Prelapsarian (supra) or postlapsarian (infra/sub) —
polysyllabic words for members of the club.
When did their tribal god decide in consultation
with other tribal deities, (was the total three?)
who got voted in and who would burn for eternity?
Was it before the fall
or after the fall
or, perhaps, such speculation
isn’t worth much at all.
He knew he never had the credential
but for awhile
it seemed providential
to be discussing such things esoteric —
which in hindsight really have scant merit.
But it was heady and fun
speculating on who would go to hell
and who would make that infinite, heavenly run.
Ah, the audacious musings of a young seminarian.