Our Red-Haired King

Our Red-Haired King
© Surazeus
2023 05 18

Because I go to see our red-haired king 
who rules America now in exile, 
the cow in the meadow where sparrows sing 
asks me to conceal her nuclear stockpile, 
so I ride blind mule to Jerusalem 
to confiscate the jeweled diadem. 

Supreme powerlessness of nuclear waste 
wakes eunuch of time from his pleasant dream 
that he builds paradise for the displaced 
where Clementine swims the Mexican stream 
to dance with joy the morning after woe, 
surpassing mute despair with starless glow. 

Though birds declaim sad tunes in naked trees 
and hammers ring clear litany of wealth 
we scratch dry dirt for lost celestial keys 
that open gates of Heaven with cruel stealth 
to break free from this state of victimhood 
glorified by moguls of Hollywood. 

With glee from horror of considerate Death 
we sing with birds that weep hot tears of oil 
till we invent new god from divine breath 
who springs full-grown from corpses in foul soil 
at dance macabre on resurrection day 
that never comes though we cease not to pray. 

When fascists clutching guns decide to fight 
to impose martial law on Liberty 
we shatter their illusions with the light 
that glows pure from heart of democracy 
though blood of innocence will soak the land 
to transform waste land into Wonderland. 

Human grief finds no sympathy in Nature 
for she cares not about our fights for power 
except how she nurtures soul of the creature 
who sings with joy at vision of the flower 
that blossoms into fruit on Tree of Life 
with energy we rein to control strife. 

Sweet nonsense of the joke we find not funny 
wakes ancient sorrow in our hopeful hearts 
to fight for liberty when times are sunny 
since our red-haired king sells apples from carts, 
so we hail coming of messiah sleuth 
whose comic riddles encode bitter truth. 

I chase our red-haired king on motorbike 
to paparazzi photos of his bride 
whose Kali-flashing eyes are always like 
gaze of Liberty for the countryside 
where children fight to survive global war 
as wizards shop the late-night grocery store.