People are going to think I’m a Virgo or something….
1. There’s a drag king show tonight at the Shim Sham (though I can’t seem to find it listed anywhere online or in print). Be there. I guess.
2. For your personal amusement, check the writings of John Sanchez on Arts and Leisure. Aunt Jemima…ha!
3. For your personal edification: a selection from The Hermit Songs, op. 29, by Samuel Barber:
The Heavenly Banquet
[Attributed to St. Brigid, 10th century
Translated by Sean O’Faolain]I would like to have the men of Heaven in my own house;
with vats of good cheer laid out for them.
I would like to have the three Marys, their fame is so great.
I would like people from every corner of Heaven.
I would like them to be cheerful in their drinking.
I would like to have Jesus sitting here among them.
I would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings.
I would like to be watching Heaven’s family
Drinking it through all eternity.
Sounds like a pious Elsa Maxwell on her fourth glass of sherry describing her fantasy dinner party. Or Jerry Falwell after a six-pack.
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