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billy wasn't a catholic, even though he grew up with a ghastly crucifix on the wall. his father had no religion. his mother was a substitute organist for several churches around town. she took billy with her whenever she played, taught him to play a little, too. she said she was going to join a church as soon as she decided which one was right.
she never did decide. she did develop a terrific hankering for a crucifix, though. and she bought one from a santa fe gift shop during a trip the little family made out West during the great depression. like so many, americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.
and the crucifix went up on the wall of billy pilgrim.
- kurt vonnegut, jr., slaughterhouse-five p 36
posted July 17, 2005 in print.