The Hamlet Project

6 am: Time to flambé!
The torture of the afterlife is very regimented.
You get some time to haunt your old battlements –
Do some stalking, some sorrowful faces, some almost speaking
And then back on the clock for fiery torment
When you’ve done your hours in the furnace,
You can punch out for the night – go back to haunting if you like.
This is not free form torture
No, sir – every minute is scheduled –
So you feel each second, note each hour passing
(Or not passing) like a terrible job that will never end.
Poor ghosts punching the Inferno Time Clock.