Secret Of Star Flowers

Secret Of Star Flowers
© Surazeus
2025 03 27

Totally lost in madness of his dreams, 
Samuel strums rusty-stringed guitar and sings 
in harmony with buzz of the radio 
till his brain sprouts four plastic raven wings 
when five men wearing masks in the black car 
handcuff his thin hands and take him away. 

Locked with Pandora in the golden cage, 
Samuel stands on his hands for twenty hours 
while she explains the secret of star flowers 
that beam the animating soul of love 
which fills his body with conceptual juice 
since dictators never honor the truce. 

Entranced by golden snake eyes of the girl, 
Samuel gives Pandora his finger bones 
so she can weave from threads of history 
life-tale of Lucifer in tapestry 
that hangs in castle hall of honesty 
where Beowulf reads his new poetry. 

Once Samuel crawls out of his turtle shell, 
Pandora, twirling around their glass cage, 
shows him how to become invisible 
to people staring at them in the zoo, 
so he breathes deep and spits words on the wall 
that transform into scarlet butterflies. 

Molding thick mud of his worm-consumed brain 
into small model of the Trojan Horse, 
Samuel gives ten thousand oranges of fate 
to Pandora with smooth bow of respect, 
so she makes orange juice people buy online 
so she can buy fake wings of Icarus. 

Holding up sign painted with blood of ghosts, 
Samuel declares for dead angels to hear, 
"Respect existence of every live soul 
or expect resistance of the mad fools 
who demand freedom and justice for all," 
but people driving cars in rain honk horns. 

Hugging the mad fool to her loving breast, 
Pandora chants disapparation spell 
which teleports them far around the Earth 
from detention cell in Louisiana 
to ancient ruins of the Parthenon 
where they kiss till the Earth becomes more real. 

Taking selfies on their broken eye-phones 
among time-weathered pillars of their hearts, 
Samuel and Pandora, smiling with joy, 
announce their marriage on social media 
which garners thousands of congratulations, 
then they grow old and die in their zoo cage.