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author | Case Duckworth | 2015-03-06 22:08:20 -0700 |
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committer | Case Duckworth | 2015-03-06 22:08:20 -0700 |
commit | e01ed83975933e4c8eafcda7950db98342ddfd63 (patch) | |
tree | 0739c8cea3fb07b5ee48870ed096b093e33e8c3b | |
parent | Change compile.sh to also compile RIVER files (diff) | |
download | autocento-e01ed83975933e4c8eafcda7950db98342ddfd63.tar.gz autocento-e01ed83975933e4c8eafcda7950db98342ddfd63.zip |
Switch to compile.lua for reasons
139 files changed, 33795 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/TODO.html b/.TODO.html index dac453f..d36e451 100644 --- a/TODO.html +++ b/.TODO.html | |||
@@ -32,17 +32,23 @@ | |||
32 | <h1 id="things-still-to-do-for-autocento.me">THINGS STILL TO DO FOR AUTOCENTO.ME</h1> | 32 | <h1 id="things-still-to-do-for-autocento.me">THINGS STILL TO DO FOR AUTOCENTO.ME</h1> |
33 | <ul> | 33 | <ul> |
34 | <li>Link old poems to new poems</li> | 34 | <li>Link old poems to new poems</li> |
35 | <li>add colors to projects’ css | 35 | <li>add colors & background-colors to projects’ css</li> |
36 | <li>add a “notes” or “about” page</li> | ||
37 | <li>do something about verse: | ||
36 | <ul> | 38 | <ul> |
37 | <li>and background colors</li> | 39 | <li><code>s,<p>\(.*<br />\),<div class="stanza"><p class="line">\1,</code> ?</li> |
40 | <li><code>s,<br />,</p><p class="line">,</code> ?</li> | ||
38 | </ul></li> | 41 | </ul></li> |
39 | <li>add index page with all pieces</li> | 42 | <li>think about –html-q-tags option for pandoc</li> |
40 | <li>add a “notes” or “about” page</li> | 43 | <li>think about changing nav links::after to borders |
41 | <li>think about –html-q-tags option for pandoc | ||
42 | <ul> | 44 | <ul> |
43 | <li>and –ascii option</li> | 45 | <li>and change :hover thing to contrast hovered navlinks</li> |
44 | </ul></li> | 46 | </ul></li> |
45 | </ul> | 47 | </ul> |
48 | <h2 id="done">Done</h2> | ||
49 | <ul> | ||
50 | <li><del>add index page with all pieces</del></li> | ||
51 | </ul> | ||
46 | </section> | 52 | </section> |
47 | 53 | ||
48 | <nav> | 54 | <nav> |
diff --git a/compile.lua b/compile.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f70cfbc --- /dev/null +++ b/compile.lua | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ | |||
1 | #!/usr/bin/env lua | ||
2 | -- A compiler for Autocento of the breakfast table | ||
3 | -- written in Lua (because we can, and because | ||
4 | -- it's good practice for Functional Programming) | ||
5 | -- ((OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, GAHD)) | ||
6 | -- vim: fdm=indent | ||
7 | |||
8 | dir = "/d/Copy/writing/autocento/" | ||
9 | |||
10 | function filterout (list, filter) | ||
11 | local output = {} | ||
12 | for _,v in ipairs(list) do | ||
13 | if not string.match(v, filter) then | ||
14 | -- table.insert Y U NO WORK? | ||
15 | output[#output + 1] = v | ||
16 | end | ||
17 | end | ||
18 | return output | ||
19 | end | ||
20 | function intable (table, item) | ||
21 | for k,v in pairs(table) do | ||
22 | if v == item then return k end | ||
23 | end | ||
24 | return false | ||
25 | end | ||
26 | function tabsub (table, pattern, replace) | ||
27 | local output = {} | ||
28 | for k,v in pairs(table) do | ||
29 | output[k] = v:gsub(pattern, replace) | ||
30 | end | ||
31 | return output | ||
32 | end | ||
33 | |||
34 | function compile (files, output_fmt, extension, template, args) | ||
35 | local errors = {} | ||
36 | if template then table.insert(args, 'template="'..template..'"') end | ||
37 | for _, file in pairs(files) do | ||
38 | local pandoc_run = { | ||
