175: Heaven's Theatre

Archangels pour cigarette stumps

from the back-doors of heaven's theatre.

A masquerade, a satire,

a comedy, a tragedy — every play imaginable

to Aristotle as he writes

his poetics and phonetics

and extraterrestrial musings

inspired by the heavenly muses

Dante visualised in streaming white

and satin.

"Beatrice," he muses, tasting the name

not yet invented, later to be derived

from Beatrix and Viatrix and Viator.

"Aviator," he writes, and drafts a vision

of archangels roaring through the skies

as the little tragedy that is the Earth unfolds

on the stage of heaven's theatre.

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Written by: Katrine Hjulstad

Instagram: @katrinehjulstad

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