AQUATELOS A Thesis Presented to the Faculty ... - Cornell University

1.
It’s a joke between gods. Here’s how it goes
in rough translation:
Hohonon noh phonon. Oh ooh noo poo hon.
Ohn ohho oon nhoop, phhoohonon nohonohn.
Hphononn, onh hoon o, “Poooohn!” n nh oho hnoh.
“Hon hoh hononono nhop?” o hop on nho o, “Oooh!”
Slays ‘em.
2.
The angel was surprisingly
clear and rapid.
“Information differentiates
heaven and hell.
Sinners arrive to find
they know everything about everyone,
nobody recognizes them,
and they can’t make themselves understood.
It’s just the opposite with the redeemed.
Everything else is the same.”
And purgatory.
“We switch faces and voices around
when they aren’t looking,
for as long as we want.”
3.
As promised, the Christ reincarnated on Wall Street.
This drew attention.
Naked as a kindled sun he gazed concernedly over the crowd
who were all veteran or tenderfoot fans.
Panicked the feedback was horrible but they heard and the world
his gobbling as the heart attack smacked him from the podium
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