“It doesn’t make any difference which one you choose,” said St. Peter, “I only give them out as souvenirs. A feather doesn’t really help you to fly. It just gives you confidence. The rest is up to you.”

THE FUTURE

Far in the depths of the dark green sea

A forest of scrawny weeds

Imprisons a giant and holds him fast,

Twine themselves round his knotted hand

And chain him down to their sunless land

Where the waves rush raging past.

His face is hard with deep’ning lines,

And his eyes are glazed with slime,