Realistic Tales Of Love

Realistic Tales Of Love
© Surazeus
2025 11 13

Relationships between water and stone 
resemble dance between soul opposites 
who twirl around each other every day 
stuck in their passive-aggressive romance 
displayed on television screens at night 
to illustrate plight of humanity. 

Confined to realistic tales of love 
in which the serious novelist explores 
complex inner life of each character, 
Apollo tries to break through the third wall, 
but everyone in the audience laughs 
at silly foibles of his failed love life. 

Black and white photos on gallery walls 
present angst-ridden life of urban teens 
who wander restlessly in crowded streets 
in fruitless search to find the holy grail 
which lies forgotten in dumpster of faith 
where stray cats lick tuna from opened cans. 

The most intelligent rat in the world 
scratches blueprints on the brick factory wall 
detailing how to build from wires and tubes 
perpetual motion machine of regret 
which violates laws of thermodynamics 
contrived by Raven Witch of Zathamar. 

Almost successful in his enterprise 
to eradicate poverty and hunger, 
Apollo presents paper on the subject 
at the International Conference 
on Trickle-Down Economics in Paris 
where everyone eats sandwiches with wine. 

Bumping into each other by the fountain 
where water spews from mouth of Jupiter, 
Apollo and Raven Witch fall in love 
at first sight as they stare in glowing eyes 
that mirror soul mate they are looking for 
till someone honks and they snap out of it. 

Entranced by dynamite kiss of true love, 
Paul and Raven in matching leather jackets 
play guitars and sing grunge folk on the street 
beside the fountain where they fell in love 
about two aliens who fell to Earth 
yet long to return to their shattered world. 

When Raven gets pregnant they buy a farm 
thirteen miles from the English town of Troon 
where they pretend they live on the green moon 
while dancing in the ring of fairy stones, 
and laugh that everyone on Earth are clones, 
entranced by vibe of Apollonian charm.