Born From The Dictionary

Born From The Dictionary
© Surazeus
2023 01 26

For no reason that can be ascertained 
by the blind mathematician on the moon 
three children sit by the lake in the park 
and tell each other the faceless robot 
is their father who invented the Earth 
when he tore pages from the dictionary. 

The youngest child who wears the purple dress 
looks for her mind among the hungry weeds 
to reclaim broken mask her body lost, 
but silver shadow of the open door 
reveals sublime theater where the fool 
steals nothing but truth from the dictionary. 

Barefoot, the three children walk back to school 
to hide their sorrow in the story book 
left on the windowsill in summer rain 
till the rocket ship in the playground breaks 
free from religious ecstasy of faith 
to resurrect ghosts from the dictionary. 

While eating popcorn in the misty wood 
the three children searching for hidden gate 
ask the oldest woman in the world why 
millions of people die in each world war, 
but she gives them slices of apple pie 
till their mother springs from the dictionary. 

Holding her mind in the stained pickle jar, 
the child who understands the song of rain 
wakes after terrible car accident 
to sing about the way human hearts 
grow pretentious wings from psychotic wounds 
that bleed fake answers from the dictionary. 

Mapping trajectory of each honey bee 
whose dance reveals quest for the holy grail, 
the other child who never deigns to speak 
hides her mind in the attic with cobwebs 
so she can catch the devil with three eyes 
who extracts anguish from the dictionary. 

The nameless child receives the letter first 
that reports how the boy she hates to love 
fell off the mountain of the burning bush 
in vain attempt to steal the Key of Heaven 
because only the moonlight knows her heart 
that morphs as angel from the dictionary. 

The child no one can see waits in the church 
to steal the sacred lyre of Mercury 
so she can record names and deeds of heroes 
before their faces vanish in the rain 
but she stands entranced on the busy street, 
amazed at people born from the dictionary.