Gods After Bodies Die
© Surazeus
2026 02 19

Immortalized by stories humans tell,
mortals become gods after bodies die,
so we draw memories from our mental well
to conjure heroes from our global eye
whose deeds create good benefiting all
as moral guide contained in psychic key.

Prometheus steals brand of fire from Zeus
and teaches tribe of humans how to cook,
so we design machines that mass-produce
cars and computers of the Holy Book,
then fly in rocket ships to Outer Space
to find our Earth is giant spinning rock.

Grim Jupiter assembles justice squad
who forge brass scepters with sharp diamond spears
to fight oppressive Titans, then plays God
who drives fast race car with time-machine gears
in tandem with celestial flashing node
that proves our souls are atoms forged by stars.

Apollo strums electric brain guitar
to howl weird hymn of love in microphone
as global rock god who rules Zathamar
with Sisyphus who drums the rolling stone
in frantic revolution of the door
expanding our perception of this plane.

Some humans play grand role of holy ghost
whose play embodies spirit of their tribe
entranced by solemn antics of their host
who channels singing stars with social vibe
so their face becomes symbol of the best
pretenders wear as mask with priestly robe.

Queen Ishtar rules on ziggurat of truth
and sends her daughters to evangelize
conceptual scriptures of messiah sleuth
which found religions on aesthetic lies
designed to trap our minds in mindless faith
till rogue clowns deconstruct cathedral shows.

Though millions worship Jesus Christ as God
that mortal man, who nurtured followers,
and rescued slaves from Hell with angel squad,
died after he defeated puppeteers,
but fathered dynasties of castle kings
who ruled two thousand years with jeweled crowns.

Our Pantheon of humans in god form
is crowded now with heroes of the past
whose noble deeds are scattered by the storm
so theater of worship has huge cast
of aspiring stars who all left the farm
to play in movies on the hilly coast.

I worship every god who ever lived
for they are paragons of human souls
whose great deeds cause our paradigm to shift
so everybody seeks to play god role
in our golden age of angelic souls
singing together in our global choir.

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Orpheus guides visitors through the Temple of the Many-Faced God to see all the masks of gods and goddesses who lived and died in the history of humanity.

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