Grim Pablo Walks Nowhere
© Surazeus
2025 05 24

Out on the dusty hill of angry shrubs
grim Pablo pulls red wagon of despair,
heaped with the broken dreams of nameless souls
whose tattered wings he rescues from the trash
when he escapes from asylum ward nine
to find dank cave where skull of Phoebus glows.

Chased by the goon squad in black leather boots,
grim Pablo darts among the twisted trees
that scream in dire laughter as he high-steps
so fast his bare feet bleeding from Christ thorns
kick clouds of dust that hide him from the bulls
who grin as he grills steak for the mad king.

High on the quivering phone line of fake words
that hum in wind across the desert plain,
grim Pablo dances with electric grace
to catch the ballerina with snake eyes
who falls from the moon with the secret book
in which is written fate of the blind bard.

Yet when the silver bus full of wild clowns,
crippled ballerinas, and serious jesters,
roars by on the desert road into Hell,
grim Pablo jumps on board with broken lyre
he stole from tomb of Apollo last year,
and drinks the gasoline of ancient truth.

When the lion in sunglasses of faith
throws him off the silver bus of world fame,
grim Pablo dances with cool cactus queen
who transforms his guitar into the toad
that leaps into the still pond of lost time,
so he leans against the telephone pole.

Driving rusty red truck with one headlight
through endless maze of ugliness and greed,
Cinderella stops on the desert road
and asks grim Pablo if he wants a ride
so the lost knight rides her chariot of fire
to his grave in the cemetery trees.

Awake in the twisted sycamore tree
to see Cinderella on her white horse,
grim Pablo strums old lyre of Mercury
when people ask if he is their messiah
come to save the land of America
from Mad King Midas who steals all their gold.

Searching desert hills in delirium,
grim Pablo walks nowhere with empty gun,
then kneels in ruined temple of Apollo
while demon wings writhe from his aching heart,
so he flies over Gotham City maze
bringing gospel of salvation to mankind.

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Orpheus meets Pablo and Cinderella at the tomb of Apollo, so they form a folk bank called the Wallbreakers to perform from sea to shining sea.

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