Daily (Wyatt Earp–style) Digital Life Litany for Protection, Direction and Stewardship

Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton

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Lord,
I’ve stood on dusty streets
at high noon,
waiting to see
who would draw first.

This new main street glows,
but it’s still full of drifters,
card sharks,
and folks looking for a fight.

Teach me to keep the peace
in this digital Dodge City.

When insults fly,
when tempers flare,
help me know
when to speak,
when to walk away,
and when to step between
the innocent and the bully.

Protect my “saloon”—
the places I gather online—
from becoming dens
of fraud and cruelty.

Let me set house rules:
no cheating,
no threats,
no easy access
to my family’s valuables.

Guard my own quick draw:
my replies, my posts,
my snap judgments.

A word sent in anger
can do more damage
than a bullet
in the right (or wrong) hands.

And grant that my stewardship
of this bright frontier
looks less like a vigilante
and more like a marshal:
slow to rage,
quick to protect,
committed to making this town—
this feed, this community—
a little safer
for whoever rides through.

AI‑assisted creative work: This litany is an imaginative parody pastiche using generative AI. It imitates the public persona of [Wyatt Earp] for commentary and devotional reflection. It is not created by or affiliated with [Wyatt Earp], and should not be taken as his real views or words.

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