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The ritual feast is pureed.
Last Beltaine the coven
decided it would be nice to go out to dinner to celebrate.
The last time you tried
to do a spiral dance your oxygen feeds got tangled.
Viagra is kept in the
coven supplies.
The maiden of the coven
is a grandmother.
The ritual room is outfitted
with defibrillators.
The coveners drive their
RV's to Scottsdale for Mabon.
When you are at a festival
you go to bed at sunset.
It takes the whole coven
to move the cauldron.
The high priest still
has a vendetta going against Richard Nixon.
You find yourself using
your pendulum over the stock pages in the newspaper.
You tell an initiate
that in your day you had to slog through five feet of snow uphill
both ways when you did a Yule ritual.
You drop your teeth in
the ritual cup.
At Samhain you see more
of your coveners in the Wild Hunt than you do in circle.
You put your athame in
the chalice during ritual but you can't remember why.
You hold an all night
blow-out drum frenzy and none of your neighbors noticed.
You use Glenn Miller
records for trance music.
All of your ritual robes
are tie-dyed
Your coven has a 401(k)
retirement plan.
A nitro pill vial replaces
the crystal on your pendant.
No one's successfully
jumped the Beltaine fire since 1983.
When the coven sings,
"Creak and groan, creak and groan . . ."
When you set comfy chairs
around the circle.
When you sit on the floor
and can't get up again.
You do anointings with
Aspercreme.
The oak tree your coven
planted died of old age.
You use Bran Muffins
and Prune Juice for Cakes & Ale because you need the extra fiber.
You don't use salt to
consecrate you altar because you need to stay away from extra sodium.
You use a walker during
the Wild Hunt
You prefer to rent a
Hall for rituals because the bathrooms are closer.
You need a flashlight
to find the candles.
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