Before The Bombs Fall

Before The Bombs Fall
© Surazeus
2025 09 09

The goat leaps from the moon onto the hill 
then hangs around in the gas station yard 
all day eating grass while cars fly away 
to soar on angel wings among the clouds 
that crumble into words in story books 
for children to read before the bombs fall. 

When Faunus skips down suburban sidewalks 
he scatters apple seeds in cement cracks 
so saplings sprout from rotting corpse of God 
to consume the sprawling city landscape 
as their roots crack open bank safes of gold 
for people to steal before the bombs fall. 

Despite clear glow of sun on cement walls, 
Juturna pauses on her way to work 
on fourteenth floor of Conceptual Insurance 
at sudden awful feeling in her gut, 
and wonders if terrible things occur 
to honest people before the bombs fall. 

Driving white truck along suburban roads, 
Mercury puts mail in boxes of hope 
that might contain clever method to cope 
when gangsters take over the government 
and take away inalienable rights 
from good citizens before the bombs fall. 

Fuming with anger that his cute girlfriend, 
Venus, is now secretly dating Vulcan, 
Mars buys assault rifle from the gun shop, 
then storms headquarters of their company 
and shoots ten thousand people in the heart 
who beam to Heaven before the bombs fall. 

Amused that Tower of Rapunzel falls 
bankrupt from slow embezzlement of funds, 
Neptune relaxes in glass fishing boat 
and contemplates the weird meaning of life 
that we invent with purpose of the plan 
to build cathedrals before the bombs fall. 

Searching for the oldest woman on Earth, 
Cupid wanders endless suburban maze 
with key that opens door of every home 
till he finds Hera sitting in the park 
where she feeds voices to innocent ghosts 
who steal human masks before the bombs fall. 

Awake in Garden of Mortality, 
Caelus asks Fortuna to marry him, 
so they invite everyone to the feast 
but only Buddha comes with Saraswati 
who plays haunting songs of love on the veena 
for children who cry after the bombs fall.