Wish Clock Of Nevermore
© Surazeus
2025 08 24

Through clever realignment of the mind,
adjusted by wish clock of Nevermore,
I redefine strange beauty of the world
with psychic formulas of selfless love
that get erased from hungry brains of hope
by shattered silence of indifferent moons.

With frantic swirling of calm ocean waves,
reprogrammed by wish clock of Nevermore,
I climb steep mountain slope of loyal faith
by gripping roots from ancient trees of truth
till I achieve the highest point of fame
from which I fall on wingless flight of fate.

Despite reluctant passion art requires,
telecast by wish clock of Nevermore,
I illustrate strange progress of my life,
farmer to jester to wizard to king
crucified on telephone pole of power
till I freeze into statue of Apollo.

Eager to explore our vast galaxy,
mismeasured by wish clock of Nevermore,
I see long string of forty satellites
glitter white as pearls from eyes of gods
as they float slow above the mountain ridge
before they merge in matrix of the stars.

Aware that winners invent history,
rewritten by wish clock of Nevermore,
I build conceptual walls of paradise
from painful memories of the war-displaced
who linger at locked gateway to success
and whisper names of dead people they love.

Unsure if I am still alive or not,
forgotten by wish clock of Nevermore,
I bend my head, heavy with noble horns,
to drink from sparkling pond of earnest faith
where phantom of my soul smiles back at me,
so I prance haughtily in misty woods.

Reluctant to participate in games,
assisted by wish clock of Nevermore,
I map each water tower and lighthouse
which link every small town across the land
in social network that makes strangers friends
so we together lament death of God.

Inspired by graceful woman I adore,
unfathomed by wish clock of Nevermore,
I photograph her standing in the hall,
in many-roomed mansion where no one lives,
gazing at portrait of Truth on the wall
then we eat supper with laughter and love.

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Orpheus arrives at the many-roomed mansion where Artemis asks him to repair the broken wish clock of Nevermore, then afterward they drink wine and kiss.

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