07-05-2012, 07:29 PM
"What vices have you?"
"None at all," I replied.
"I smoke not, nor do I drink."
"And pleasures?", he queried.
"Well, I have but a few,
I read and I sleep and I think."
"What of ambitions?"
"Oh no", said I,
For I've never been blighted that way.
"Convictions?"
"In principle, yes," I mused
"But never for more than a day."
"So religion was never..."
"No, never my style!"
I felt that I must interject.
"But surely, belief...?"
"Well, I stayed for a week
In an Orthodox Jane-Vegan sect."
"Political leanings?"
"Centre-right of just Left,
With a Socio-Liberal tilt."
"And racial views?"
"I can think of just one...
Never lend to a man in a kilt."
"Would you say you were honest?"
" Why of course I am, sir!
What's the point of all this if I'm lying"
"Nearly there. Are you fit?"
"I'm as fit as the man
Who being a man.... is dying."
"Quite, quite. Yes. Quite.
You DO know why you're here?"
"It's odd, but I really can't say.
I was driving my car
Then I saw the red lights.....
And I found myself here. Should I pray?"
"Not at all. Not at all.
We're well past that stage.
Just one more question to go.
Are you worried by death
Or just dying... or both,
Or neither... I do need to know?"
Now I thought about this,
And I thought about that
But the answer eluded me, so
I asked for more time to consider
the facts,
But he answered emphatically "No."
"You have had all the time
Allotted to you.
It's almost the end of your run.
On Earth you have lived
An exemplary life
Though singularly lacking in fun."
"Taking into account
All the facts noted here
I suggest that you listen with care.
You will die in your sleep,
Myocardial infarct,
I feel that would only be fair."
"For your good and kind life
And your high moral stance
I mean to reward you quite well.
You got so little joy from
Your life lived on Earth
Take pleasure post death, go to Hell."
TAK Spring 2004
"None at all," I replied.
"I smoke not, nor do I drink."
"And pleasures?", he queried.
"Well, I have but a few,
I read and I sleep and I think."
"What of ambitions?"
"Oh no", said I,
For I've never been blighted that way.
"Convictions?"
"In principle, yes," I mused
"But never for more than a day."
"So religion was never..."
"No, never my style!"
I felt that I must interject.
"But surely, belief...?"
"Well, I stayed for a week
In an Orthodox Jane-Vegan sect."
"Political leanings?"
"Centre-right of just Left,
With a Socio-Liberal tilt."
"And racial views?"
"I can think of just one...
Never lend to a man in a kilt."
"Would you say you were honest?"
" Why of course I am, sir!
What's the point of all this if I'm lying"
"Nearly there. Are you fit?"
"I'm as fit as the man
Who being a man.... is dying."
"Quite, quite. Yes. Quite.
You DO know why you're here?"
"It's odd, but I really can't say.
I was driving my car
Then I saw the red lights.....
And I found myself here. Should I pray?"
"Not at all. Not at all.
We're well past that stage.
Just one more question to go.
Are you worried by death
Or just dying... or both,
Or neither... I do need to know?"
Now I thought about this,
And I thought about that
But the answer eluded me, so
I asked for more time to consider
the facts,
But he answered emphatically "No."
"You have had all the time
Allotted to you.
It's almost the end of your run.
On Earth you have lived
An exemplary life
Though singularly lacking in fun."
"Taking into account
All the facts noted here
I suggest that you listen with care.
You will die in your sleep,
Myocardial infarct,
I feel that would only be fair."
"For your good and kind life
And your high moral stance
I mean to reward you quite well.
You got so little joy from
Your life lived on Earth
Take pleasure post death, go to Hell."
TAK Spring 2004
Makes me wonder what I should do to get to heaven :angel:
