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║ Just Past The Gates Of Hell ║
║ by Lou C. Fer ║
║ ║
║ Good evening. I am glad that you could join me here in my ║
║ humble, if some- what warm abode. I do hope that you are able to ║
║ breathe easily, some find the odor of brimstone a bit nauseating ║
║ until they get used to it. You see, I am not used to getting ║
║ visitors here. Those who do come, do not come of their own ║
║ accord...and I find they are not at all in the mood for any type of ║
║ con- versation. But you did not come here to listen to my personal ║
║ dilemma's. So, sit back and relax, we can discuss other, more ║
║ interesting things. And please, call me Lou. ║
║ ║
║ I like to think of myself as a student of human nature. I've ║
║ spent a long, long time studying them. And although at times it can ║
║ be quite predictable, it is such a fascinating subject...wouldn't ║
║ you agree? I find it rather amazing how you can take one person, add ║
║ the opportunity to make some easy money and you wind up with one ║
║ greedy person. Take two people, add a little love and you get ║
║ jealousy..and jealousy can lead to all sorts of nasty consequences. ║
║ The list is endless. ║
║ ║
║ Human's have this morbid fascination with death and gore. I have ║
║ watched as people, who driving at a fast clip, will slow down to ║
║ gape at an accident on the opposite side of the parkway...hoping to ║
║ catch a glimpse of blood or a limb or two. Humans are both attracted ║
║ and repelled by gore. While death scares the hell out of them, they ║
║ are totally fascinated by it. People will go to the movies to have ║
║ the life scared out of them by some horrible creature that doesn't ║
║ exist...or rather that they prey doesn't exist. ║
║ ║
║ And let me be the first to congratulate them, they have come up ║
║ with some of the most fascinating things. Monsters of ever shape and ║
║ form known to man, and some that are unknown. They have monsters ║
║ from space, monsters from the sea and monsters from the earth ║
║ itself. Witches and warlocks make potions and cast spells, incense ║
║ curls to the roof as they mumble strange words over a boiling ║
║ cauldron. Large hairy beasts roam the frozen north, claiming them to ║
║ have 'bigfeet'. A strange serpent even swims the locks of the ║
║ highlands. ║
║ ║
║ They have created a world of vampires, werewolves, zombies and ║
║ ghouls. All of these creatures and more walk the earth in search of ║
║ human prey, and to scare them to death. They tell their children ║
║ horror stories at night before putting them down to bed. They tell ║
║ them if they don't behave, some creature with 6 arms and 100 eyes ║
║ lurks in their closet, waiting to pounce on them. It amazes me how ║
║ many things they have come up with in order to scare and frighten ║
║ themselves. ║
║ ║
║ The men of the spiritual natures have created a 'devil' and the ║
║ world in which he rules, hell. They comfort you with the knowledge ║
║ that should you misbehave during life...your sure to burn in hell ║
║ throughout eternity. Such wonderful imagination humans have! But you ║
║ know what is the most frightening creature of all? It's not one from ║
║ some deep depraved mind, nor is from a some wild and wonderful ║
║ imagination. All mankind has to do in order to see the worst monster ║
║ of all is to look in the mirror. ║
║ ║
║ Throughout time and history man has accomplished more horror and ║
║ death than all your imagined horrors combined. It will not be a ║
║ space ship from another planet or a monster from the depths of the ║
║ sea that destroy mankind. It will be mankind itself. Since the dawn ║
║ of man, he has found more ways and reasons to kill than any other ║
║ creature to walk the earth. He will lie, cheat, steal, step on, step ║
║ over, bribe, connive or anything else it takes in order to be able ║
║ to stand just a little higher than his fellow man. Amazing, isn't ║
║ it? ║
║ ║
║ He will smile and shake your hand with one of his own, all the ║
║ while his other hand is plunging a rather sharp object into your ║
║ back. He crumbles and gives in to his vices, greed and emotions. Man ║
║ has spawned many monsters, Jack the Ripper, Son of Sam, Charles ║
║ Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer just to name a few. Man has also spawned ║
║ many 'career' monsters as well, Al Capone, Bugs Moran, Bonnie and ║
║ Clyde just to name a few. Yes, man is an evil creature and he has ║
║ proven this time after time. The human animal can be just that, an ║
║ animal. (And that is an insult to animals everywhere) ║
║ ║
║ Well, I can see that the heat and brimstone are starting to get ║
║ to you. I am glad we had this chance to chat..I do hope you can ║
║ return another time, so we can look further into this monster we ║
║ call 'man'. I will be looking forward to seeing you again...Good ║
║ night and pleasant dreams. ║
║ ║
║ Lou ║
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