Variety of Hells.(Poem)

From: The Christian Century | Date: July 12, 2005| Author: Essbaum, Jill Alexander | Copyright information 
 
Variety of Hells 
 
   Hell: the inescapable presence of God 
   endured in the permanent absence of him. 
 
   A hell where your name is forgotten. 
   Worse, the hell that remembers you. 
   Every rotten scheme your hands laid plan to. 
 
   Then, a hell for omissive sins. 
   All what you meant to do ...

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