Demon Who Eats Words

Demon Who Eats Words
© Surazeus
2023 12 05

Because I fight the demon who eats words 
with mocking laughter of sad elegies, 
my mind becomes crowded with singing birds 
who swarm around me bearing secret keys, 
so when I open cage door of my heart 
they soar on weird patterns of the star chart. 

Through spiral whirl of psychic energy 
fierce dream songs, sprouting from my fertile brain, 
blast into lies cruel ideology 
of racist hate that proves the proud are vain 
with bold tornado of satiric spells 
that crawl on claws from demon-haunted wells. 

Alarmed by fetid beliefs of their minds 
that some humans are superior to others, 
I smash false principles of race that binds 
frightened nations into fierce band of brothers 
who kill women and children with wild glee 
when they rampage on their bloodthirsty spree. 

Instead of fighting fascists wearing crowns 
who claim divine right to exploit the poor, 
they should be protecting the small-farm towns 
where Worried Mother keeps watch in the door 
for their men who grow food that feeds the world, 
but now we cry out for the cosmic herald. 

Though our world seems to spin out of control 
with fractured nation-states that worship gods 
based on ancestors who enforced their goal, 
eccentric characters form justice squads 
to fight for equal rights of every person, 
yet the situation just seems to worsen. 

When common people begin to awaken 
and rise against the wealthy clutching power, 
state institutions will collapse when shaken, 
so self-crowned tyrants retreat to the tower, 
then send soldiers to commit genocide 
against the foreigners who hurt their pride. 

Yet Cronus always rises from dream caves 
to lead their revolution against Heaven 
that leaves crippled angels fallen in waves 
at joyful lamentation of Moon Raven 
who emerges scathed from the history book 
to free Mute Princess from the fractured rook. 

Beware the demon who will eat your thoughts 
when you play chess game with Death on the beach, 
lest they replace us with servile robots 
who perform tasks only angels can teach 
through strange artificial intelligence 
programmed from proverbs of our common sense.