Abstractions by Night

“He was blind in this world, but he can see in the next. Tell us what you see." The man is staring out the glassless window of the concrete shelter. Through the window we see a red sky and a yellow sun. Underneath is a koala bear sitting in an acacia tree. The koala bear smiles and - in his immaculately soothing voice - says, "When we die we cross over to our own world, and you to yours. Why would you want to come to our world, where the animals differ so greatly after millions of years of separate evolutions?"