Star As The Suffering Man
Star As The Suffering Man
© Surazeus
2026 08 15
Despite strange joy of reawakening,
through struggle to transcend egg of the mind,
James stumbles half awake in mirrored hall
where shadow of his non-existent ghost
explains new formulas for gaining wealth,
since we succeed despite our messy lives.
Though Death stalks our steps from day of our birth,
we ignore dark shadow of final doom,
James mumbles at reflection of his soul,
then drinks orange juice from skull of Nemesis
whose letters keep arriving in the mail
long after she climbed cliff of happiness.
Or did she fall into wild sea of change,
James ponders as he drinks coffee of hope,
then stands in drizzle on the asphalt street
to wait for the bus full of nameless ghosts
who ride along Plutonian shore of fate
to work all day in clanking factories.
Perhaps they will make commercial of faith
in which I star as the Suffering Man,
James smirks while swallowing aspirin pills
to numb terrible pain that threads his soul
with humbling anguish of the devil laugh
that strips his spirit of its proverb shield.
Adjusting screws with sprocket of his heart,
contrary to alignment check of faith,
James assembles car engine of desire
to build time machine that carries our souls
faster across unmeasured space of fear
so we can find elusive pots of gold.
Strolling down Seventh Avenue at dusk
past flashing neon signs that lure his heart
to smokey bars where country angels dance,
James notices the white horse of his fate
floats huge beside him on wings of desire,
so he decides to run for President.
Proclaiming new agenda of his heart
before huge crowd of people in the hall,
James outlines steps of action he will take
supporting businesses with tax incentives,
then waves as thousands chant his name with pride,
since we succeed despite our messy lives.
After he loses on election night,
rejected by the people of the land,
James sits in wood chair by the mountain lake
catching fish with Jesus Christ at his side
as they plot revolution of the rich
to enslave the people with credit debt.
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Orpheus takes James to the middle of the lake on the fishing boat where he explains his vision of equal rights and liberty through justice for every soul.
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