Bleak Abyss Of Time

Bleak Abyss Of Time
© Surazeus
2022 12 11

Red Zebra at the monastery gate 
explains calculus to the sneering monk 
who decides he cannot believe in fate 
after battleship of his wife was sunk 
by the grim jester in the business suit 
who weeps when Hayagriva plays the flute. 

Though Queen Maud wears her fluffy ermine cape 
to ride the frosty Christmas fields of fear 
the drunken tyrant king lets her escape 
with jeweled crown his mother once held dear 
so she can marry merry Robin Hood 
who rules the foggy groves of Weasel Wood. 

Still searching for seashells on sandy beach 
to understand the bleak abyss of time, 
blind son of the jester steals rotten peach 
from Aphrodite bathing in green slime 
while waiting in her cave ten thousand years 
for Taliesin to invent engine gears. 

Riding small two-wheeled cart pulled by white cats, 
Freya races along high mountain ridge 
to visit Shiva who trains acrobats 
dancing with despair on the Rainbow Bridge 
so we forget the reason why we die 
every time Icarus attempts to fly. 

While Shakuntala dreams about her groom 
who reigns on ziggurat of singing skulls 
Merlin asks she interpret code of doom 
so he appoints Mithra Master of Bulls 
who grills steaks at the college football game 
because Icarus cares nothing for fame. 

Red Zebra listens to twitter of birds 
to analyze health of our global state 
though Chief Seattle visits lonely Kurds 
who fight for independence from sad hate 
so Perseus orders pizza from Nepal, 
assigned to play soccer in Senegal. 

When Kali weeps at sad hoot of the owl 
that hides in belfry of the Shropshire church 
she programs computers for Robert Lowell 
who wanders vales of Gui Lin in vain search 
to find Excalibur in donut shop 
where Jesus stares surprised at his laptop. 

As Archangel Michael collects strange facts 
from various cultures all around the world 
Shatakshi writes political contracts 
so people of Earth elect cosmic herald 
to organize puzzle of global truth 
before eight coming of messiah sleuth.