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Monday, March 23, 2026

Honest Turbulence Of Love

Honest Turbulence Of Love
© Surazeus
2026 03 23

Thus I shall borrow voices of the birds 
to open blossoms of oblative trees 
through dedicated sacrifice of hope, 
yet fragile faces flash in silent glow 
with patient darkness of incessant growth, 
awake with honest turbulence of love. 

Too fast to penetrate obsessive gloom 
with soft insistence of supple beach sand, 
my heart expands beyond aggressive state 
in bid to design structured rule of life 
when I follow footsteps of the sad saint 
who prays for salvation from mute stones. 

She almost finds the secret book I wrote 
while browsing vast library of lost souls, 
but she turns startled at brief flash of light 
refracting my ghost in large wall of glass 
that still sequesters angels in small rooms 
with mission to translate weird songs of clouds. 

She never understands with broken words 
why people turn away from suffering 
because we savor pain of destiny 
required to feature subtle glow of fame, 
cloaked with brave humility of trust 
along the opportunity runway. 

Trapped by stultifying moral constructs, 
dressed with reasonable prejudice of law, 
he analyzes moral rectitude 
inherent in legends of social heroes 
designed to inspire mental fortitude 
new generations require to succeed. 

Born as visibility strategist, 
engaged in marketing of tragic tales, 
I amplify your vision of this world 
with professional process of distress 
through entangled string of superlatives 
which highlights grand achievement of your art. 

Real flowers of popular piety 
bloom through fractured floor of the empty church 
where faceless people confess strange desires 
that wake beautiful monsters in their hearts, 
so they hold hands and sing hymn of regret 
for stealing apples from the Tree of Knowledge. 

She chokes while attempting to speak her truth 
against convention of psychotic rules, 
till raven of refusal with blood wings 
emerges from her mouth with hungry laugh 
to prove our society is humane 
despite migration dynamics of faith. 



Draft Of Cosmetic Code

Draft Of Cosmetic Code
© Surazeus
2026 03 23

When Death decides to implement coy schemes 
concerning how we humans express dreams, 
I run with hope along computed track 
to find with clear objective plan soul crack 
that lets divine light of active respect 
luminate world I measure with transect. 

Concerned my heart may twist to compromise 
authentic valance of collegiate spies, 
I diagram draft of cosmetic code 
designed as function of genetic road 
that spans duration of eternal play 
essential to depuzzle our God Way. 

Mutation of my orchestrated brain 
redevelops paradigm of thought gain 
through partnership of honest bravery 
near optimal to cancel slavery 
contrary to ownership of each soul 
who dutifully plays their chosen role. 

Fraught ordinance of mental sacrifice 
distracts revenue from semantic price 
we pay shareholders of sufficient fear 
based on transcription of unbiased gear 
we shift to transmit versatile icons 
which install empty glory on bleak lawns. 

Acquired composite of faith deficits, 
submitted for awards by hypocrites, 
defines mask of our graphic interface 
constructed from creeds in our database 
that calculates wealth with cute cryptograms 
embodied by spritely play of fierce lambs. 

No quiz adapted from snake alphabets 
rewards my hard study with carcanets 
when I debug commercial formulas 
that entertain the poor in cinemas 
before deployment to the twilight zone, 
ensuring world reign of Hyperion. 

Dynamic equity expanding scope, 
we factor when accounting for false hope, 
inspires my heart as psychic engineer 
to defeat the fabulous puppeteer 
through bitter contest of erotic jest 
when I return home from my long grail quest. 

Enclosing chaos of reality 
in psychic radius of tomography, 
I simplify strict scholarship of truth 
with objective observation of Ruth 
who guards cordial key of my treasury 
so we rebuild our world each century. 




Sunday, March 22, 2026

Project Ideal Character

Project Ideal Character
© Surazeus
2026 03 22

Stuck in restless theater of my heart, 
where shadow puppet of my younger self 
performs perverse versions of my god soul, 
I shield my inner demon with bright mask 
designed to project ideal character 
commissioned to succeed in game of truth. 

Amused by careless antics of my youth, 
I build cathedral from sorrow of hope 
to shelter ghosts of my ancestral brains 
buried under apple trees of respect 
that transform rotten corpse of my framed soul 
to wildflowers thrumming in soft spring breeze. 

Yet somehow I always seem to survive 
relentless waves of psychedelic change 
converting anguish of obsessed despair 
to passion of insouciant urgency 
by sealing fracture of my heart with gold 
to embrace imperfection of this flesh. 

Resilient with true standard of insight 
through natural cycle of birth, growth, decay, 
and artistic repair, I reprogram 
trauma as engineered process of growth 
which values flaws as treasure of respect 
to weave my soul in matrix of world mind. 

Forbidden forest of star-shining lake 
lures forensic explorer of my heart 
on strict excursion in extractive maze 
to format artificial model globe 
compiled from various tales of human quest 
in licensed landscape of inherent fear. 

