"...hell"

John Donne, Enrico Fermi, and George Harriman, he invented "Krazy Kat", were in a bar in one of heaven's rougher neighborhood's. Ya know, that scary part near Hell's Gate. Well the guys was shoot'n the breeze, and getting sloshed.

Jesus was behind the bar mixing drinks, and Bessie Smith was on stage sing 'n some of her new stuff. Mozart was playing backup on base, and electric fiddle, with Bob Marley on keyboards.

Harriet Beecher Stowe was passed out in front of the cigarette machine. An unlit Chesterfield sticking out of the side of her mouth, and an empty bottle of Wild Turkey at her feet.

The 'real' Heaven is really hard for some people.

Just then Queen Elizabeth the First, a very young Eleanor Roosevelt a buzzed Marilyn Monroe, and Emma Goldman wanders in.

Well ol' George invites the gals over for a few, and they has a merry old time together. Hey it's Heaven right?

As usual Donne eventually sez something stupid, and anti-Semitic, Emma leaps across the table rips off his wig, and punches him in the nose.

Enrico swings at her with a beer bottle the Queen bashes 'him' with her Rod 'n Scepter!

...'fore ya knows it they's all kicking the crap out'a each other all over the floor.

Dear Marilyn was asleep in the ladies crapper, and missed the whole thing.

Jesus who was on the phone with his nosy Mother didn't notice, and the folks on stage had seen it all before. What the heck they'd already been paid.

Anyway in walks Zeus, and Yahweh...

( Marilyn, above, in Heaven.)

This an old story I like which I post around now, and then. 

A "FB" comrade commented...

Terrance White:

"Ha! An entirely anthropomorphic version of "Heaven," dear Uncle."

To which I in typical smarty pants fashion replied:

Well what else would they make for us? At least at first. Also it's a matter of point of view, and degree. East St. Louis in 1978 was at the time among the worst of American urban hells. However some peasants from 1438 Ipswich England dumped there would imagine they'd gone to heaven.

Fresh water miraculous machines everyone well dressed amazingly wealthy Moors great palaces everywhere, and free food. All that would actually be fire hydrants cars buses the ghetto underclass abandoned factories, and garbage.

Heaven or Hell as the Angels tell us depends on your point of view.