My Pursuit Of Happiness

My Pursuit Of Happiness
© Surazeus
2023 11 09

Still lost in my pursuit of happiness, 
now deep in endless maze of ancient myths, 
I lounge at table of the nameless ghost 
at the grungy cafe down by the sea 
where boat of Odysseus lies on the sand, 
overturned by the hopeless avant-garde. 

Back home from my pursuit of happiness, 
somewhere on highway of the weeping clown, 
I redact official statements in books 
published by the grandmaster of fake truth 
with black marker to erase diatribes 
loud as frogs roasted by the avant-garde. 

With you in my pursuit of happiness, 
trapped by barb-wired walls in Garden of Eden, 
I swipe apples from wily serpent queen 
who visits Museum of Modern Art 
to buy back her painting the Nazis stole, 
once smeared with foul mud by the avant-garde. 

To begin my pursuit of happiness, 
from old cathedral ruined by bombs of war, 
I start my journey of ten thousand steps 
to find my soul mate on the river shore 
dancing to flute music of the goat god 
who gives me weapon of the avant-garde. 

Regretting my pursuit of happiness, 
that leaves me stranded in car factories, 
I design new Bridge of Forgetfulness 
for children murdered in the genocide 
to climb the Stairway to Heaven from Hell 
now ruled over by the proud avant-garde. 

Though stuck in my pursuit of happiness, 
lounging as I gaze at the blade of grass, 
I study weird enigma of my Unself, 
perceived by people as Idol of Me, 
that pulses with demonic energy 
when I perform role of the avant-garde. 

Changing through my pursuit of happiness, 
when I vanish in stories of the book, 
I remain Eternal Self I design 
through poetic expression of free will, 
grand destiny that Fate knows I will choose 
as bold rebel against the avant-garde. 

Now woke in my pursuit of happiness, 
based on the rule book of Apollinaire, 
I dig my grave in Garden of the Moon 
to prove I am the soul of Zathamar 
where children of all nations can run free, 
till they are brainwashed by the avant-garde.