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# The Arrival
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-arrival/
- Published: 2021-12-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: the road to hell ends at its gate no worries, you cannot be late no need to knock, like heaven's door they know you're coming from before the smell of sulfur -- that's the baths they are spread out along the paths and...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

the road to hell ends at its gate  
no worries, you cannot be late  
no need to knock, like heaven's door  
they know you're coming from before  
the smell of sulfur -- that's the baths  
they are spread out along the paths  
and lastly, please ignore the screams  
remember, nothing's as it seems

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**Author notes:** wc 53 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2795133-Hells-gate