Lost In The Story Maze

Lost In The Story Maze
© Surazeus
2024 02 17

I keep losing my name in the dry grass 
though I eat the body of God in mass 
while fog creeps in the silent city streets 
to hide the old man still counting receipts 
who alone can hear the heart-broken cry 
of the starving girl whose mother will die. 

Another black Ford trundles past the house 
where the drunk woman waits for her sad spouse 
to return home on the long midnight train 
that slithers serpentinely through blue rain 
while the white raven who knows the star code 
records my journey on the signless road. 

The saddest saxophone song on the world 
that calls for coming of the cosmic herald 
wraps rope of wisdom around my sore throat 
though I huddle cold in thin tattered coat 
while dreaming about mansion on the hill 
where the movie director steals my quill. 

The ghost horse in gray rain looks in my heart 
while I invent the world with new star chart 
to prove the tyrant on the throne of gold 
steals back fertile land he already sold 
when he urges us to storm the Bastille 
then therapize how we all really feel. 

After fighting thieves at the lone saloon 
that shelters travelers from the blood moon, 
two cowboys on horses with dragon wings 
ride into the sunset where Aisling sings 
which inspires the boys in the mountain camp 
to worship the girl who bears the dream lamp. 

Tough gangster in fedora and striped suit 
listens to the flapper girl play the flute 
then whips out his pistol with sneering grin 
to show his lover he will always win 
but silver bullet fired by the blind priest 
devolves his spirit to the snarling beast. 

The banker who invests his cash in stocks 
investigates the mine of shiny rocks 
with plan to build new railroad coast to coast 
though even the whores believe not his boast 
till his wife finds him passed out on the lawn 
since he wrestled the angel before dawn. 

I keep finding my name in unsold books 
that sit proudly on shelves of honest crooks 
who are loyal to their boss Lucifer 
long opposed to Governor Jupiter 
over who owns vale where the cattle graze 
till they all get lost in the story maze.