The Philosophical Strangler(118)
Get to the point!
ZULKEH OF GOIMR, PHYSICIAN:
Bah! Impudent imps!
Foul Vizier of Vileness!
I demand the truth, all
That is known in Hell
Anent the ancient Joe,
Who invented everything.
CEO OF THE INFERNAL REGIONS:
Not a chance, Zulkeh.
THE CHORUS OF IMPS:
What a clown!
What a clown!
ZULKEH OF GOIMR, PHYSICIAN:
Bah! Impudent archdevil!
Desist, Lord of Lies.
I am impatient, for even as
I pontificate in epic meter,
Time wanes.
CEO OF THE INFERNAL REGIONS:
I’m dying here. Dying!
Of laughter. Not a chance,
Zulkeh of Goimr. Ask me
Something serious.
ZULKEH OF GOIMR, PHYSICIAN:
Since you insist!
Where is fair Gwendolyn’s
Former squeeze?
THE CHORUS OF IMPS:
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Hee! Hee! Hee!
CEO OF THE INFERNAL REGIONS: