Room Four Zero Four
© Surazeus
2025 11 22

Sweet ghost in room four zero four knows why
humans are wingless angels in flesh form
who search for illusion of Heaven on Earth
yet find spirit of God inside our brains
aching to comprehend nature of light
that flares forth from first flash of the big bang.

Mad king in room four zero four declares
royal authority of the whole world,
but know no one ever knows his secret name
so he pretends to play the happy game
employed to write news stories that portray
moral consequence of each human choice.

Sad queen in room four zero four recalls
weird hour she first sees kind Lucifer fall
from high position as bank president
to wander lost now in the city maze
as homeless drunk who mumbles to himself,
so she calls her old mother in Taiwan.

Weird clown in room four zero four decides
to hitchhike nowhere sea to shining sea
and play guitar while singing grunge folk songs
after Phoebus taught him how to compose
stories in verse that present common men
as social heroes who fight tyranny.

Blues singer in room four zero four groans
at pain of cancer eating at his heart,
then steps on stage in dark Chicago bar
and howls fierce anguish of the human heart
that suffers agony of broken dreams
with longing for false paradise of hope.

Shy typist in room four zero four paints
portraits of elves in grand fantasy tales
with almond eyes and long thick sparkling hair
who represent projection of her soul,
then sits in frilled dress that hides her round hips
and types company correspondence well.

Tall model in room four zero four sews
elaborate scenes of county towns and farms
with buildings and characters from folk tales,
then wears high fashion dresses and slim slacks
through eclectic minimal luxury
while striding gracefully on fame-lit stage.

Mute seer in room four zero four encodes
political events in clever fables
which satirize cash-greedy billionaires
who enslave people with corporate debt
till messiah sleuth breaks monopoly
and founds new United Nations of Earth.

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Orpheus signs lease to rent room four zero four in the old haunted apartment building on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village to compose grunge folk songs for his next album.

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