Maze Of Banging Doors

Maze Of Banging Doors
© Surazeus
2025 01 26

Setting tarot cards on table of truth, 
the fortune-teller with ten thousand eyes 
explains his future to the angry man 
that he will become the wolf without teeth 
whose words become wild swarm of stinging bees 
so he slouches by the river and cries. 

Attempting to escape the circus tent, 
the trapeze lady sprouts eight sparrow wings 
and flies through tear in the fabric of time 
to fly across the maze of banging doors 
because the moon wails in her burning brain 
fractured into ten thousand languages.

Dancing on the old wood theater stage, 
the ballerina hiding angel wings 
falls in love with the arrogant buffoon 
who makes her quit her job to stay at home 
and cook spaghetti for his gang of wolves 
but she works as typist at the garage. 

Startled from reverie by eerie cry, 
Cinderella hears mercurial voice 
of Icarus above the factory roof, 
so she abandons the assembly line 
and runs outside into cold swirling snow 
to find him hanging on electric lines. 

Gathering with her on the deserted road, 
the fortune-teller with the trapeze lady, 
and the ballerina clutching her gun, 
discuss how to disentangle from wires 
the wingless angel hanging upside down 
who smiles and pretends that he is all right. 

Crawling from ruins of his burned-down house, 
Cassandrus joins them on the lone highway 
to tell them the situation is dire 
because China and Russia will unite 
to divide America east and west 
by fooling them Midas is their messiah. 

Organizing effort with unique roles, 
Cinderella and the Witches of Oz 
rescue Icarus and repair his wings, 
so they walk together in the waste land, 
discussing signs of the apocalypse 
while Cassandrus follows behind and pouts. 

Placing hand on his shoulder with a grin, 
Cinderella tells Cassandrus, "Though we 
believe your prophecies of global doom, 
we cannot panic or despair with hate, 
for we must work together to rebuild 
democracy from ruins of tyranny."