In paradise the work week is fixed at thirty hours br salaries are higher prices steadily go down br manual labour is not tiring (because of reduced gravity) br chopping wood is no harder than typing br the social system is stable and the rulers are wise br really in paradise one is better off than in whatever country br br br At first it was to have been different br luminous circles choirs and degrees of abstraction br but they were not able to separate exactly br the soul from the flesh and so it would come here br with a drop of fat a thread of muscle br it was necessary to face the consequences br to mix a grain of the absolute with a grain of clay br one more departure from doctrine the last departure br only John foresaw it: you will be resurrected in the flesh br br br not many behold God br he is only for those of 100 per cent pneuma br the rest listen to communiqués about miracles and floods br some day God will be seen by all br when it will happen nobody knows br br br As it is now every Saturday at noon br sirens sweetly bellow br and from the factories go the heavenly proletarians br awkwardly under their arms they carry their wings like violinsbr br Zbigniew Herbertbr br