Ten thousand people flee their burning church 
when planes of solidarity shoot bombs 
that uncreate religious creeds of rage 
though I present justice in frame of laws 
based on eclectic theory of radiance 
which loops our bodies in matrix of souls. 

Framed by ring structure of connected minds, 
my carbon atom in taut benzene ring 
contrives trigonal plane in psychic bond 
that stores conceptual memories of desire 
which programs how my brain perceives the world 
while I rotate on crystal wings of fate. 

Awake in atrium of my tensile soul, 
I strum conceptual lyre of Mercury 
and sing uncanny spell of sudden truth 
with vibrant voice of stringent honesty 
so I fly from theater of my heart 
when our world view collapses into lies. 



Chosen One Of Fate

Chosen One Of Fate
© Surazeus
2026 03 22

Since I am not the chosen one of fate, 
destined to wander wherever I choose, 
I lounge with leisure by the rolling stone 
that has not rolled in eighty years or more, 
soft tufts of moss thick pillows for my head, 
and savor joy of life till I am dead. 

If I perform the chosen one of fate, 
wearing gold mask of Jupiter I stole 
from ancient gallery of long-dead gods, 
I might win election as president, 
so I can found universal health care 
with money Midas stole from working hands. 

Fortune deceives the chosen one of fate 
by tricking me to believe I deserve 
wealth my ancestors gained from hands of slaves, 
so I follow Siddhartha out the door 
to meditate on mountain peak of truth 
till I release desire to own it all. 

Though I replace the chosen one of fate 
when the nine-tailed fox switches my timeline, 
I achieve global fame as novelist 
who chronicles quest of the common soul 
to overcome suffering with brave heart, 
transformed into the Superman of faith. 

When I become the chosen one of fate, 
trapped by obsessive passion to be real, 
I stand on stage of dancing skeletons 
to sing in theater of the absurd 
satires depicting tyrants who steal light 
and strut around as if they own the world. 

Assistant to the chosen one of fate, 
I type their stories on keyboard to code 
dramatic plays for television screens 
depicting humble heroes of our land 
who fight for justice and freedom for all 
who dwell in fertile land of Zathamar. 

Averse to play the chosen one of fate, 
when Galadriel rises from Lake of Dreams 
and gives me shining sword Excalibur 
with mission to guard vales of Avalon, 
I kneel and pledge my heart to her command 
then judge at Gates of Eden day and night. 

Because I am the chosen one of fate 
in glorious pageant of my daydream play, 
I run through maze of myths past fallen gods 
to guard the Tree of Knowledge from cruel thieves 
who bulldoze Garden of Eden to build 
shopping mall and church with vast parking lots. 



Encryption Children Trade

Encryption Children Trade
© Surazeus
2026 03 22

Delicate virtue of happiness sparks 
terrible nightmares of exploding books 
that rearrange principles of world views 
based on patterns of arrogant respect 
for social activism of adventurists 
who debug curious deficits of thought. 

Blessed cultural currency of fake gems 
emit enhanced encryption children trade 
through loyal interface from deviance 
which should involve legacy activists 
still infectious with impertinent zeal 
from minds stuck in parallel paradigms. 

Productive oracles now prevalent 
regulate unpublished riddles of faith 
deprescribed by bland physicians of chance 
with relevant protocols twisted strange 
despite publicity of total war 
in tactics of synthetic tournaments. 

Unstable genius in huge doorless house 
stares through kaleidoscope of sympathy 
at taxable farms where arrogant clowns 
play shrieking violins of tolerance 
in tune with progressive creeds gods promote 
out of proportion to primitive games. 

Printable plans of procedural tricks 
conceal prominent oversight of men 
elected by naive constituents 
contrary to influence parents ply 
by landscaping conflated injuries 
against involvement of sly journalists. 

Brave luxury enjoyed by marketers, 
embedded in corporate markets of slaves, 
extracts extreme dynamics devils prove 
confusing through denial of dominance, 
so I deploy atomic catalogs 
in careful play to calculate dire fate. 

Aurora waves of vibrant arguments 
alternate through analogy analysis 
and frantic algebra to measure bounds 
controlling chemicals of pulsing brains 
despite enhancement of eroding truths 
essential to equity of bold gain. 

Tearing his college diploma to shreds, 
young doctor destined to endure despair 
engineers new career path to world fame, 
then runs across busy highway of hope 
to achieve excellence of honest work 
though he falls from tower of energy. 



How Flowers Like To Feel

How Flowers Like To Feel
© Surazeus
2026 03 22

If sunlight knows how flowers like to feel, 
and raindrops understand my heart of steel, 
then I remember how my mother dreams 
delightful laughter of snow-sparkling streams 
when firefly fairies lead me through dark mist 
to willow where my love and I first kissed. 

Since spring-dawn light knows how to cheer my heart 
without my resorting to the star chart, 
I step through wreckage of this modern world 
to find lost code book of the cosmic herald, 
but all I find in tattered photographs 
are memories of people working on crafts. 

