UP TO SCRATCH

when I arrived in Hell
was stunned to find
the place empty
the only
evil soul there

so to kill a bit of eternity
the devils and I played pool
sank some beers
discussed the state
of the world
and humanity
from a left-wing perspective

marking time for the torturers
to ready their equipment
the inquisitors in
Hell’s hierarchy
to stoke their fabled fires

get my suffering
up to scratch

Published by Damian Garside