Trickery Of The Zodiac
© Surazeus
2025 04 18

Too high above confounding maze of doors
on wings of angels stolen from dark Hell,
young son of Hamlet and Ophelia
falls in love with Juliet in red dress
when she dances gracefully by the stream
and sings eerily, "Life is but a dream."

Amazed by trickery of the zodiac
by which he calculates the road to take,
young son of Hamlet and Ophelia,
who calls himself mad jester with the crown,
decides to erase history of mankind
from pure Edenic vision of his mind.

Insisting they call him Ophelius,
instead of Hambert, lost prince of Denmark,
young son of Hamlet and Ophelia
steals gold Maserati from the garage
and races swiftly by the moonlit gulf
with engine growling loud as the wild wolf.

To treasure beauty only blind fools see
by eating apples from old Tree of Fate,
young son of Hamlet and Ophelia
declares before the cheering stadium crowd
that he is prophet of war refugees
who follow buzzing of the honey bees.

Entranced by beauty of her star-black eyes
when Juliet dances on the nightclub floor,
young son of Hamlet and Ophelia
saves her from Romeo when he gropes her thighs,
so they run laughing to the city park
where they make love till singing of the lark.

Face lit by rays of rosy-fingered dawn
while he keeps watch over his sleeping bride,
young son of Hamlet and Ophelia
contemplates meaning of life till she wakes,
then gives her apple he stole from the tree
because she is queen over land of the free.

When Romeo charges at him with sharp knife
to stab him in the heart with howl of rage,
young son of Hamlet and Ophelia
punches him in the face with calm restraint,
but Juliet clutches him and weeps in shock,
heartbroken at the death of her life rock.

Arrested for murder by grim police
for killing son of the bank president,
young son of Hamlet and Ophelia
declares his innocence in court of law,
but he is sent south to El Salvador,
locked in the prison camp forevermore.

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Orpheus flies with Ophelia to El Salvador to try and free her son who was illegally detained and deported though he was born in Texas.

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