[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Alas! To shatter his homey image of Merton! I recollect that Thomas Merton died of electrocution (frayed fan cord) while in India as a delegate to a conference discussing rapprochment between Hinduism and Catholocism. Perhaps trying to cool off from a sweat produced by some curry dish. (Would this have happened had he stayed home and stuck to his Kentucky 40 proof fruitcake? )

[kitkat]

***(Would this have happened had he stayed home and stuck to his Kentucky
40 proof fruitcake? )***

Somehow, I doubt that Merton ever made fruitcakes in the monestary. I mean...I just can't see a Merton poem that says:

Sweet brother, if I cannot sleep
My eyes will be coins to buy some citron