I must remember what my eyes perceive 
enshrined in altars where the living grieve 
for friends and family killed in endless wars 
whose ghostly shadows haunt unopened doors 
as if our hearts are birds in burning trees 
whose songs record official killing sprees. 

Should I vow justice to end tyranny, 
encoding courage in strange litany 
sung by the blind girl by square fountain pool 
whose voice enchants hearts of both seer and fool, 
I might rouse spirits of my citizens 
to welcome wandering homeless denizens. 

Or clocks in trunks of elms might rewind fate 
with gears that open wide the jeweled gate 
allowing refugees from wars of greed 
to enter Heaven with classified creed 
based on binary benefits of truth, 
endorsing fusion of messiah sleuth. 

Through hybrid functions dream machines provide 
pilgrims discover hills where they abide 
by mapping franchise where the hunter dwells 
with mission to mortgage conceptual wells 
for faithful warriors of the mountain ghost 
who sends his daughter to play social host. 

Unlicensed sellers in new market stalls 
display masks of gods swiped from temple walls 
for children of the corn to wear with pride 
yet wrestle angels on the mountain side 
because our faces vanish in gold glow 
refracted through blinding mirror of snow. 

With moral payment to the palace guard 
my mind previews vision in fractured shard 
that twirls from shattered suddenness of death 
though I fly with radar brain of deep breath 
over bright rainbow to the Promised Land 
where Zeus rules world empire from Samarkand. 



Saturday, March 21, 2026

Enough To Prove My Worth

Enough To Prove My Worth
© Surazeus
2026 03 21

Leaves of books whisper in soft river breeze 
where oak leaves flutter lightly on my chest, 
unpatterned spread of limbs rewinding time 
at random turn of bright arrogant clouds 
concerned that I am not earning my pay 
enough to prove my worth in Kingdom Come. 

Rain patters lightly on still-open book 
in silver drops that smudge names of the dead 
and smear their tales of sorrow on blank page 
concerned that fate is based random chance 
because I am programmed to make each choice 
that defines galvanized laughter of death. 

Dazzled by sudden light in web of limbs, 
I try to befriend strangers in the park 
whose clean shoes are plastered with rain-wet leaves 
but they would give me crystal lithium 
to register days of straight unsure rain 
with relentless observation of eyes. 

Digressive immediacy, rendered moot 
by accurate diagnosis of love, 
crescendos erratic patterns contrived 
by daily notes about strange incidents 
clever readers glean from clandestine clues 
when we dismantle truths we long hold dear. 

Oblique performance of flirtatious care, 
disguised by shy alertness off lit stage, 
reveals vulnerable feelings we might share, 
though disclosures conceal beauty of life 
that vex my heart with irrational calm 
based on discipline of ironic faith. 

To reconcile sensible tone of spells, 
carved by bloody blades on trunks of old oaks, 
I record painful distinction of change 
between obsessive states of mindless fear, 
when my father presses foot on my chest 
to drown me in gushing river of change. 

Banalities of everyday routines 
invite reality to fool my heart 
with grand delusions of poisonous fame, 
so I employ false narrative account 
as vehicle for confession that I 
transmute despair into beautiful jokes. 

Dining out together on Friday night 
in glass cathedral of excessive faith, 
we articulate strange exquisite truth 
about how rain and leaves will lightly fall 
on soft uncovered skin of psychic soul 
with unforced flow of wordless dreams we share. 



Spider Aliens From Jupiter

Spider Aliens From Jupiter
© Surazeus
2026 03 21

Death stares at me each dawn and asks me why 
angels wear faces of humans as masks 
if I lounge on the river stone of truth 
and contemplate strange mystery of this life 
but then forget my name and where I live 
so I sit on gold throne and rule the world. 

Death glares at me from mirror of despair 
though I pay for insurance every month 
so I type novels on pages of glass 
that shatter on busy commercial street 
because church bells never ring anymore 
yet I scatter pennies in parking lots. 

Death laughs at me when I wear business suit 
and drive around suburban neighborhoods 
so I sell lonely housewives magic flute 
that calls the Phoenix of domestic peace 
from wet sponge of the television brain 
who shrieks about the next apocalypse. 

Death tricks me to believe with fervent faith 
huge spider aliens from Jupiter 
in unidentified flying objects appear 
at midnight above the huge stadium 
where demon hunters sing of loyalty 
and weave matrix of music from our dreams. 

Death guides me on the signless road of fate 
across the waste land of my innocence 
where someone walks beside me in the heat 
who seems to know how bridges disconnect 
companions in fight for democracy 
who wander in vast maze of city streets. 

Death drives me every morning at sunrise 
to work in weird library without doors 
where skulls of fools sing arcane prophecies 
which I transcribe on bright computer screen 
to chronicle how empires rise and fall 
at selfish whims of men who think they know. 

