April 26, 2026

Locating Hell

 Started in the mid 90s. 4/2026 (c) 


I was trying to place Hell.

I was certain it lay

beneath Earth’s crust.

 

The core is hot enough—

but what man can pass through that mantle?

 

Brush aside leaves and litter,

push through humus, clay, sand and silt,

shovel dirt too dense even for water—

eventually one hits rock.

 

What then?

 

It’s a long wait ,

no guarantee tectonic plates

will shift enough

for souls to slip through.

 

I found similar problems

trying to locate Heaven.

 

Outside gravity there is no “up there”,

only finite space

looking infinite.

 

Angels in white—

eternally screeching

rejoice, rejoice

 

What is the point of that?

 

God could be perfect,

omnipotent, everlasting.

God could be anything.

 

Let’s say God has a hair-lip

limps. Wears a colostomy bag.

 

I think he is ineffectual,

even if somewhat loving.

He keeps himself distant

 

letting humans be humans.