Reluctance Of The Fool
© Surazeus
2025 05 02

Daring to boldly look Death in the eye,
I sing new lamentation for the lost
with helpless agitation of one soul
shocked at dissolution of the world view
our grandfathers built from skulls of dead gods
to play god with reluctance of the fool.

Orpheus dances at edge of the cliff
where his pet fox leaps about him in glee
while he twirls staff of Mercury he stole
from tomb of that god, dead three thousand years,
till he finds demon wings in the gold chest
to play god with reluctance of the fool.

Returning from the diamond mine in Hell
as hungry jester with the radio brain,
Narcissus sings last holy hymn of faith
to save humanity from the mad clown
who plays with nuclear missiles as his toys
to play god with reluctance of the fool.

Chewing gum as she writes on order pad,
Echo echoes items with nonchalance
while Pluto grills burgers on flames of Hell,
then she recites poems Sappho never wrote
which inspires the lonely man with no face
to play god with reluctance of the fool.

Comforting silence of the Underworld
excites cute children killed by falling bombs
who play chase among pomegranate trees
where ravens invent new philosophy
till Persephone chooses the weird girl
to play god with reluctance of the fool.

Existence of forms in the universe
appears to be deliberate design
by Supernatural Mind humans name God,
so we keep old myths in museum hall
where the blind man pretends he is a ghost
to play god with reluctance of the fool.

Dream rivers in the labyrinthine cave
refuse to reflect faces of the dead,
so we give each other new demon names
for priests to conjure us from our lost graves,
though I should follow the messiah sleuth
to play god with reluctance of the fool.

Electric vibrations in the void
transform atoms of my body to dirt
so roots may mold my spirit into fruit
which lovers eat to generate new life
so my molecules become their new child
to play god with reluctance of the fool.

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Orpheus gives tourists from America tours in the labyrinthine caves of Hell where they can pose for selfies with devils in red silk gowns holding pitchforks, who drink cokes on break.

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