Illusions In Mirror Of Lies

Illusions In Mirror Of Lies
© Surazeus
2022 12 28

The mind-confounding truth we fear to face 
sparks lamp that leads us to the cluttered place 
unknown to cartographers of world view 
that frames our failures in narrative clue 
few dare to solve for reward of the prize 
we earn by shouting at mirror of lies. 

Though jester in the business suit knows how 
money barons enslave the working cow 
through incentives to work till they fall dead 
he prefers to run the factory of bread 
where only humble fools can spot the spies 
who fight for victory in mirror of lies. 

We build our civilization on wheat 
since bread fuels our bodies to pave the street 
where the blind pope in the bullet-proof car 
waves to worshippers who adore his star 
though he predicts new world empire will rise 
from our illusions in mirror of lies. 

We call each other on the telephone 
to discuss cruel deeds of the smiling clone 
who insists on proving he is the king 
clutching the invisibility ring 
which gives him power to measure the skies 
that vanish straight in the mirror of lies. 

Still culpable for aggressive regret 
contained in angel wings of the egret, 
the money jester buys and trades truth stocks, 
always out of tune with the maple clocks 
because even fake kings must compromise 
with poor workers who haunt mirror of lies. 

The badge with honey bee and golden key 
allows me to enter eternity 
long enough to chat with God about death 
but all he can say is take a deep breath, 
so he returns to Heaven in disguise 
as noble hero in mirror of lies. 

At home in the university maze, 
I study evolutionary phase 
in which I can wrestle angel of death 
to impress the indifferent global wraith, 
but in the end I choose to advertise 
demonic wisdom in mirror of lies. 

Yet mothers of warriors killed in the war 
still wait with cookies in the empty door 
for Orion to pass by on the road 
while he designs new world linguistic code 
which nullifies vain attempts to surmise 
whose real face I see in mirror of lies.