Lou Holtz who was a great football coach
Said that the most important relationship
In your life is with God because God has
Keep batting your head against the wall
By disobeying God which will never work?
Why keep eating your heart out uselessly?
John Milton makes much the same point
In Paradise Lost where the Devil actually
Knows full well that God has all the power
But he still pig-headedly brings about an
Epic mess of everything with his puerile
Attention-getting behavior caused by
A pathetic need for self-aggrandizement.
However there is a scene in Paradise Lost
Where the Devil has some doubts about
Whether to make the mess and although
He does finally decide to make it anyway
We can recall how Lou Holtz says that
The second most important relationship
In your life (after God) is with your spouse.
If the Devil had a spouse she could have
Talked him out of his infamous scheme;
I think a whore-with-a heart-of gold such as
Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity who
Won an Academy Award in 1953 could have
Swayed the Devil since that kind of woman
Is impossible to resist! Yes, even for the Devil!
Le diable admire une femme qui peut être à la fois mère et putain.
Posted by: David Lehman | August 18, 2023 at 10:54 AM