Death sneers at me when I recite with grace 
obscene proverbs about marriage of minds 
Eve plucks from Tree of Knowledge to defend 
doctoral dissertation of her research 
on nature of evil cruel men perform 
in vain attempt to evade curse of fame. 

Death asks me to marry her with sweet smile 
so we climb ziggurat of thirteen planes 
where Ishtar binds our hands with chain of love 
that links our hearts with passionate discourse 
when we unite all nations of the world 
in one religion based on Will to Power. 



Fluke Of Blind Fate

Fluke Of Blind Fate
© Surazeus
2026 03 21

When I learn with startled alacrity 
that I carry the sea within my heart, 
I open small box of treasures I keep 
to find immensity of timeless truth 
expand scope of every cell in my flesh 
tensile with strangeness of who I might be. 

Still I accept maimed happiness of fate 
that gives me fruit instead of chocolate bars 
when I seek gifts of food from open doors 
with stubborn expectation that blind chance 
will lead me to lush garden of delight 
from where I lie trapped in tangled desire. 

Though every night of lightless gloom is long, 
as sense of time inflates eternal glow 
beyond all bounds of measurable constraint, 
I know bright light of morning will appear 
as slow flash piercing gloom with ache of trust 
that I still breathe soft river breeze of faith. 

If I keep falling into future frames 
against stricken dilation of regret, 
I might find, hidden in trap of my heart, 
expansive wings of fierce vitality 
by twisting sideways from preordained fate 
to avoid imminent crash of concern. 

Dazed in cavern of grief with fractured eyes, 
I ask deaf Nature for reward of grace 
despite vain attempts to resist the fall 
when I condense assertion of mute will 
in sparkling sphere of force inside my heart 
by which I seek salvation of the sea. 

Released from grim enclosure of my mind, 
my heart leaps high through competitive zone 
with stark passion of undetermined chase 
in flowing fashion of unfolding fate, 
vibrant with frequent breath that resonates 
with startled sense that I am still alive. 

Pure tone of slow ecstatic hum reveals 
glimmer of self-knowledge that emanates 
from trembling truancy of free resource 
when I attend communal feast of friends 
to join coalition of stubborn hope 
since time can be dangerous to sudden truth. 

Weird randomness in changing tides of wealth 
leaves me alive another day on Earth 
in spite of near collisions with blind Death 
who mocks my luck avoiding nothingness 
since Fame strikes me as sterilizing curse 
which I avoid by sheer fluke of blind fate. 



Star Eyes Of Ostara

Star Eyes Of Ostara
© Surazeus
2026 03 21

Ostara sings with bright voice of sunlight 
that gleams on water of the forest lake 
which sparks my heart awake with joy of Spring 
so leaves sprout frail on limbs of sleeping trees, 
transforming darkness of cold winter gloom 
to apples swelling thick with energy. 

Through dimming haze of long cold winter days 
star eyes of Ostara pierce veil of fear 
to cast clear rays of hope on lifeless woods 
that flash awake with soul-reviving green, 
so we rise from slight shelter of frail faith 
to dance with graceful joy on river shores. 

Ostara calls my surreptitious name 
with covert melody of urgent sight 
that sparks beat of my eager heart with life, 
so I spring tall from unofficial crypt 
and run toward dawn sun gleaming on hill peak 
where she spreads arms with esoteric oath. 

Engaged with vibrant passion of desire 
that fuels assurance of my reborn vow, 
I contract ardent loyalty to life 
through guarantee of brave clandestine bond 
to join her covenant with holy light 
in pledge to create beauty based on truth. 

Ostara glows with timeless vibrancy 
that emanates from zeal of solar love 
to channel vigor of assertive verve 
reviving trees and creatures of vast woods 
with brave vivacity of honest trust, 
empowered by vitality of hope. 

Hearts woven strong by camaraderie 
with harmony of bold benevolence, 
we gather in lush grove of blooming trees 
through fellowship of cordial empathy 
to share nutritious food our hands prepare 
in generous feast of psychic amity. 

Ostara stands on mound of breezy joy, 
where mother of our nation lies in rest, 
and raises holy grail of jeweled faith 
to sing enchanting hymn of earnest hope 
so we all celebrate return of Spring 
then drink sweet juice of innocent respect. 

Enthroned at table of communal feast 
on tree-lined kurgan of our thriving tribe, 
Ostara hosts our congregated clans 
assembled in sacred garden of ghosts 
that fills our hearts with passion of new life 
as we drive wagons to explore the world. 



Friday, March 20, 2026

Quest In The Nether Lands

Quest In The Nether Lands
© Surazeus
2026 03 20

Attenuated by faith in the sky, 
I scatter pages of my holy book 
on narrow trail in forest of sad ghosts 
so I can find my way to Wonderland 
but fairies fold them into paper planes 
and float my memories on the wordless breeze. 

