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.
to hide in caves,
but with unbroken will,
with unbowed head, watched
and though unaware…