Reluctance Of The Fool

Reluctance Of The Fool
© Surazeus
2025 05 02

Daring to boldly look Death in the eye, 
I sing new lamentation for the lost 
with helpless agitation of one soul 
shocked at dissolution of the world view 
our grandfathers built from skulls of dead gods 
to play god with reluctance of the fool. 

Orpheus dances at edge of the cliff 
where his pet fox leaps about him in glee 
while he twirls staff of Mercury he stole 
from tomb of that god, dead three thousand years, 
till he finds demon wings in the gold chest 
to play god with reluctance of the fool. 

Returning from the diamond mine in Hell 
as hungry jester with the radio brain, 
Narcissus sings last holy hymn of faith 
to save humanity from the mad clown 
who plays with nuclear missiles as his toys 
to play god with reluctance of the fool. 

Chewing gum as she writes on order pad, 
Echo echoes items with nonchalance 
while Pluto grills burgers on flames of Hell, 
then she recites poems Sappho never wrote 
which inspires the lonely man with no face 
to play god with reluctance of the fool. 

Comforting silence of the Underworld 
excites cute children killed by falling bombs 
who play chase among pomegranate trees 
where ravens invent new philosophy 
till Persephone chooses the weird girl 
to play god with reluctance of the fool. 

Existence of forms in the universe 
appears to be deliberate design 
by Supernatural Mind humans name God, 
so we keep old myths in museum hall 
where the blind man pretends he is a ghost 
to play god with reluctance of the fool. 

Dream rivers in the labyrinthine cave 
refuse to reflect faces of the dead, 
so we give each other new demon names 
for priests to conjure us from our lost graves, 
though I should follow the messiah sleuth 
to play god with reluctance of the fool. 

Electric vibrations in the void 
transform atoms of my body to dirt 
so roots may mold my spirit into fruit 
which lovers eat to generate new life 
so my molecules become their new child 
to play god with reluctance of the fool.