Sponsored by oldest woman in the world, 
who dwells in secretive Grand Canyon cave, 
I paint complex murals on parking lots 
that show whole history of the human race 
fighting each other mounds of dirt 
while I eat apples on library steps. 

Tall skinny women wearing slim sheath dresses 
pose on marble steps of the temple porch 
while photographers capture their lithe grace 
to celebrate graduation from college 
as their eyes glitter with hope for the future 
in heart of the empire that rules the world. 

Kneeling in dust by dry fountain of bones 
in central plaza of the crowded city, 
the Weeping Woman cradles her dead son 
shot by police sent by the bitter tyrant 
as he trembles in fear on golden throne 
while wolves circle his grand palace of mirrors. 

I remember life of every ancestor 
whose passion to survive this hostile world 
generates my body with urgent faith 
that we can overcome hunger of death 
to live another hundred million years 
on frail globe spinning in the starry void. 

Old mother sitting in dark house at midnight 
peers out the window at the parking lot 
where she thinks she sees her son in dark hood, 
so she opens front door and shouts is name, 
but faceless ghost of his absence retreats 
and vanishes in delusion of faith. 

Religion is ligament of life tales 
we share around campfire at dawn of time 
to depict our quest in the Nether Lands 
to find the hidden treasure of the dragon 
that highlights exploits of the social hero, 
dead mortal we worship as tribal god. 

Caressing my cheek with her callused hand, 
from working forty years in fields of crops, 
the Weeping Woman gazes in my eyes 
and beams into cathedral of my heart 
enduring passion for justice and truth, 
so I cradle pure heart of love she gives. 



Bonfires Of Liberty

Bonfires Of Liberty
© Surazeus
2026 03 20

Thoughtlessly amused at how river stones 
float in the sky above houses and cars, 
Katya hides under the living room desk 
when drones drop bombs on people at the school 
getting fresh water and food for the night, 
who dance around bonfires of liberty. 

Running outside to see the school on fire, 
Katya watches Jesus and Mazda fight 
for world domination on hill of skulls 
while children watch videos of baby goats 
hopping about the yard with playful fun, 
and dance around bonfires of liberty. 

Tugging at door of the silver sedan, 
Katya helps the woman with mangled arm 
stumble away before her car explodes 
with her son, his wife, and kids stuck inside, 
while teenagers at music festivals 
still dance around bonfires of liberty. 

Cradling head of the woman on her lap, 
Katya tips bottle of water with care, 
but the woman coughs up blood on her dress, 
and asks her if she has met someone yet, 
because her nephews work hard on the farm 
to dance around bonfires of liberty. 

Helplessly singing sad hymn of salvation 
to guide her spirit to the Other World, 
Katya smooths hair of the woman with grace, 
and trembles as she caresses her face, 
then covers her body with tattered coat 
to dance around bonfires of liberty. 

Stumbling dazed on the road past bombed-out homes, 
Katya approaches Church of Saint Askold, 
kneels before statue of Mother Mariya, 
and prays for souls of people killed by bombs 
who must wander confused in streets of smoke 
to dance around bonfires of liberty. 

Wail of baby boy thirsty for fresh milk 
startles Katya from reverie of prayer, 
so she cradles him in her trembling arms 
and hums as he suckles milk from her heart, 
and their eyes become the sky and the sea 
that dance around bonfires of liberty. 

Wandering along the Dnipro River shore, 
Katya explains to Ilya with hawk eyes 
secret riddles about meaning of trees 
while drones zip above canopy of leaves 
unable to spot shadows of their souls 
which dance around bonfires of liberty. 



Thursday, March 19, 2026

Phoebus Is Folksy Clown

Phoebus Is Folksy Clown
© Surazeus
2026 03 19

Because each repeated fall of the sun 
feels so much like the final end of time, 
I growl with animal passion in fun 
at sweet enchantment of the breeze-kissed chime 
when I lounge in ruins of Carthage town 
to confess my Phoebus is folksy clown. 

Though my days eat away eternity, 
my hours have no need to pardon their loss 
for I have joined Jester Fraternity 
that Lucilius presides as first boss 
since Juvenalis taught me how to praise 
Lucifer with mask of the golden glaze. 

I still wring my bread from war-bloodied stones 
and fence my garden with bones of the dead 
whose tales I carve with runes on dragon bones 
till clever Athenus springs from my head, 
so I pluck fruit that grows from tree of light 
my ancestor planted in moonless night. 

Seed of the Serpent beams inside my heart 
light of salvation on wild ocean shore 
where I build glass house on rock of Astarte, 
star goddess who teaches me timeless lore 
so I construct boats and tend fields of wheat, 
yet sing with nightingale and parakeet. 

I think it strange that when I kiss the skull 
of Pluto on computer screen of fate, 
I learn no secret of the laughing bull 
who feeds my spirit to the fires of fame 
till serpents resurrect my ghost to life 
when I drown attempting to save my wife. 

