A message, 
     entrusted to the spirit of Markon 
          (recently deceased), 
     to the infernal daimones of the Underworld:
Heed you now this prayer 
     that a woman named Thetima 
          (and all other women, 
          including widows and maidens, 
          but most especially Thetima) 
     should be prevented by all possible means 
     from marrying a man named Dionysophon,
with the proviso that said Dionysophon 
     should instead fall in love 
     with a woman named Dagina, 
          who surely deserves better 
          than her miserable and lonely life,
and that said Dionysophon and said Dagina 
     should themselves be married, 
and that their marriage 
     should be blessed with happiness,
and that they should grow old together,
and that said Dionysophon 
     should never desire any other woman,
and that said Thetima 
     should suffer a painful death 
          very, very soon, 
     amen!
Greg R. Fishbone
July 2020