Here's an excerpt... you can see that I'm going all out on this one. A word of caution, though, the play contains adult content. It's written primarily for a gay audience and for those with open minds. It might offend some people.
"The Apotheosis of the American Cowboy"
Act III, Scene II - "Western Gotterdamerung"
[Set: The stage lights are down, and several volcanoes can be seen in the background. Lava glows as it spews forth from the volcanoes covering the stage. A broken highway runs down the center of the stage, and a collapsed roadside reads "Welcome to The End, Pardner!" The stage is covered with grey ash and wreckage. On the right side of the stage is a large lava pit, with glowing lights set inside to resemble lava. There are several cacti in the foreground. In the background, stage left, two ECTOPLASMS pulse meaningfully from side to side. Two HAPPY BEHEMOTHS, played by obese actors, frolic around the sides of the lava pit. Their heads are shaved bald and they wear tight leather costumes. Several FREEMASONS, wearing nothing but Masonic aprons, dance in a circle around a black obelisk in the background. Their butts are exposed The ANTICHRIST can still be seen, smiling with glee over the destruction he has wrought. A VAGRANT wanders along the side of the highway, stopping ocassionally to gape in terror at the HAPPY BEHEMOTHS.]
Chorus: [To the tune of Savior Machine's "Behold, a Pale Horse"; the music is a combination of country folk and doom metal.]
Behold!, A Cowboy comes!
Behold!, A Cowboy comes!
With Fire in His Eyes,
And Lightning in His Loins,
Behold!, A Cowboy Comes!
Behold!, A Cowboy Comes
[The COWBOY appears stage left, riding a winged horse suspended by wires from the cieling. Lightning flashes in the background. The COWBOY has reached the second state of APOTHEOSIS, and has now overcome the Hall of Illusion. His hat, bandana, and chaps are all white now, signifying purity, and he wears a black glove on one hand and a white glove on the other, symbolizing the reconciliation of duality in the person of the cowboy. A lightning bolt extends from between his legs, indcating virile lifeforce. He gestures upward with his white glove and downward with his black glove, imitating Eliphas Levi's drawning of THE BAPHOMET.]
Chorus: Behold!, A Cowboy Comes!
Behold!, A Cowboy Comes!
(etc.)
Cowboy: Violence reigns upon the earth,
Hell's fury has now split its girth,
But from above a cowboy dread,
Has won the battle inside his head!
Quake, ye mortals, tremble and despair,
The Cowboy comes as fast as a hair!
Immortal, glorious, pure in their sight,
The Cowboy comes to drive back the night!
[The Cowboy hefts the lightning bolt in his hand and hurls it into the stage, setting off a flurry of sparks and other pyrotechnic effects. The FREEMASONS continue to dance, but their dance becomes faster and more wild, and they slap their buttocks as they whirl around the obelisk. The HAPPY BEHEMOTHS giggle.]
Cowboy: And now in our story,
The final hour draws near!,
To light up a cigarette and grab yerself a beer!,
It's hell on earth,
But have no fear,
Like a light from heaven,
The Cowboy is here!
Once I was afraid, unsure of myself,
I did dumb things, and neglected my health,
But now I'm out and proud as can be,
I'll drop my chaps for all to see!
[The COWBOY and his horse land on top of the obelisk, above the dancing FREEMASONS. The COWBOY dismounts and leaps into the dancing throng. They ORGY and finally collapse in a heap, with the COWBOY grinning on top.]
Cowboy: Yeeeeeehaw! Come, forces of darkness,
Gather round, I, the Cowboy, will bring you down! With the light of wisdom and theosophical insight, I'll rain down arrows and arrows of light!
[The COWBOY lassoos the HAPPY BEHEMOTHS and, after a struggle, pulls them forward into the lava pit. They shriek and wave their tubby arms in the air as they slowly incinerate.]
Chorus: [Repeat lines from above.]
[The COWBOY charges after the ANTICHRIST, driving him off the stage. The COWBOY and the DRIFTER perform Folk Dance #4 (see musical insert), and then the COWBOY approaches the front of the stage. The COWBOY unzips and whizzes into the front row, aiming for an area of the audience designated as the 'splash zone' before the show.' The COWBOY then remounts his horse and ascends back to the ASTRAL HALLS.]
DRIFTER: Holy smoke,
That was no joke,
I'd tip my hat to that bloke!
[The ECTOPLASMS continue to pulse back and forth.]
ECTOPLASMS: [incomprehensible muttering.]
[End Scene II.]
