to mine minerals from her hills.

Inviting with open arms of respect,
Heyhlamas welcomes homeless refugees
who flee civil wars in America
and many other lands around the world,
to dwell free in land of Yaskonia
where every human lives with equal rights.

While dictators and kings in many lands
exploit work of their people to steal wealth,
people in free land of Yaskonia
dwell together in peaceful paradise
based on justice and liberty for all
in vision Heyhlamas dreams in his cave.

utopian literature

Free Land Of Yaskonia