Maze Of Desolation Row

Maze Of Desolation Row
© Surazeus
2024 12 27

Weird spells Phoebus plants in heart of the book 
explode with nuclear flash of ecstasy 
to wake blind zombies with epiphany 
through kaleidoscope television look 
that shakes foundation of our nation-state 
at second coming of the clown of fate. 

To buy salvation from the Jokerman 
people of America gamble truth 
which blocks arrival of messiah sleuth 
who was prophesied by the Zimmerman 
shaking tambourine on the windy beach 
with jingle-jangle sorrow out of reach. 

Lost in vast maze of Desolation Row, 
Cinderella calls Hamlet on the phone 
to save her virtue with the rolling stone 
when bells of freedom on the radio 
warn complacent fools of the civil war 
that shakes the window and rattles the door. 

Aware that Pluto embezzles state funds 
to purchase army of the Bloody Cross, 
Hamlet asserts his right to play the boss 
who sells psychotic heroes blasting guns 
to fight the king squatting in the White House 
who insists he is not the greedy mouse. 

Puzzle pieces for huge map of the world, 
scattered on Round Table in Camelot, 
challenge romantic view of Lancelot 
to foretell coming of the cosmic herald, 
but Phoebus just wants to relax at home 
while war refugees continue to roam. 

Amused by circus music in the air, 
Hamlet chases Jokerman beyond Hell 
where Dracula drowned in the runic well 
while searching stalls of Scarborough Fair 
for Cinderella dancing in queen role 
with wild river nymphs around the May Pole. 

Beside sparkling pool of Flying Horse Spring, 
where fairies and goblins dance on the moon 
to mercurial wail of heart-breaking tune, 
Hamlet offers Cinderella the ring 
to ask her hand in marriage of soulmates, 
while starving people clamor at the gates. 

These bane-masked spirits of lost time reflect 
nature of our souls striving to survive 
speed of time machines we attempt to drive 
to secret Heaven of the Architect 
who disarms nuclear bombs to save the world 
when he is reborn as the cosmic herald.