Quicksand Of Innocence

Quicksand Of Innocence
© Surazeus
2025 01 13

If the Starman falls in the swamp of truth 
and grows one hundred arms and legs of hope, 
he might crawl from quicksand of innocence 
to drive his truck on the highway of ice 
faster than demonic cheetah of fun 
who reconstructs flawed concept of the gun. 

Because the Starman knows the way from Hell, 
his brain becomes wires of the internet 
since every computer on Earth is node 
flashing information in his huge brain 
so every photoed anecdote of life 
informs his memory of the human race. 

However much the Starman wants to feel 
slant of winter light in cathedral halls, 
he must accept bitter decree of fate 
and work all day assembling motorbikes 
so sons of rich men can race on the beach, 
tearing up paradise for homeless bums. 

Before the Starman wears the crown of thorns 
to reign as thirteenth Emperor of Earth, 
he must play chess with Death on beach of time, 
or forfeit victory he scored through deceit 
by casting spell of horror on our minds 
when disasters destroy civilized play. 

After the Starman decides to just be 
and not mean anything we calculate, 
he lounges on the beach of shattered ships 
and reads long epic of philosophers 
to build new nation of democracy 
from smoking ruins of cruel tyranny. 

Yet the Starman thinks nothing now is real 
except time-warped image of his teenage self 
who smirks at him in mirror of false pride 
so he renames himself Orpheus Zeus 
to prove his soul is real behind his mask, 
which splits in two souls at the paradox. 

Till the Starman is crowned messiah sleuth 
and marries Melusine by the Rune Well, 
he asks Helius to invent the wheel, 
then commands wild angels to sound the horns 
when he arrives in Heaven with the key 
designed to unlock dream psychotic seal. 

While the Starman is still young boy in school 
he runs home under dusky Texas sky 
to watch the brainy science fiction show 
in which his father captains the starship 
and boldly goes where none have been before, 
then waits outside for Jesus to arrive.