John Wayne Meets Geronimo (A Latin Masque)

The Scene:   A dusty cantina somewhere near the border of Arizona & Mexico.   John Wayne enters.   Geronimo is drinking mescal at the bar.

GERONIMO - In vino veritas.
JOHN WAYNE - Age quod agis.
GERONIMO - Credat judaeus Apella, non ego.
JOHN WAYNE - Eventus stultorum magister.
GERONIMO - In pace requiescat.

They stand there staring at one another while Buddy Holly's That'll Be The Day plays on the jukebox.



                  [The Latin is lifted from that great Roman revenge tragedy Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell & Val Kilmer]