How To Encode Memories

How To Encode Memories
© Surazeus
2024 02 23

"The poetry we compose from our soul 
reveals the organized state of our mind." 
The old bearded man at round cafe table 
drinks coffee brewed from bitter alphabets. 
People driving cars by on narrow street 
listen to love songs on the radio. 

"All the poems written in free verse I read 
seem like abandoned rough drafts of despair." 
The old bearded man wearing leather jacket 
leans against red brick wall of the dive bar. 
People riding airplanes high in the sky 
think about the people they fly to see. 

"The words I speak stir sonic field of death, 
so I constrain them in strict lines of verse." 
The old bearded man swimming in the river 
laughs as fish slip through his curious fingers. 
People driving motorboats over waves 
search for the secret grove of singing ghosts. 

"The Psalms of David construct view of life 
with thought rhymes built on parallel concepts." 
The old bearded man on coffee house stage 
strums guitar and recites ballads of death. 
People trying on clothes in the shopping mall 
run screaming when the man shoots his girlfriend. 

"The fluid laziness of the prose poem 
fails to rein vibrant passion of the heart." 
The old bearded man rides the dappled mare 
galloping casually on grassy hill. 
People who construct cars in factories 
are echoes of silence hidden in music. 

"The poet creates from chaos of fear 
strange beauty of faith with elegant verse." 
The old bearded man pays his monthly bills 
when he logs in his online bank account. 
People with guns in tanks shoot civilians 
to exterminate the cruel terrorists. 

"The sonnet retains content in lithe form 
as it mutates to reflect each new age." 
The old bearded man under Tree of Life 
discusses philosophy with the Serpent. 
People flee bombs that deconstruct their lives, 
trapped by barbed wire at the border to Heaven. 

"Poets mature from free to metric verse 
as they frame lyrics with narrative drama." 
The old bearded man in the lecture hall 
teaches students how to encode memories. 
People watch movies on computer screens 
to build new world order from civil wars.