Woman With Seven Eyes

Woman With Seven Eyes
© Surazeus
2024 12 04

The woman with the alligator purse 
disappears into the steel telephone, 
so I stumble to see the psychic nurse 
who informs me my heart has turned to stone, 
so I beam light rays from my magic hands 
to build crystal stairway to starry lands. 

Climbing stairway of my innocent hope 
to search for the woman with seven eyes, 
I struggle up enormous crystal slope 
till I find her weird palace in the skies 
where angels teach demons how to write verse 
that programs dream code of the universe. 

The woman with the ax for her right hand 
washes dishes, hangs laundry on the line, 
and mops the kitchen and the bathroom floors, 
then watches the coup on the evening news 
when the president declares martial law, 
but lawmakers cancel it with their vote. 

Knocking on doors of houses around town, 
I hand glossy brochure to residents 
and ask them if they have heard the good news 
about the Owl God who can save our souls 
by teaching us to laugh at tragedy, 
but they all shake their heads and slam doors shut. 

The woman with the television brain 
descends from flaming clouds on plastic wings, 
bearing peach cobbler pie in giving hands, 
but when I eat I turn into the horse 
she trains as her mount in the circus show, 
till I escape to wild Kentucky hills. 

Gathering sphere of energy with my hands 
that sparkles with electric soul of love, 
I zap the demon of resentful rage 
who interviews me for her magazine 
to highlight my rebellious style of art 
that depicts women as colorful smears. 

The woman with the rifle in her heart 
invites me to the posh museum show 
where I distract wealthy fools with sly jokes 
while she steals the concept of their sad lives 
which leaves them poor so they work in the fields 
picking fruit with Honduran refugees. 

Watching television news of the coup, 
I wonder if loyal Americans 
would demonstrate against his power grab, 
but then I remember with snarky grin 
they voted for him when he said he would, 
so I eat peach pie and wait for the end.