39 | 'pandoc', | ||
40 | '-f markdown', | ||
41 | '-t '..output_fmt, | ||
42 | table.concat(tabsub(args, "^", "--"), ' '), | ||
43 | '-o '..file:gsub('^.*/(.-)%.%a+', '%1.'..extension), | ||
44 | file | ||
45 | } | ||
46 | print("Compiling "..file.." to ".. extension) | ||
47 | -- print(table.concat(pandoc_run, ' ')) | ||
48 | os.execute(table.concat(pandoc_run, ' ')) | ||
49 | end | ||
50 | end | ||
51 | |||
52 | function move (files, new_dir) | ||
53 | local exe = {} | ||
54 | for _,file in pairs(files) do | ||
55 | print("Moving "..file.." to "..new_dir.."/ ..") | ||
56 | table.insert(exe, 'mv '..file..' '..new_dir..'/') | ||
57 | end | ||
58 | os.execute(table.concat(exe, ' && ')) | ||
59 | -- print(table.concat(exe, '; ')) | ||
60 | end | ||
61 | |||
62 | function lozenge (files) | ||
63 | local output = 'var files=[' | ||
64 | for _,file in pairs(files) do | ||
65 | output = output .. file:gsub('.*', '"%0",') | ||
66 | end | ||
67 | output = output:gsub(',$', ']') | ||
68 | return output | ||
69 | end | ||
70 | |||
71 | local files = filterout(arg, '^%-') | ||
72 | if not files or #files == 0 then | ||
73 | print("> No file list. WUT?") | ||
74 | os.exit(1) | ||
75 | end | ||
76 | local args = filterout(arg, '^[^%-]') | ||
77 | if not args or #args == 0 or args == {'-all'} then | ||
78 | args = { | ||
79 | '-html', | ||
80 | '-river', | ||
81 | '-lozenge', | ||
82 | } | ||
83 | end | ||
84 | |||
85 | if intable(args, '-html') then | ||
86 | print("Compiling HTML ... ") | ||
87 | compile(files, "html5", "html", ".template.html", { "smart", "mathml" }) | ||
88 | -- move(tabsub(files,'^.*/(.*)%.txt','%1.html'), ".") | ||
89 | end | ||
90 | if intable(args, '-river') then | ||
91 | print("Compiling RIVER ... ") | ||
92 | compile(files, "lua/river.lua", "river", nil, {}) | ||
93 | move(tabsub(files,'^.*/(.*)%.txt','%1.river'), "river") | ||
94 | end | ||
95 | if intable(args, '-lozenge') then | ||
96 | print("Updating lozenge.js with file list ... ") | ||
97 | -- TODO | ||
98 | end | ||
diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh index e6b3141..51a94f7 100644 --- a/compile.sh +++ b/compile.sh | |||
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ echo | |||
22 | echo "Moving files to build directory ..." | 22 | echo "Moving files to build directory ..." |
23 | mv src/{.[!.]*,*}.html ./ | 23 | mv src/{.[!.]*,*}.html ./ |
24 | echo "Moving RIVERs to river/ ..." | 24 | echo "Moving RIVERs to river/ ..." |
25 | mv src/{.[!.]*,*}.river river/ | 25 | mv src/*.river river/ |
26 | rm src/*.river | ||
26 | echo "Concatenating and counting rivers ..." | 27 | echo "Concatenating and counting rivers ..." |
27 | cat river/*.river | \ | 28 | cat river/*.river | \ |
28 | sed -e "s/^\s\+//" -e "s/\s\+$//" -e 's/--\+/\n/g' | \ | ||
29 | sort | uniq -c | sort >river/COUNTS.txt | 29 | sort | uniq -c | sort >river/COUNTS.txt |
30 | echo "Finished compiling $num files." | 30 | echo "Finished compiling $num files." |
31 | ############################################### | 31 | ############################################### |
diff --git a/hymnal.html b/hymnal.html index d03e394..72c9027 100644 --- a/hymnal.html +++ b/hymnal.html | |||
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ | |||
33 | </header> | 33 | </header> |
34 | 34 | ||
35 | <section class="thing prose"> | 35 | <section class="thing prose"> |
