Between Me and the Sun

[glaenconer]

Liar

A short tribute to Brokeback Mountain the book and the Oscar-worthy film.

I ain’t queer.  Don’t know why I done what I done.  Was drunk and half-asleep.  He put my hand on his pecker.  He wanted it.  Told me he ain’t queer neither, but he sure ‘nough wanted it.  Let be.  Good supper tonight.  Like the way he fries up the spuds all crispy ‘

Comments

funny and sad at once

[ellenlj]

Ennis, I know why you're dragging your heels...

Thanks

Ellen

Re: funny and sad at once

[glaenconer]

I find the character of Ennis to be funny and sad all at once, much like one of John Irving's heroes, like T.S. Garp for instance. I also think of Ennis as a sort of samurai, fierce, taciturn and unyielding on the surface, but beneath he is a man capable of appreciating the finer things, if only he would allow it.

[jacksraven]

Mmm-hmm.

You know, I really love first-person POV, and I like how you write it. It's never sentimental, and often it is humorous, and I like how you capture the lies that Ennis tells himself--or the secrets that he hides from himself.

Thank you.

[glaenconer]

I'm honored to have you read and comment on my blurtings. I feel quite sure that "blurtings" is not a legitimate word, though it ought to be, and as I am not exactly a legitimate author, perhaps I might be granted its use. I don't wish to gush, but frankly, to have a writer of your talent remark favorably is a big "up" for me. I've discovered J Dog and Daddy and couldn't be more enchanted.