Olympus is my home Death cannot bomb 
for gleaming dome of mirror-flashing masks 
protects my family in vast crystal tomb 
where miracles are kept safe in wine flasks 
that leave me blind to virtue of weird truth 
encoded in riddles by our dream sleuth. 

Heartbroken by secret I never share, 
that Lethe oozes from my brittle tongue, 
I meet Cynthia on the heavenly stair 
to give her puzzle from which angels spring, 
so we stroll on the apple-sweetened shore 
past fruitful garden to the grocery store. 

Though honest Herakles struts on world stage 
to brag the Roman Empire still stands strong, 
I ask strange phantoms of conceptual rage 
if they will come when cathedral bells ring, 
but Charon waits on shore of River Styx 
while Dionysus teaches me his tricks. 



Signs Of The Times

Signs Of The Times
© Surazeus
2026 03 19

Thrashing in terror of his inner ghoul, 
King Midas hurtles thunderbolts of Zeus 
to blast safe temple of Persepolis 
where Anahita shelters girls from hate 
till Mithra is gored by the frantic bull, 
when Sibyl chronicles signs of the times. 

Weeping that his daughter Atusa dies 
after missile blasts school where she reads poems, 
Kaveh the Blacksmith leads people of Arya 
to defend their homeland against drunk Thor 
who stumbles around with Hammer of War, 
when Sibyl chronicles signs of the times. 

Startled from slumber in his lion cave 
by missiles blasting gardens into wastelands, 
Zurvan stands on smoking Mount Damavand 
and hurls missiles back at den of Midas 
who begs for help to fight his futile war, 
when Sibyl chronicles signs of the times. 

Shocked that Zeus tries to steal oil wells of Persia, 
Achilles rallies Myrmidons from farms 
and leads them to defend Thermopylae, 
but falls asleep when Circe gives him wine 
while sirens sing about his global fame, 
when Sibyl chronicles signs of the times. 

Strumming Lyre of Mercury with grief, 
Phoebus laments fall of America 
that Gabriel and Icarus get shot  
by Goliath and Grendel wearing masks 
who lock them in vast concentration camp, 
when Sibyl chronicles signs of the times. 

After Galahad finds the sacred key 
to unlock Castle of Maidens with faith, 
he frees Minerva from dark prison cell 
who bears bright Torch of Liberty to write 
names of war refugees in Book of Truth, 
when Sibyl chronicles signs of the times. 

Appointed by Minerva with gold wand, 
Arthur and Hamlet lead army of farmers 
to arrest King Midas, gone mad with power, 
who runs with Nebuchadnezzar and Lear 
through storm of delusions to escape Justice, 
when Sibyl chronicles signs of the times. 

Howling in rage at nations of the world 
that no one accepts him as King of Earth, 
King Midas wanders lost in maze of myths, 
stuck in hell loop of his arrogant greed, 
till Pandora locks him in Box of Fate, 
when Sibyl chronicles signs of the times. 

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Raucous Laughter Of Delight

Raucous Laughter Of Delight
© Surazeus
2026 03 18

While reading tragic tale of Oedipus, 
composed by Cinaethon in epic verse 
with elegant curved script Cadmus designed, 
I hear someone in dim library gloom  
erupt with raucous laughter of delight 
that startles me from horror of despair. 

Tiptoeing through labyrinth of tall book shelves 
that winds deep in library hall of stone, 
past statues of gods that stare in my soul, 
I search for the mysterious personage 
whose joyful laughter echoes in dim gloom, 
trembling as I approach demon-carved door. 

When I enter Finis Africae room, 
hidden at core of vast library maze, 
I see tall man in white robe stained with blood, 
bearded face and brown eyes lit by stark light 
that beams from cracked lamp of Diogenes, 
contorted by laughter of frantic glee. 

Shocked at sight of the tall elegant man 
laughing with delight as he slaps his knee, 
I wonder what elicits merriment 
from solemn Jesus, son of Jupiter, 
who doubles over with dizzy delight, 
then wipes tears away as he slaps my arm. 

Picking book up off the ground that he dropped, 
I see it is the comic play named Clouds 
that snarky Aristophanes composed 
about that weird snub-nosed philosopher 
named Socrates who played ignorant fool 
to deflate egos of arrogant men. 

Staring at Jesus, bemused by his joy 
that seems in excess to the silly play, 
I listen as he explains why he laughs 
at how that wise fool fools wise men so well 
because his clumsy frame hides divine soul 
who teaches men to question their beliefs. 

Leaning close, Jesus whispers in loud voice 
that Jorge de Burgos, that grim buzzkill, 
believes laughter ruins authority 
the Church must exercise over all men 
based on fear of damnation in hot Hell, 
but laughter is the source of love in life. 

Amused to see the son of Jupiter 
laughing with delight at the comic play, 
I join him in fruit garden by the pool 
where he plays lyre of Mercury and sings 
lyrics of Sappho that celebrate love 
between friends while kids dance with graceful joy. 



