Lucifer’s letter to the Lord

8th January 2006,

Well... it seems we have now reached an impasse , yet again, my Dear (I always get frazzled at this point , excuse the quasi-offensive endearment)... let us just say my "respected" nemesis and creator- it shall work, as it has in the past.

I must acknowledge...you have made your point. Clearly I could not help but observe your nocuous attempts to get their attention, yet I have to say (pardon the rapscallion jab) but you are losing your touch, my friend. No subtlety ...absolutely none at all. They must have really done something this time, or is it me again? or are you just getting desperate?

The past few years, none can really refute, not even you- have proven to be in my favor...since I assume we are still keeping score. The perpetual nomenclature of "one-ups" chalks up to me, I believe. Gabriel so much as outright admitted it to my face. We both had a fair musing on the irony that I somehow manage to start such deliciously capricious feuds, completely in "your" name, we both know I have my gifts, you always said I was "rather" good with irony. However I can only assume by your most recent actions that you mean to teach them a lesson, put them in their place, per se.

I confess I am rather confounded, I really would have thought even YOU would have learned your lesson by now. They never 'do' get your subtext, if it was hard for Abraham, trust me 'they' wont get it, they hardly even listen to anything...He sat listening "only" for you! I bet you miss that, even though your stubborn self wont admit it! However I must bow down on this, the spectacles have been grand- as usual, mammoth was always a good look on you. Hurricane- followed by tornado's capped off with earthquakes...finally playing, are we? Granted you always manage to "one-up" me on "carthage" when the gloves really come off, but then again it isn’t as if I've disputed the point- your prerogative, I figure.

However I am writing simply to confirm something, how much longer are we to wait on this? I thought you had already decided to close-up shop? I’m thinking since I haven’t been informed otherwise- that the dates are still set. So I ask, what is all this then? going out with guns blazing, or are you still hoping for one last moment of enlightenment on their behalf...sigh, your faith in them never ceases to amaze me! But I suppose we both need to get going, then. As for your "let's stay out of this now, give them space, "sit-back-so" diatribe", I don’t think you ought to be surprised to find that I fear I cannot go along with you on that one. Call it my "Hippocratic Oath", I fully acknowledge I need to work twice as hard as you do, so call it my grudge against divine superiority, if you will. Just call it, ok?

I do have one request though..."do" stop with all the inducted theatrics, we both agree this is "your" epoch, I don’t need the fireworks to prove it... I hear you, loud and clear sensei. We both know you have dibs on the "special effects" conundrum, and it’s disconcerting to see you play my game. No really, it is! I grant you, I did not see it coming, you've been so chilled out for so long.

As an added afterthought I was wondering if the whole "women/ feminist" thing is going to come into play in the finale... or do you choose not to disclose? See …I do need to work harder, since you invent the rules, breaking them always requires an added ingenuity on my part. No worries, am FINALLY getting used to your wiles.

Btw (do you know they're actually "formally" using the abbreviated versions now? of course, you know! but its still worth mention...whatever you say, I still think the internet worked more in my favor than yours- btw...HA!) you must catch "Day after tomorrow" I had oodles of fun seeing how 'they' thought it would fall "out" of place, you might get some new ideas, although come to think of it you already inspired those ones...for the record, I’ve seen you do better.

Catch you at the finish line.

PS: wont be able to make it to the next meeting, I’m kind of working on a clock, seeing as you don’t work with "time" I know you'll excuse me on this. Plus we always end up arguing anyway and it’s getting redundant, even I get bored now...we need to spice it up, what say you?

xoxoxoxo (how trite of me)
signed
Beelzebub, Lucifer, Satan

Still reigning ...Prince of Darkness