Friday, November 19, 2010

Sternum - Short Story Excerpt Two



I watched this thing on the Discovery Channel. It said that in the 6th Century, some theologian decided there were three kinds of angels, whose only shared gift was the ability to see beyond a mortal timeline.

If that's all it takes to be an angel, where is my halo?

Anyway, the three kinds broke down like this.

The first kind is represented by wavelengths of light and force fields and frequencies of sound. These kind spew vibrations. Like, waves of devoted love into the universe. The devil was this kind of angel before he fell. They are the most powerful, to be feared, and kind of like God, only less of a fucking show-off.

The second kind live between the heaven and human world, like a go-between. They strike a balance between matter and spirit, good and bad. Its a lot of work jumping between the worlds, but someone has to do it. The coolest part is that they take orders from the angels above and convert them into miracles for the deserving. That's cool, right? Like Jesus.

The last kind are guardian angels, which apparently, we all have. Mine's out for a smoke, I'm sure of it. But these ones are pretty badass because, like us, they're vulnerable to sin. They look like humans, too. Some are Archangels and they deal with human rights issues. You could argue Martin Luther King was an Archangel. You could maybe make a case for Dave Chappelle.

When I turned off the t.v, I thought two things.

One, who died and made that theologian king? Like how do we know there are only three kinds?

And two, what kind was she?

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