Freudian Slope
When angels go insane, what does the Great
Physician do? Does He invite them to
His soft, silk-covered couch, help them uncrate
Their dreams, discuss them, and reveal their true
Anxiety? Perhaps He gives warm drugs
Injected lovingly beneath their wings,
Or soothes them in group therapy with hugs
All round, puts them in padded rooms and sings
“The Lost Chord”* as a lovely lullaby.
Or maybe He employs a kindly trance
Induced by hypnosis to nullify
Their mental agony. Nope. Not a chance!
Instead he sends Archangel Micha-el
To sling the crazy buggers into Hell.
*Here you can hear The Treorchy Male Choir singing “The Lost Chord” (and see the words of the song) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMoH1h00dA
* Here you can see and hear the words of “The Lost Chord” by Sir Arthur Sullivan, this time being sung by an old-fashioned tenor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9L-L6X4xBY
* and then by a wonderful and famous Scottish tenor, Kenneth McKellar
*Here you can hear the song performed on a grand pipe organ only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4W_ZbUmKIM&list=TLPQMTIxMjIwMTkbUA_47oAk8Q&index=3