The Neutral Angels of Hell's Vestibule

Inferno Canto III; the neutral angels; The Burnout Society; "the late-modern achievement subject"; the hell of believing in nothing but the self; love

And he to me: “This miserable mode
    Maintain the melancholy souls of those
    Who lived withouten infamy or praise.

Commingled are they with that caitiff choir
    Of Angels, who have not rebellious been,
    Nor faithful were to God, but were for self.

—Inferno, Canto III

to hide in caves,
but with unbroken will,

with unbowed head, watched
and though unaware…