When I Smile

When I Smile
© Surazeus
2024 01 27

When I smile, bald eagles fly from my mouth 
and claw eyes of men who crown themselves kings 
by claiming divine right of market greed 
to exploit people seeking work to live, 
then rip my womb open when I give birth 
to cosmic herald, son of Liberty. 

When I smile, haughty sharks swim from my mouth 
and chase submarines of arrogant kings 
down into Underworld where Lucifer 
reigns over sprawling Pandemonium 
so mute workers make computers and cars 
in factories fueled by blood of dinosaurs. 

When I smile, horses gallop from my mouth 
and carry brave heroes fighting world war 
between Jesus, Rama, Caishen, and Thor 
to control mineral mines and oil wells 
while Ishtar stands on One-Eye Pyramid 
to fight for justice and freedom for all. 

When I smile, crocodiles crawl from my mouth 
and chase people escaping jungle gangs 
who swim toward Texas in muddy Rio Grande, 
but huddle terrified in barbed-wire coils 
while cowboys in red trucks shoot at their eyes 
then hire them to harvest crops from their fields. 

When I smile, Christian wolves prowl from my mouth, 
disguised in blue jeans and red baseball caps, 
and hunt for Jesus in vast city streets 
to crucify that weak communist hippie 
on telephone pole of the Promised Land 
that would make America great again. 

When I smile, fear rockets roar from my mouth 
and blast homes of common folk into rubble 
who dare defy the wealthy oligarch 
when he assimilates their tribal land 
into vast empire of his bank account 
where skeletons wait to dance in his tomb. 

When I smile, guns somersault from my mouth 
and rearrange necessity of fate 
that we express in war for social power 
by singing in spotlight of prophecy 
to wear bright jeweled crown of fickle Fame 
who laughs at us as we fall in our graves. 

When I smile, butterflies scream from my mouth 
in swirling flocks of lithe galactic coils 
unspooling immortal soul of our genes 
so our children reprogram our world view 
to dismantle all special privileges 
when the cosmic herald returns from Hell.