Archives Of Collected Dreams
© Surazeus
2025 12 21

Rejoice in measureless progress of light
with imagined scent of new graveyard flowers
that convert eyes to television screens
with vibrant randomness of secret codes
preserved in archives of collected dreams
based on stern bindings of electric books.

Huge books with illustrations of dead gods
tumble from shelves in earthquake of despair
and crush my fragile body with old truths
hard as bronze turtle shells of nonchalance
forged from attitude of naive respect
for authorities who control the switch.

Reluctant to take down bright ornaments
that signify birth of the global king,
I float in trance of double jeopardy
against aggressive tides of social change
to surf with surreal fish of politics
who flutter fragile wings down chimney chutes.

No shadow purling in our silver sky
would vandalize brave auditoriums
where high school students cheer their hero on
with passive aggression of public votes
because we mutate with each new-born life
though we hesitate to repent of love.

Evidence burned by devil in gray suit
would have proved my right to be alive
because I wake in darkness of glass books,
detached from suffering of humanity
whose cries for justice melt castles of ice
when we try to pray on the Sabbath day.

Wild plum hanging red from the bomb-burned tree
refracts dawn light across pasture of cows
who seek salvation in the thunderstorm
from manic pixie dream-girl in long skirt
who dances lithe in ruins of my heart
in paintings men sell in church galleries.

Unheard stream of laughter from blinding snow
reveals white owl who knows of human greed
so we seek her in quest through Wonderland
to ask how we should perform our own death
when clocks transform into hymn-singing wrens
who praise great warriors of national myths.

Quotidian member of the master race,
I play Perseus who fights angry trolls
to save the famous singer from their rage
with humble selflessness of social pride
since no one ever seeks awards of fame
preserved in archives of collected dreams.

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