So Wrong about Thomas Merton’s Death

To the tune of Patsy Cline’s “So Wrong.”

We’ve been so wrong

For so long;

So many have lied

About how Merton died,

We were wrong, oh so wrong.

We’ve been so wrong

For so long.

How could we guess that they’d fool us like this?

We were wrong.

No shower-wet hand

Ever touched a bad fan.

That was just a ruse.

What Merton got

Was the fruit of a plot.

You must know whose.

We were so wrong

For so long;

Now we’ve seen the light,

And we must make it right.

We were wrong.

No shower-wet hand

Ever touched a bad fan.

That was just a ruse.

What Merton got

Was the fruit of a plot.

You must know whose.

We were so wrong

For so long;

Now we’ve seen the light,

And we must make it right.

We were wrong.

David Martin

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