Room Four Zero Four

Room Four Zero Four
© Surazeus
2025 11 22

Sweet ghost in room four zero four knows why 
humans are wingless angels in flesh form 
who search for illusion of Heaven on Earth 
yet find spirit of God inside our brains 
aching to comprehend nature of light 
that flares forth from first flash of the big bang. 

Mad king in room four zero four declares 
royal authority of the whole world, 
but know no one ever knows his secret name 
so he pretends to play the happy game 
employed to write news stories that portray 
moral consequence of each human choice. 

Sad queen in room four zero four recalls 
weird hour she first sees kind Lucifer fall 
from high position as bank president 
to wander lost now in the city maze 
as homeless drunk who mumbles to himself, 
so she calls her old mother in Taiwan. 

Weird clown in room four zero four decides 
to hitchhike nowhere sea to shining sea 
and play guitar while singing grunge folk songs 
after Phoebus taught him how to compose 
stories in verse that present common men 
as social heroes who fight tyranny. 

Blues singer in room four zero four groans 
at pain of cancer eating at his heart, 
then steps on stage in dark Chicago bar 
and howls fierce anguish of the human heart 
that suffers agony of broken dreams 
with longing for false paradise of hope. 

Shy typist in room four zero four paints 
portraits of elves in grand fantasy tales 
with almond eyes and long thick sparkling hair 
who represent projection of her soul, 
then sits in frilled dress that hides her round hips 
and types company correspondence well. 

Tall model in room four zero four sews 
elaborate scenes of county towns and farms 
with buildings and characters from folk tales, 
then wears high fashion dresses and slim slacks 
through eclectic minimal luxury 
while striding gracefully on fame-lit stage. 

Mute seer in room four zero four encodes 
political events in clever fables 
which satirize cash-greedy billionaires 
who enslave people with corporate debt 
till messiah sleuth breaks monopoly 
and founds new United Nations of Earth.