River Full Of Fish
© Surazeus
2025 05 02

Strange stories of boys and their fathers bleed
sap from trees of ancient forests they saw
with sharp-toothed tool of mute fear to construct
one lone temple by river full of fish
that expands into the vast city maze
which I catalog with crow quill by lamplight.

Each boulder of memory cut from clouds,
which I roll up the hill of eager hope,
rings with the voices of men without names
who build enormous castles on high hills
where they enforce authority of theft
through violent assertion of their law.

Whichever direction I choose to go
away from oppression of greedy thugs,
who call themselves the holy knights of god,
I measure distance beyond prison walls
which they insist will protect me from harm
to find paradise outside their fake Heaven.

Bells in the monastery of blind ghouls
shock angels awake from graves of despair
so they dance laughing in the sudden rain
till they bring baskets of fruit to their mothers
who recreate the world of dream machines
into sprawling cities of shining towers.

When I enter the small temple of wood,
hidden deep in maze of wide asphalt streets,
I find idol of every famous man
venerated by teachers as wise gods
who taught us angry apes how to be human,
so I smash them all with Mercurian wand.

I walk toward radiance of the glowing screen,
fixed as oval mask over face of god,
to read weird history of the human race
written in constellations seers invent
to give fluid apparitions of faith
special habitation with divine form.

Laughing at me with eyes that glitter stars,
three Fates unravel network of my brain
to weave with tangled threads of memory
new tapestry of truth that frames my actions
through strict ontology of moral rules
with reprogrammed narrative I embody.

Reflected clear in blue frame of the sea,
my face embodies psychic energy
which Earth programs into my dreaming brain
so I fold water through wings of desire
by listening to voice of humanity
that whispers secrets in vibrating waves.

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Orpheus teaches algebra to high school students who are eager to attend the weekend football game against their long-time rivals.

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