Vaudeville Clowns Of Fate

Vaudeville Clowns Of Fate
© Surazeus
2026 10 29

Diverted by wisdom of horoscopes, 
he rides the wild-winged chariot of time 
to chant sharp spells with rhetorical zap 
that demask spies in Museum of Truth, 
trapped by bland interchange of morbid thoughts 
when dancing unrestrained in bitter joy. 

Gone homeward to the land of broken masks, 
after fighting against cruel tyranny, 
the prophet flies gray airplane beyond Heaven 
to visit every college in the woods 
and discourse on the valid route through Hell 
that angels trod to transform into gods. 

With wagons of encyclopedias 
the lonely prophet of the Promised Land 
knocks on doors of housewives after the war 
but they refuse to buy gold-lettered tomes, 
which leaves him stranded on the windy heath 
as uncrowned salesman of forgotten truth. 

Startled by cataracts of brave applause 
that resurrect the vaudeville clowns of fate, 
the lonely jester wearing suit and tie 
counts all the land deeds he has won at cards, 
but never visits those abandoned farms 
where devils hide wingless horses in eggs. 

No god invented from his memory 
haunts churches and cathedrals before dawn 
as faceless saints that gamble for the chance 
to predict the future in how birds fly, 
while tax collectors search the empty fields 
for skulls of prophets that refuse to sing. 

New index of his power transcends fear 
when he plays auctioneer of treasured lies, 
dispersed as payment for quick services 
rendered with the sentiment of clerks 
who program computers to calculate 
amount of faith left in our heart accounts. 

Through exegesis of his puzzling jokes 
we analyze his false biography 
to glean conceptual clues of ardent faith 
that help us decode riddles of his spells 
based on defiant paradox of love 
since he hides in the world he sings about. 

No grumpy old man on the windy heath 
shouts about injustice loud as King Lear, 
except the Everyman with offices 
above the bank whose business acumen 
provides framework for him to purchase Heaven 
and rent crystal palaces to false gods.