One Of The Winged Seraphs

One Of The Winged Seraphs
© Surazeus
2026 02 21

When he stumbles drunk in the Promised Land, 
waving tattered book of weird fairy tales 
in his hand, Richard shouts at Tree of Life 
that he is in love with Annabel Lee 
because he is one of the winged seraphs 
who escaped Heaven with arrogant wings. 

Smearing blood of rainbows with joyful rage, 
while shouting insults at proud Gabriel, 
Richard paints Tarzan on cold marble wall 
to offend bright angels who rule the skies, 
but they smile at antics of the wild child 
who falls asleep by mushroom of the toad. 

Irreverent voice of the subjective clown, 
that withers holy daffodils of faith, 
bulges from his chest with assertive pride 
to tear constraints of strict morality 
with alligator teeth of jealousy, 
rejecting formal patterns of concern. 

Perceived as intellectual clown of faith, 
who maintains illusion of divine truth, 
Richard tears pages out of holy books 
to rearrange scenes of dramatic scope 
where he plays role of the very clean tramp 
who smashes god idols with steel guitars. 

Grave pursuit of obliteration proves 
crystal-clear melodies of chiming suites 
disarrange mental sense of ordered time 
through dynamic physics of fractured words 
which spool consistent concepts of regret 
since every moment binds eternity. 

Rehearsed narratives honest people code 
counterbalance sober insight with rage 
of circumscribed progress relapsing straight 
through puzzle of prepared absurdity 
when Richard abandons his youthful game 
for glossier assignments trashing truth. 

Continuous rejection by Perun, 
who catches lightning bolts with oaken wand, 
convinces Richard to trap ocean ghosts 
with undeveloped spirals spinning lies 
by weaving repertoire of holy clowns 
with self-invention through misquoted tricks. 

Reborn as television god of lies, 
who builds river boats from angelic bones, 
Richard attempts to escape from bland Hell, 
that he created with attentive care, 
by fighting against predetermined fate 
that his ancestors programmed in his brain.