Memories Of Dead Gods
© Surazeus
2026 07 12

When dawn sun opens mirror of my brain
I reassemble framework of my face
with fragments torn from memories of dead gods
so I when I face the world at flash of fame
my honest simpleness may shield my heart
from slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

I get my eyes from Cronus and Saturnus
so I may see heart of each human being
that glows with secret passion they would hide
when we exchange conceptual energy
through tangled formula of sentences
encoding sentiment in psychic code.

I get my ears from Phoebus and Apollo
so I may hear bright music of the spheres
that radiates from first flash of the god eye
when I translate weird song of ocean waves
to pop songs blaring on the radio
when everyone plays Sunday on the beach.

I get my arms from Bacchus and Hephaestus
so I may craft wave-leaping ship of fate
from wood of trees I cut from Helicon
when I sail seven seas on treasure quest
to colonize the world with castle queens
who rule cities at mouths of flowing rivers.

I get my heart from Jupiter and Jesus
so I may rule empire of pyramids
controlling fields of wheat and herds of cows
when I ride white horse on the hill of skulls
to fight crocodiles in the steaming swamp,
depicted as Saint George who slays the dragon.

I get my brain from Athena and Hermes
so I may envision in lines of verse
deeds wise heroes perform as humble men
who seek to understand nature of things
as they develop through philosophy
foundation of our world civilization.

I get my tongue from Hera and Poseidon
so I may sing enchanting spells of sight
depicting complex nature of the heart
which animates each human to explore
expansive landscape of our spinning globe
that generates our souls in pulsing brains.

Though my frail mortal body is composed
of fragments from grand deities of time,
I pause from endless journey of my soul
on signless road in waste land of despair
and laugh at weird absurdity of life,
then keep on searching for the Promised Land.

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Orpheus asks Doctor Frankenstein to explain from which long-dead god each part of his assembled body was derived so he can understand nature of his heart.

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