Grim Pablo Walks Nowhere

Grim Pablo Walks Nowhere
© Surazeus
2025 05 24

Out on the dusty hill of angry shrubs 
grim Pablo pulls red wagon of despair, 
heaped with the broken dreams of nameless souls 
whose tattered wings he rescues from the trash 
when he escapes from asylum ward nine 
to find dank cave where skull of Phoebus glows. 

Chased by the goon squad in black leather boots, 
grim Pablo darts among the twisted trees 
that scream in dire laughter as he high-steps 
so fast his bare feet bleeding from Christ thorns 
kick clouds of dust that hide him from the bulls 
who grin as he grills steak for the mad king. 

High on the quivering phone line of fake words 
that hum in wind across the desert plain, 
grim Pablo dances with electric grace 
to catch the ballerina with snake eyes 
who falls from the moon with the secret book 
in which is written fate of the blind bard. 

Yet when the silver bus full of wild clowns, 
crippled ballerinas, and serious jesters, 
roars by on the desert road into Hell, 
grim Pablo jumps on board with broken lyre 
he stole from tomb of Apollo last year, 
and drinks the gasoline of ancient truth. 

When the lion in sunglasses of faith 
throws him off the silver bus of world fame, 
grim Pablo dances with cool cactus queen 
who transforms his guitar into the toad 
that leaps into the still pond of lost time, 
so he leans against the telephone pole. 

Driving rusty red truck with one headlight 
through endless maze of ugliness and greed, 
Cinderella stops on the desert road 
and asks grim Pablo if he wants a ride 
so the lost knight rides her chariot of fire 
to his grave in the cemetery trees. 

Awake in the twisted sycamore tree 
to see Cinderella on her white horse, 
grim Pablo strums old lyre of Mercury 
when people ask if he is their messiah 
come to save the land of America 
from Mad King Midas who steals all their gold. 

Searching desert hills in delirium, 
grim Pablo walks nowhere with empty gun, 
then kneels in ruined temple of Apollo 
while demon wings writhe from his aching heart, 
so he flies over Gotham City maze 
bringing gospel of salvation to mankind.