36 | <p><em>It’s all <a href="joke.html">jokes</a></em> Paul wrote in what he was now calling his Hymnal. He had been writing non-stop all day, because he didn’t count pee- or cigarette- breaks. <em>All art is an inside joke. The symbology involved must be</em>—and here he put down his pen and held his head in his hands. He could never think of the word—he said often that he had no words. He opened to a new page in his Hymnal. On the top of it was written in bold script <em><strong>HYMN 386: JOKES</strong></em>.</p> | 36 | <p><em>It’s all <a href="joke.html">jokes</a></em> Paul wrote in what he was now calling his Hymnal. He had been writing non-stop all day, because he didn’t count pee or cigarette breaks. <em>All art is an inside joke. The symbology involved must be</em>—and here he put down his pen and held his head in his hands. He could never think of the word—he said often that he had no words. He opened to a new page in his Hymnal. On the top of it was written in bold script <em><strong>HYMN 386: JOKES</strong></em>.</p> |
37 | <p>Paul scowled. Who had written in his Hymnal? he wondered. He said it out loud a moment after: “Who has written in my Hymnal?” He realized he was alone in his Writing Shack, which was really a shed in the back of his mother’s garden. He wondered why he had to say his thoughts before they became real to him (if this was a habit or an inborn trait). He realized simultaneously that</p> | 37 | <p>Paul scowled. Who had written in his Hymnal? he wondered. He said it out loud a moment after: “Who has written in my Hymnal?” He realized he was alone in his Writing Shack, which was really a shed in the back of his mother’s garden. He wondered why he had to say his thoughts before they became real to him (if this was a habit or an inborn trait). He realized simultaneously that</p> |
38 | <ol type="a"> | 38 | <ol type="a"> |
39 | <li>he could ask someone and</li> | 39 | <li>he could ask someone and</li> |
diff --git a/js/lozenge.js b/js/lozenge.js index 8683497..8b89350 100644 --- a/js/lozenge.js +++ b/js/lozenge.js | |||
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ | |||
7 | function lozenge() { | 7 | function lozenge() { |
8 | var lozenge = document.getElementById('lozenge'); | 8 | var lozenge = document.getElementById('lozenge'); |
9 | // array with all files {{{ | 9 | // array with all files {{{ |
10 | var files=["100-lines.html", "TODO.html", "about-the-author.html", "amber-alert.html", "and.html", "angeltoabraham.html", "apollo11.html", "arspoetica.html", "art.html", "axe.html", "big-dipper.html", "boar.html", "boy_bus.html", "building.html", "call-me-aural-pleasure.html", "cereal.html", "cold-wind.html", "creation-myth.html", "deadman.html", "death-zone.html", "deathstrumpet.html", "dream.html", "early.html", "elegyforanalternateself.html", "epigraph.html", "ex-machina.html", "exasperated.html", "father.html", "feedingtheraven.html", "finding-the-lion.html", "fire.html", "found-typewriter-poem.html", "hands.html", "hard-game.html", "hardware.html", "howithappened.html", "howtoread.html", "hymnal.html", "i-am.html", "i-think-its-you.html", "i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html", "in-bed.html", "index.html", "initial-conditions.html", "january.html", "joke.html", "lappel-du-vide.html", "largest-asteroid.html", "last-bastion.html", "last-passenger.html", "leaf.html", "leg.html", "likingthings.html", "listen.html", "love-as-god.html", "lovesong.html", "man.html", "moon-drowning.html", "moongone.html", "mountain.html", "movingsideways.html", "music-433.html", "no-nothing.html", "notes.html", "nothing-is-ever-over.html", "onformalpoetry.html", "options.html", "ouroboros_memory.html", "paul.html", "philosophy.html", "phone.html", "planks.html", "plant.html", "poetry-time.html", "prelude.html", "problems.html", "proverbs.html", "punch.html", "purpose-dogs.html", "question.html", "real-writer