hell, n.All

Hell is a police institution conceived to inspire fear in this world. But the worst of it all is that it no longer frightens anyone, and therefore it will have to be closed down.

Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling.

Hell is God's absence.

Hell is an invention derived from the cruelty which is man's very essence. Hell thus stands alongside bullfights and crucifixions as man's very heaven.

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

Hell is a place to go to for the company, heaven for the climate.

Hell is blocked from doing so.

Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling... and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by ramadans.