Turn Off The Television

Turn Off The Television
© Surazeus
2024 10 30

The goldfinch that always visits my tree 
brings mask of the king who fell from the tower 
so I wear his face to walk about town 
which scares the old people to run and hide 
and makes the children dance around with glee 
till all their shadows vanish in the dawn. 

The goldfish that escapes cage of my brain 
leads me up winding path of broken skulls 
to cave of illusions where Plato screams 
at shadows of things that twist out of shape 
as he runs wildly in the maze of mirrors 
till his body becomes the hemlock tree. 

The goldfinch that never calls my true name 
drops seventh scroll of Gabriel in my hand 
so I eat honey-soaked cinnamon roll 
while watching revelation of the soul 
long hidden inside forms of things I see 
till another apple bonks me on the head. 

The goldfinch that perches outside my window 
explains psychotic formulas that twist 
waves of molecules through spiraling loops 
to weave chemicals in spiritual genes 
which replicate my body from the sea 
till I evolve from fish to wingless angel. 

The goldfinch that constitutes brain of God 
calculates concepts constructing the Earth 
when traumatic childhood experiences 
embody themselves as demons from hell 
which smash grand institutions of the state 
till we build Wonderland from the waste land. 

The goldfinch that knows why the caged ghost dreams 
returns from crystal palace of the sun 
to resurrect children blasted by bombs 
who rise from rubble of the Promised Land 
as superheroes soaring in the sky 
till I collect all Infinity Stones. 

The goldfinch that programs computer games 
teaches me how to invent languages 
with stick figures that symbolize my thoughts 
as puppets dancing on strings of my heart 
in election to choose the new messiah 
till I fall into the sea of false hope. 

The goldfinch that designs our virtual world 
considers why humans oppress each other 
in ten thousand years of aggressive war 
as empires rise and fall in waves of greed 
which erects cities on steel skulls of gods 
till I turn off the television and sleep.