.html", "reports.html", "riptide_memory.html", "ronaldmcdonald.html", "roughgloves.html", "sapling.html", "seasonal-affective-disorder.html", "sense-of-it.html", "serengeti.html", "shed.html", "shipwright.html", "sixteenth-chapel.html", "snow.html", "something-simple.html", "spittle.html", "squirrel.html", "stagnant.html", "statements-frag.html", "stayed-on-the-bus.html", "stump.html", "swansong-alt.html", "swansong.html", "swear.html", "table_contents.html", "tapestry.html", "telemarketer.html", "the-night-we-met.html", "the-sea_the-beach.html", "theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html", "time-looks-up-to-the-sky.html", "todaniel.html", "toilet.html", "toothpaste.html", "treatise.html", "underwear.html", "wallpaper.html", "weplayedthosegamestoo.html", "when-im-sorry-i.html", "window.html", "words-meaning.html", "worse-looking-over.html", "writing.html", "x-ray.html", "yellow.html"] | 10 | var files=["100-lines.html", "about-the-author.html", "amber-alert.html", "and.html", "angeltoabraham.html", "apollo11.html", "arspoetica.html", "art.html", "axe.html", "big-dipper.html", "boar.html", "boy_bus.html", "building.html", "call-me-aural-pleasure.html", "cereal.html", "cold-wind.html", "creation-myth.html", "deadman.html", "death-zone.html", "deathstrumpet.html", "dream.html", "early.html", "elegyforanalternateself.html", "epigraph.html", "ex-machina.html", "exasperated.html", "father.html", "feedingtheraven.html", "finding-the-lion.html", "fire.html", "found-typewriter-poem.html", "hands.html", "hard-game.html", "hardware.html", "howithappened.html", "howtoread.html", "hymnal.html", "i-am.html", "i-think-its-you.html", "i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html", "in-bed.html", "index.html", "initial-conditions.html", "january.html", "joke.html", "lappel-du-vide.html", "largest-asteroid.html", "last-bastion.html", "last-passenger.html", "leaf.html", "leg.html", "likingthings.html", "listen.html", "love-as-god.html", "lovesong.html", "man.html", "moon-drowning.html", "moongone.html", "mountain.html", "movingsideways.html", "music-433.html", "no-nothing.html", "notes.html", "nothing-is-ever-over.html", "onformalpoetry.html", "options.html", "ouroboros_memory.html", "paul.html", "philosophy.html", "phone.html", "planks.html", "plant.html", "poetry-time.html", "prelude.html", "problems.html", "proverbs.html", "punch.html", "purpose-dogs.html", "question.html", "real-writer.html", "reports.html", "riptide_memory.html", "ronaldmcdonald.html", "roughgloves.html", "sapling.html", "seasonal-affective-disorder.html", "sense-of-it.html", "serengeti.html", "shed.html", "shipwright.html", "sixteenth-chapel.html", "snow.html", "something-simple.html", "spittle.html", "squirrel.html", "stagnant.html", "statements-frag.html", "stayed-on-the-bus.html", "stump.html", "swansong-alt.html", "swansong.html", "swear.html", "table_contents.html", "tapestry.html", "telemarketer.html", "the-night-we-met.html", "the-sea_the-beach.html", "theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html", "time-looks-up-to-the-sky.html", "todaniel.html", "toilet.html", "toothpaste.html", "treatise.html", "underwear.html", "wallpaper.html", "weplayedthosegamestoo.html", "when-im-sorry-i.html", "window.html", "words-meaning.html", "worse-looking-over.html", "writing.html", "x-ray.html", "yellow.html"] |
11 | // }}} | 11 | // }}} |
12 | 12 | ||
13 | var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * files.length); | 13 | var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * files.length); |
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ if (current != files[index]) { | |||
