Terror Of Electric Birds

Terror Of Electric Birds
© Surazeus
2025 09 19

If my deceptive albatross requires 
imperfect pitch of never-spoken words 
I might decide to direct solemn choirs 
who sing from terror of electric birds 
that clamor with explosion of time bombs 
in symphony composed by ghost of Brahms. 

Enraged at how sly Rigoletto mocks 
his haughty arrogance with scathing jokes, 
King Midas orders jesters stoned with rocks, 
and screams their accusations are a hoax, 
then hippo-toddles in the putrid swamp 
to blaring trumpets of unroyal pomp. 

So Cathy snaps the television off 
just as brave David kills the haughty king 
because the woke adults begin to scoff, 
and skips along the empty road to sing 
about White Knight enchanted by weird spell 
that leads him lost through endless maze of Hell. 

When Belle Dame without Mercy wakes from dream, 
while driving ghostly car on highway home, 
she deconstructs the cruel government scheme 
to reinvent the world empire of Rome, 
dismantling privilege of racial pride 
by flipping social concepts on their side. 

While wandering cheerful on the misty moors, 
Cathy finds Rigoletto bound by lies, 
so she helps him discover secret cures 
for foul diseases that blind human eyes 
which helps us see the truth of what is real 
so we stand for justice with noble zeal. 

Kwan Yin appears from empyrean beam 
as smiling woman on the mountain peak 
which illuminates delusions of seem 
as we accept the emptiness we seek 
on sacred quest to cultivate our souls 
when we prepare to play our special roles. 

Browsing antique shop in the country town, 
Cathy finds the lost Book of Liberty, 
so she trades it for Tarot of the Clown 
to lift humanity from poverty, 
but no one believes in her six-step plan 
though she supports crowning of Athelstan. 

I am not surprised when Cathy decides 
to marry grandson of the Fisherman 
who investigates brutal homicides 
till he gets trapped inside the Wicker Man, 
so King Midas becomes the sacrifice 
that cleanses our nation from civil strife.