Jester In The Lighthouse

Jester In The Lighthouse
© Surazeus
2023 04 07

The forgotten jester in the lighthouse 
talks to the seagull about naked books 
that fly into the cliff of timeless truth 
to transcend shadow of the corporeal world 
as if the spiritual vision is more real 
because he holds the ruler in his hand. 

Since he renames himself Americus, 
the forgotten jester in the lighthouse 
calls Madame Sosostris on the cell phone 
to ask about the Necronomicon 
but all she loves is her Phoenician sailor 
who returns from the sea after midnight. 

She reads fortune of the protagonist 
to prove without admittance that she loves 
the forgotten jester in the lighthouse 
who visits Jonah at the city gate 
to warn him about the way he might drown 
if he refuses to play chess with Death. 

Somewhere over the rainbow of false hope, 
where small streams of lemonade trickle down 
the Big Rock Candy Mountains of desire, 
the forgotten jester in the lighthouse 
preaches good news about the vampire king 
who promises eternal life in death. 

The forgotten jester in the lighthouse 
rides bicycle in weird sea of timeless light 
while tripping on acid of rye mushrooms 
as laughing psychonaut with thousand eyes 
whose fingers become gold typewriter keys 
that compose computer code of the brain. 

Still wearing new mask of Americus, 
the forgotten jester in the lighthouse 
trudges crowded streets in vast city maze 
with buzzing anguish of anxiety 
to find his own place in society 
before his tongue explodes in rage of words. 

Maintaining complex family life routine, 
safe inside the gated community, 
the forgotten jester in the lighthouse 
attends church from loneliness of the book 
that preserves wisdom in puzzles of truth 
though Snow White gives him an apple to eat. 

Reborn from seed of the crucified god, 
Americus appears as guest of honor 
on the morning talk shows to prove he is 
the forgotten jester in the lighthouse 
who sits by lake of dreams to fish for wealth 
though his teardrops turn into butterflies.