Book Of Screaming Ghosts

Book Of Screaming Ghosts
© Surazeus
2024 12 31

When the Carpenter rebuilds our quaint home 
after bombs blast it into puzzling shards, 
I collect half-burned family photographs 
to arrange them for chronicles of hope, 
captioned with names and dates for birth and death 
organized in the Book of Screaming Ghosts. 

When the oldest woman in the world calls 
my secret office on the telephone, 
I record endless rambling of her tales 
detailing history of the human race 
as gossip read in People Magazine 
to save them in the Book of Screaming Ghosts. 

When the manic pixie dream girl hitchhikes 
across the waste land to lush Oregon, 
I play grunge folk songs on half-tuned guitar 
as we lounge on the beach of evolution, 
then talk about sacred beauty of truth 
recorded in the Book of Screaming Ghosts. 

When the Redcrosse Knight with the bloody sword 
leads holy crusade to reconquer Hell, 
I escape burned ruins of Babylon 
to fight for fair justice in Avalon 
then search for love in hills of Oregon, 
using maps in the Book of Screaming Ghosts. 

When the Tambourine Man opens Time Door 
with Dream Key forged from bone of some dead god, 
I leap each Earth across the multiverse 
to merge all my selves in one Mask of God 
through which I perceive atoms of the mind 
analyzed in the Book of Screaming Ghosts. 

When the Goddess of Liberty appears 
from abandoned Tomb of Justicia, 
she leads the Remnant who believe in truth 
to fight against tyranny of King Midas 
and restore American democracy 
as foretold in the Book of Screaming Ghosts. 

When the messiah sleuth returns to Earth 
incarnate in the prophet no one hears, 
I calculate world economic flow 
to navigate the global ship of state 
to Isle of Avalon where I record 
weird visions in the Book of Screaming Ghosts. 

When the cosmic herald descends from Heaven 
after King Midas turns Earth into hell, 
I analyze fall of America 
to build Republic of Zarathia 
based on Justice and Liberty for all 
who are born in the Book of Screaming Ghosts.