An angel came to me last night
Who played the role angels classically play
Deliverer of threatening messages
Issued by the Most High
A being of indeterminate gender
Or rather of no gender not having evolved
From earlier vertebrates
And yet its eyes nose mouth feet and hands
Were all in the normal places
Uncannily tall thin yellowish and translucent
The angel wore a trapezoidal caftan
When it spoke I could not make out the words
I checked to see whether my hearing aids were in
They were
How odd I thought for a messenger
To emit unintelligible speech
And why should the Almighty
Need to rely on servants

An old man said I dreamed of an angel
That means I will die soon
But no need for an immortal to disclose
The brevity of life on earth