River Of Dream Keys

River Of Dream Keys
© Surazeus
2026 02 04

Rather than eat the ocean stone of faith, 
while thinking about black milk of the Earth, 
I prefer to become the first apple seed 
that dares to crack the asphalt parking lot 
where holy angels park cars to attend 
church service in glass cathedral of lies. 

Jealous that I found secret jewel mine 
from which I extract wisdom of star gods, 
the faithful servants of the Lord attempt 
to chain my hands in dungeon of despair, 
but I am subtle whisper of the breeze 
that dances on the river of dream keys. 

After selling ice cream to Tantalus 
and soothing hand lotion to Sisyphus, 
Socrates attends the Rolling Stone show 
to dance with wild abandon of the fool 
because he is in love with Hecate 
who brews wine in cavern of innocence. 

Despite regret for beheading the seer 
who prophesied his fall from mental grace, 
King Herod sends goon squad with guns of hate 
to chase immigrants out of paradise, 
so Phoebus builds ark of the covenant 
to sail home on the river of dream keys. 

Forgetful how he came to rule the world, 
the Weeping Jester of Wohalia 
paints portrait of grand eagle on tall pine 
with noble bearing of angelic power, 
then calls Rapunzel in her prison tower 
who listens to him talk about the truth. 

Nobody knows why men kill other men, 
invading valley of the laughing skull 
with principle of faith to colonize 
Garden of Eden with new shopping malls 
where gangsters fight battles for thought control 
over who owns the river of dream keys. 

In our search for freedom in the woke world, 
programmed by urgent need to evade death, 
we give each other fake holiday gifts 
with preciously obscene anguish of love 
while staring at rose window in the church 
that slants conceptual truth with psychic heft. 

Though Jesus Christ will never come again 
because his mortal body is now dust, 
brave spirit of Good Leader he embodied 
appears each generation in the world 
to free the people from cruel tyranny 
so we fish on the river of dream keys.