23 | window.onload = function () { | 23 | window.onload = function () { |
24 | lozenge() | 24 | lozenge() |
25 | }; | 25 | }; |
26 | |||
27 | |||
diff --git a/lua/allwords.lua b/lua/allwords.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b87f08a --- /dev/null +++ b/lua/allwords.lua | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ | |||
1 | function allwords () | ||
2 | local line = io.read() | ||
3 | local pos = 1 | ||
4 | return function () | ||
5 | while line do | ||
6 | local s, e = string.find(line, "%w+", pos) | ||
7 | if s then | ||
8 | pos = e + 1 | ||
9 | return string.sub(line, s, e) | ||
10 | else | ||
11 | line = io.read() | ||
12 | pos = 1 | ||
13 | end | ||
14 | end | ||
15 | return nil | ||
16 | end | ||
17 | end | ||
diff --git a/lua/jttm.lua b/lua/jttm.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2ba101a --- /dev/null +++ b/lua/jttm.lua | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@ | |||
1 | -- Pandoc "Just the text, Ma'am" | ||
2 | -- (JTTM): a custom writer that | ||
3 | -- strips everything except for | ||
4 | -- the TEXT from a pandoc source | ||
5 | -- vim: fdm=marker | ||
6 | -- invoke with: pandoc -t jttm/jttm.lua | ||
7 | |||
8 | -- Table to store footnotes so they are at the END of the document | ||
9 | local notes = {} | ||
10 | |||
11 | -- This function is called once for the whole document. Parameters: | ||
12 | -- body is a string, metadata is a table, variables is a table. | ||
13 | -- One could use some kind of templating | ||
14 | -- system here; this just gives you a simple standalone HTML file. | ||
15 | function Doc(body, metadata, variables) | ||
16 | local buffer = {} | ||
17 | local function add(s) | ||
18 | table.insert(buffer, s) | ||
19 | end | ||
20 | if metadata['title'] and metadata['title'] ~= "" then | ||
21 | add(string.upper(metadata['title'])) | ||
22 | end | ||
23 | if metadata['subtitle'] and metadata['subtitle'] ~= "" then | ||
24 | add(": " .. metadata['subtitle']) | ||
25 | end | ||
26 | add("\n") | ||
27 | -- TODO: epigraph.content, epigraph.attrib, dedication, other metadata? | ||
28 | add(body) | ||
29 | -- TODO: add notes at the end. | ||
30 | return table.concat(buffer, '\n') | ||
31 | end | ||
32 | |||
33 | -- TODOs {{{ | ||
34 | function align(align) | ||
35 | -- TODO: is this necessary? | ||
36 | end | ||
37 | |||
38 | function Note(s) | ||
39 | -- TODO | ||
40 | end | ||
41 | |||
42 | -- convert Tables to csv? or tab-separated? | ||
43 | function Table(caption, aligns, widths, headers, rows) | ||
44 | local buffer = {} | ||
45 | local function add(s) | ||
46 | table.insert(buffer, s) | ||
47 | end | ||
48 | add("\n\n") | ||
49 | if caption ~= "" then | ||
50 | add("[" .. caption .. "]") | ||
51 | end | ||
52 | -- TODO: finish | ||
53 | end | ||
54 | |||
55 | -- }}} | ||
56 | -- Remove all formatting {{{ | ||
57 | function Blocksep() | ||
58 | return "\n\n" | ||
59 | end | ||
60 | function Emph(s) | ||
61 | return s | ||
62 | end | ||
63 | |||
64 | function Strong(s) | ||
65 | return s | ||
66 | end | ||
67 | |||
68 | function Subscript(s) | ||
69 | return s | ||
70 | end | ||
71 | |||
72 | function Superscript(s) | ||
73 | return s | ||
74 | end | ||
75 | |||
76 | function SmallCaps(s) | ||
77 | return s | ||
78 | end | ||
79 | |||
80 | function Strikeout(s) | ||
81 | return s | ||
82 | end | ||
83 | |||
84 | function Code(s, attr) | ||
85 | return s | ||
86 | end | ||
87 | |||
88 | function CodeBlock(s, attr) | ||
89 | return s | ||
90 | end | ||
91 | |||
92 | function InlineMath(s) | ||
93 | return s | ||
94 | end | ||
95 | |||
96 | function DisplayMath(s) | ||
97 | return s | ||
