Truman and Lynne, I would love to have a Cult evening one of those nights in Alberta. I'd welcome ideas on what to do, striking a balance between the serious and humorouss aspects of our Cult.
That's a most valid point you're making there, Meryl. When I wrote my Brokeback Prayer, I meant it to be taken very seriously - reverently, in fact. However, when I posted it over at David's blog (I wanted to share it with the nice folks over there), David's reaction was to wail with laughter LOL. I think he thought I was satirising the Lord's Prayer (I wasn't LOL). Turned out that David had some pretty horrendous experiences with the Catholic education system whilst growing up, and was probably somewhat bemused by a prayer (first time?) being posted at his blog. I ended-up laughing along with David. I could appreciate where he was coming from. As I said to him in a pm, "Laughter is always better than tears."
However, having said that, my Brokeback Prayer is, for me, a very
serious aspect of the Cult. In fact, I carry a copy of it in my wallet.
I have a terrible confession to make. As an indication of how long it's been since last I recited the Lord's Prayer, I went and left two lines out of the previously posted version. Here's the revised, corrected version:
Our Brokeback
Which art in Wyoming
Hallowed be thine Icy Peaks
Thy Snow-Melt come
Thy will be done on Grand Teton
As it was in the Big Horn Mountains
Give us this day our daily Beans
And forgive us our four years in the Wilderness
As we forgive those who bear tire-irons against us
And lead us not into the Grieving Plain
But deliver us from Childress and Riverton
For thine is the Love between Cowboys
The Love between sweet Jack and Ennis
For ever and ever
Yee-HawLots of Love,
Kerry