Realistic Tales Of Love
© Surazeus
2025 11 13

Relationships between water and stone
resemble dance between soul opposites
who twirl around each other every day
stuck in their passive-aggressive romance
displayed on television screens at night
to illustrate plight of humanity.

Confined to realistic tales of love
in which the serious novelist explores
complex inner life of each character,
Apollo tries to break through the third wall,
but everyone in the audience laughs
at silly foibles of his failed love life.

Black and white photos on gallery walls
present angst-ridden life of urban teens
who wander restlessly in crowded streets
in fruitless search to find the holy grail
which lies forgotten in dumpster of faith
where stray cats lick tuna from opened cans.

The most intelligent rat in the world
scratches blueprints on the brick factory wall
detailing how to build from wires and tubes
perpetual motion machine of regret
which violates laws of thermodynamics
contrived by Raven Witch of Zathamar.

Almost successful in his enterprise
to eradicate poverty and hunger,
Apollo presents paper on the subject
at the International Conference
on Trickle-Down Economics in Paris
where everyone eats sandwiches with wine.

Bumping into each other by the fountain
where water spews from mouth of Jupiter,
Apollo and Raven Witch fall in love
at first sight as they stare in glowing eyes
that mirror soul mate they are looking for
till someone honks and they snap out of it.

Entranced by dynamite kiss of true love,
Paul and Raven in matching leather jackets
play guitars and sing grunge folk on the street
beside the fountain where they fell in love
about two aliens who fell to Earth
yet long to return to their shattered world.

When Raven gets pregnant they buy a farm
thirteen miles from the English town of Troon
where they pretend they live on the green moon
while dancing in the ring of fairy stones,
and laugh that everyone on Earth are clones,
entranced by vibe of Apollonian charm.

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Orpheus and Ophelia visit Apollo and Raven at their Green Moon Farm where thousands of people converge every Samhain to celebrate the Witching Hour.

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