98 | end | ||
99 | |||
100 | function Span(s, attr) | ||
101 | return s | ||
102 | end | ||
103 | |||
104 | function Cite(s) | ||
105 | return s | ||
106 | end | ||
107 | |||
108 | function Plain(s) | ||
109 | return s | ||
110 | end | ||
111 | |||
112 | -- Links only include the link text | ||
113 | function Link(s, src, tit) | ||
114 | return s | ||
115 | end | ||
116 | |||
117 | -- Images have nothing to give us | ||
118 | -- (but add a space just in case) | ||
119 | function Image(s, src, tit) | ||
120 | return " " | ||
121 | end | ||
122 | |||
123 | function Str(s) | ||
124 | return s | ||
125 | end | ||
126 | |||
127 | function Div(s, attr) | ||
128 | return s | ||
129 | end | ||
130 | |||
131 | function Space(s) | ||
132 | return " " | ||
133 | end | ||
134 | |||
135 | function LineBreak() | ||
136 | return "\n" | ||
137 | end | ||
138 | |||
139 | function Para(s) | ||
140 | -- add paragraphing | ||
141 | return s .. "\n\n" | ||
142 | end | ||
143 | -- }}} | ||
144 | -- Leave just a little formatting {{{ | ||
145 | function Header(lev, s, attr) | ||
146 | if lev == 1 then | ||
147 | return "\n\n " .. string.upper(s) .. "\n\n" | ||
148 | elseif lev == 2 then | ||
149 | return "\n " .. string.upper(s) .. "\n" | ||
150 | else | ||
151 | return s | ||
152 | end | ||
153 | end | ||
154 | |||
155 | function Blockquote(s) | ||
156 | return "\n\n" .. string.gsub(s, "*\n", " %0") | ||
157 | end | ||
158 | |||
159 | function HorizontalRule(s) | ||
160 | return "\n\n\n" | ||
161 | end | ||
162 | |||
163 | function BulletList(items) | ||
164 | local buffer = {} | ||
165 | for _, item in pairs(items) do | ||
166 | table.insert(buffer, "- " .. item .. "\n") | ||
167 | end | ||
168 | return "\n\n" .. table.concat(buffer, "\n") .. "\n\n" | ||
169 | end | ||
170 | |||
171 | function DefinitionList(items) | ||
172 | local buffer = {} | ||
173 | for _, item in pairs(items) do | ||
174 | for k, v in pairs(item) do | ||
175 | table.insert(buffer, "\n" .. k .. ":\n " .. | ||
176 | table.concat(v, "\n ")) | ||
177 | end | ||
178 | end | ||
179 | return "\n\n" .. table.concat(buffer, "\n") .. "\n\n" | ||
180 | end | ||
181 | -- }}} | ||
182 | |||
183 | -- The following code will produce runtime warnings when you haven't defined | ||
184 | -- all of the functions you need for the custom writer, so it's useful | ||
185 | -- to include when you're working on a writer. | ||
186 | local meta = {} | ||
187 | meta.__index = | ||
188 | function(_, key) | ||
189 | io.stderr:write(string.format("WARNING: Undefined function '%s'\n",key)) | ||
190 | return function() return "" end | ||
191 | end | ||
192 | setmetatable(_G, meta) | ||
193 | |||
diff --git a/lua/river.lua b/lua/river.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d060ba9 --- /dev/null +++ b/lua/river.lua | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@ | |||
1 | -- Pandoc River writer | ||
2 | -- it takes out all formatting, leaving only a river of text | ||
3 | -- running down the page: one word per line | ||
4 | -- vim: fdm=marker | ||
5 | -- invoke with: pandoc -t river.lua | ||
6 | |||
7 | local function flow(s) | ||
8 | return s:gsub("%s+", "\n") | ||
9 | end | ||
10 | |||
11 | local function nude(s) | ||
12 | -- Expand contractions | ||
13 | s = s:gsub("'%a+%s", function (x) | ||
14 | if x == "'ll" then | ||
15 | return " will " | ||
16 | elseif x == "'ve" then | ||
17 | return " have " | ||
18 | elseif x == "'re" then | ||
19 | return " are " | ||
20 | else | ||
21 | return x | ||
22 | end | ||
23 | end) | ||
24 | -- Get rid of quotes around words | ||
25 | s = s:gsub('"', ' ') | ||
26 | s = s:gsub("%s+'", ' ') | ||
