Fake Consolation Prize

Fake Consolation Prize
© Surazeus
2023 05 02

The man in the moon shouts at the ghost horse 
about how he has wasted his whole life, 
then swings sledgehammer high over his head 
to smash archaic torso of Apollo 
in pathetic attempt to change his life 
when he takes home fake consolation prize. 

School children in glass museum of dreams 
contemplate beauty of moonlight in rain 
while reading about the last monument 
depicting the proud confederate general 
whose uniform is smeared with blood of slaves 
when he sells Death fake consolation prize. 

Commuters on the bus in morning rain 
discuss philosophy with the blind owl 
who drops nuclear bomb on the Vatican 
to explain how Realm of Ideas proves 
material nature of our universe 
where no one wins fake consolation prize. 

The photo spread of our forgotten queen 
in glossy magazine of lonely gods 
depicts bright sunlit rooms of nameless ghosts 
where Cinderella searches with flashlight 
for doorway to inner sanctum of peace 
despite winning fake consolation prize. 

Brandishing his unfinished manuscript, 
which analyzes nature of the mind, 
the pompous professor in brown tweed suit 
harangues the Devil for being late to class 
where he discusses symbols of great poems 
though he hides fake consolation prize. 

Through standard deviation of desire 
based on grand narrative of supreme truth 
we howl with joy at the beautiful moon 
because art is pointless for earning cash 
but essential for our spirits to thrive 
till we receive fake consolation prize. 

No thought is more beneficial to us 
than naked energy of honest faith 
programming how our brains perceive the world 
with artificial intelligence code 
designed to generate beauty from truth 
the day we lose fake consolation prize. 

As ornamental cherry petals swirl 
past gleaming window of the quaint cafe 
Cinderella draws portraits in blank book 
that depict cute eccentric characters 
who populate this city where we dwell 
and hope to win fake consolation prize.