Ghost Of The Wind

Ghost Of The Wind
© Surazeus
2026 03 18

The strange way my thoughts fall into the pool, 
transforming into pink petals of hope 
that float away on swirls of nonchalance, 
startles my heart with beauty of this world 
that shimmers bright for no reason at all, 
because these feelings are silly and cute. 

Though none of my thoughts are original, 
having been felt in equal depth of passion 
by billions of humans who lived before me, 
I savor these feelings with intense faith 
because I experience them at this hour 
as I gaze entranced by the fragile flower. 

Soft grass glowing green with warm rays of light 
emanating from one immortal sun, 
tree leaves whispering in soft river breeze, 
birds chirping surreal language of desire 
as they flutter wings with innocent hope, 
all conspire to wake feelings in my heart. 

I keep those feelings hidden in my heart 
where they gently fan butterfly wings 
through weird intensity of obvious fear 
that shadow of death will spring at my soul, 
so I look around at the sudden world, 
conscious with eternal suspense of thought. 

Breathing deep with shock of scopeless insight, 
I stand with sudden clumsiness of fear 
as if my heart is sparked by deep alarm, 
but I float suspended in changeless thought 
and wonder what startles me to observe 
demonic silence that knows I am real. 

White apparition on the distant hill 
alerts my anxious sense of mute surprise, 
so I peer with intention to perceive 
nature of that beast that stares down at me, 
and gasp with joy to see the graceful horse 
who often gallops with ghost of the wind. 

Yanking apple from basket of friendship, 
which I plucked as gift for my ghostly friend, 
I hold it out with tense arm of respect, 
and almost think the sky-dancer will come 
accept it from my heart, but flash of light 
briefly blinds me, and the wild horse is gone. 

Sudden gust of wind scatters apple blooms 
of pinkish disappointment in my hair, 
so I eat the apple with grumpy sigh 
at sudden tilting of the unknown world, 
then I wander back to my secret cave 
where I lie in moonlight and dream of flight. 



Tuesday, March 17, 2026

House Of Broken Toys

House Of Broken Toys
© Surazeus
2026 03 17

When Jesus calls me on the telephone 
to borrow my car I stole from his dad 
so he can take Venus to his beach house, 
I climb to the mountain peak of world fame 
and toss Holy Book in the burning bush, 
yet find my mask in house of broken toys. 

When Dionysus meets me in glass church 
to confess his wish to become a monk 
devoted to prayers of self-sacrifice, 
I play electric guitar on lit stage 
and howl mad wolf-song of the fallen god, 
yet find my heart in house of broken toys. 

When Apollo hires me to map dire fate 
depicting networks of utilities 
that provide services to every house, 
I fly airplane to Plutonian hills 
and bomb the stately dome of Xanadu, 
yet find my soul in house of broken toys. 

When Jupiter requests I paint his tower 
with murals that depict scenes of his life 
as chief psychologist of Kingdom Come, 
I take Rapunzel home to Avalon 
where we live in quaint cottage by the lake, 
yet find my mind in house of broken toys. 

When Odin grills burgers in parking lots 
to feed five thousand refugees from war 
who are eager to watch the Super Bowl, 
I play violin in the concert hall 
while Minerva and Phoebus sing the blues, 
yet find my brain in house of broken toys. 

When Jehovah steals industrial plans 
to build new computer-powered starship 
so he can rule the world from Samarkand, 
I compose novels of angst-humored man 
with old typewriter on shifting sand dunes, 
yet find my name in house of broken toys. 

When Achilles dresses as Judy Garland 
and sings Over the Rainbow with brave voice 
that inspires new generation of clowns, 
I repair broken lyre of Mercury 
displayed inside velvet-lined case of glass, 
yet find my skull in house of broken toys. 

When Lucifer campaigns around the world 
to win our votes as President of Earth 
in quest for secret of the Holy Grail, 
I construct new radio from bird bones 
to chat with Melusine in Oregon, 
yet find my ghost in house of broken toys. 



Mindless Business Of Days

Mindless Business Of Days
© Surazeus
2026 03 17

Now that spring is approaching with regret, 
we organize mindless business of days 
with porous unconcern for getting sleep, 
adrift on horizon of innocence 
because seasons of providence we flee 
retaliate for spilled secrets of love 
in terrible incidents we ignore. 

If Death comes home with us before our hearts 
are ready to breathe dust of obstacles, 
we could hide in alcove of singing books 
without desire for what matters the most, 
because I just want to hear your soft voice 
explain why the sky pretends to be blue. 

Alone with my madness stuck in third gear, 
I study the flower with countless eyes 
that tells me love must change every new day 
with gradual expansion of honest scope, 
because bees sing about color of trust, 
authentic with chronic engine of hope. 

I cannot repeat puzzles of my dream 
over and over of variable thoughts 
trapped in books nobody will ever read, 
disguised as the turtle of confidence 
that boldly traverses waste land of faith, 
so I drape my heart in knowledge of self. 

Atrocious fanfare of enchanting trees 
ignores how I stumble over dead books 
with marvelous body of poisoned words, 
so I observe torments of wounded hearts 
wrapped in laughter of children who know 
how to restore discord of fervent faith. 

Elegant madness of panicky rout 
perfumes austerity of lonely souls 
who trade their consecrated memories 
for horror that twists faces of the loved 
to seek gratification through free will 
by choosing to glorify undead gods. 

I want to ask for shelter from the ghost 
who wanders mutely with the noonday crowd 
to find the mansion where no one else lives, 
yet nothing happens till the clock explodes 
with betrayal of language time invents, 
so we speak with one voice of surprised love. 

I build the mansion where we will now live, 
nursing wounded dignity of soft pain, 
so we can find the pattern God will break 
when we sleepwalk together back to Eden 
if we should watch the geyser dance with grace 
as we regurgitate hymns of salvation. 



Monday, March 16, 2026

Soul Of Star-Eyed Phyllis

Soul Of Star-Eyed Phyllis
© Surazeus
2026 03 16

Though I vow to never allow my mind, 
governed by strict logic of intellect, 
to be seduced by sweet feminine charms 
that emanate from soul of star-eyed Phyllis, 
I find I play horse to her Aphrodite 
as Aristotle who obeys her will. 

Eager to please Goddess of Liberty, 
whose gentle voice commands kings to obey, 
I let her bridle my aggressive passion, 
and rein my ambition to rule the world 
with solemn duty to maintain our home 
as secure haven for her to raise our children. 

Harnessed to wagon of productive hope, 
I focus attention of energy 
to increase wealth garnished from heart of Earth 
when I channel material of desire 
through constructive factory of respect, 
designing machines that Beauty requires. 

Inspired by Beauty embodied as Woman, 
who transforms spirit of my urgent faith 
to mold new body of organic flesh 
that houses immortal spirit of genes 
in new child whose face replicates my mind, 
I fulfill requests My Love asks of me. 

Though I roam mountain forests in moonlight 
as wolf-furred woodwose hunting river vales, 
wise Phyllis captures me with flashing eyes, 
and with sweet kiss through passionate embrace 
converts my Enkidu to Gilgamesh, 
domesticating werewolf of my heart. 

Her bright Ishtarian demeanor translates 
my Grendel demon to Beowulf angel, 
morphing me from Azrael to Gabriel, 
for her sweet smile of amorous respect 
civilizes savage ghoul of my heart 
from dragon-slayer to philosopher. 

Though I wear mask of divine discipline, 
concealing demon dance of Dionysus 
with rational cantillation of Apollo, 
that primitive ape programming my mind 
urges my quest to generate more life, 
obedient to will of woman I love. 

Emotional battery in my heart 
powers robotic habits of my body 
through survival instinct of anxious rage, 
which I restrain with logical project, 
so I confirm my soul with self-control 
through liberty in law of my free will. 



Pierrot And Persephone

Pierrot And Persephone
© Surazeus
2026 03 16

I steal idol of God when I realize 
Persephone falls in love with Pierrot 
since she adjudicates how angels fly 
by driving cars on highways of desire 
through thunderstorm of global social change, 
so she gives him pomegranate to eat. 

While he wanders metropolitan maze 
from sea to shining sea of broken dreams, 
Pierrot gives mask to every soul he meets 
so they can wear his face with honest pride, 
then he grows another face from despair 
that mirrors how each faceless human feels. 

While she administers prison of fear, 
preparing hell-loop punishment of pain 
for each soul lost in delusions of hope, 
Persephone waits on soft leather couch, 
sipping wine and watching comedy shows, 
for Pierrot to find his way to her heart. 

When we gather for the Spring Festival 
in Temple of Artemis by Dream Lake, 
Persephone brings food to every table 
so we feast and share our stories with strangers, 
then listen with reverence of solemn faith 
when Pierrot plays the lyre of Mercury. 

Just as Pierrot, with lyre of Mercury 
he found in cave of illusions in Hades, 
arrives at jeweled gates of paradise, 
Petrus judges he may not enter Heaven 
because he cares for all souls lost in time, 
so faceless clown of the moon weeps in silence. 

Each drop of water sloshing on this globe 
of ours that spins in starless void of hope 
has animated billions of conscious souls 
through four hundred million years of evolution, 
so tear of Pierrot that stains Book of Fate 
rewrites false judgement of Petrus with blood. 

Ascending Stairway to Heaven with faith, 
Pierrot enters Temple of Artemis 
and kneels before Persephone at dawn 
to give her mask he wove from dreams of love, 
so they attend grand ball of shining gods, 
and dance while Phoebus directs the orchestra. 

Amazed with joy, we love to watch unfold 
romance of Pierrot and Persephone 
as symbol for state of our world today, 
Mute Weeper in love with Guardian of Ghosts 
who win awards for suffering they endure 
with names we write in fairy tales of faith.