27 | s = s:gsub("'%s+", ' ') | ||
28 | -- Remove HTML entities | ||
29 | s = s:gsub('&.-;', ' ') | ||
30 | s = s:gsub('%b<>', ' ') | ||
31 | -- Remove end-of-line backslashes | ||
32 | s = s:gsub('%s+\\$', ' ') | ||
33 | -- Remove dashes (not hyphens) | ||
34 | s = s:gsub('%-%-+', ' ') | ||
35 | s = s:gsub('%-%s', ' ') | ||
36 | -- Remove general punctuation | ||
37 | s = s:gsub('[%.!%?:;,%[%]%(%)<>]', ' ') | ||
38 | -- Remove extra spaces | ||
39 | s = s:gsub('%s+', ' ') | ||
40 | return s:lower() | ||
41 | end | ||
42 | |||
43 | -- This function is called once for the whole document. Parameters: | ||
44 | -- body is a string, metadata is a table, variables is a table. | ||
45 | -- One could use some kind of templating | ||
46 | -- system here; this just gives you a simple standalone HTML file. | ||
47 | function Doc(body, metadata, variables) | ||
48 | local buffer = "" | ||
49 | local function add(s) | ||
50 | buffer = buffer .. nude(s) .. "\n" | ||
51 | end | ||
52 | if metadata['title'] then | ||
53 | add(metadata['title']) | ||
54 | end | ||
55 | if metadata['subtitle'] then | ||
56 | add(metadata['subtitle']) | ||
57 | end | ||
58 | -- TODO: epigraph.content, epigraph.attrib, dedication, other metadata? | ||
59 | add(body) | ||
60 | return flow(buffer) | ||
61 | end | ||
62 | |||
63 | -- Remove all formatting {{{ | ||
64 | function Note(s) | ||
65 | return nude(s) | ||
66 | end | ||
67 | |||
68 | function Blocksep() | ||
69 | return "\n" | ||
70 | end | ||
71 | function Emph(s) | ||
72 | return nude(s) | ||
73 | end | ||
74 | |||
75 | function Strong(s) | ||
76 | return nude(s) | ||
77 | end | ||
78 | |||
79 | function Subscript(s) | ||
80 | return nude(s) | ||
81 | end | ||
82 | |||
83 | function Superscript(s) | ||
84 | return nude(s) | ||
85 | end | ||
86 | |||
87 | function SmallCaps(s) | ||
88 | return nude(s) | ||
89 | end | ||
90 | |||
91 | function Strikeout(s) | ||
92 | return nude(s) | ||
93 | end | ||
94 | |||
95 | function Code(s, attr) | ||
96 | return nude(s) | ||
97 | end | ||
98 | |||
99 | function CodeBlock(s, attr) | ||
100 | return nude(s) | ||
101 | end | ||
102 | |||
103 | function InlineMath(s) | ||
104 | return nude(s) | ||
105 | end | ||
106 | |||
107 | function DisplayMath(s) | ||
108 | return nude(s) | ||
109 | end | ||
110 | |||
111 | function Span(s, attr) | ||
112 | return nude(s) | ||
113 | end | ||
114 | |||
115 | function Cite(s) | ||
116 | return nude(s) | ||
117 | end | ||
118 | |||
119 | function Plain(s) | ||
120 | return nude(s) | ||
121 | end | ||
122 | |||
123 | -- Links only include the link text | ||
124 | function Link(s, src, tit) | ||
125 | return nude(s) | ||
126 | end | ||
127 | |||
128 | -- Images have nothing to give us | ||
129 | -- (but add a space just in case) | ||
130 | function Image(s, src, tit) | ||
131 | return "\n" | ||
132 | end | ||
133 | |||
134 | function CaptionedImage(s, src, tit) | ||
135 | return "\n" | ||
136 | end | ||
137 | |||
138 | function Str(s) | ||
139 | return nude(s) | ||
140 | end | ||
141 | |||
142 | function Div(s, attr) | ||
143 | return nude(s) | ||
144 | end | ||
145 | |||
146 | function Space(s) | ||
147 | return "\n" | ||
148 | end | ||
149 | |||
150 | function LineBreak() | ||
151 | return "\n" | ||
152 | end | ||
153 | |||
154 | function Para(s) | ||
155 | return nude(s) | ||
156 | end | ||
157 | |||
158 | function Header(lev, s, attr) | ||
159 | return nude(s) | ||
160 | end | ||
161 | |||
162 | function BlockQuote(s) | ||
163 | return nude(s) | ||
164 | end | ||
165 | |||
166 | function HorizontalRule() | ||
167 | return "\n" | ||
168 | end | ||
169 | |||
170 | function BulletList(items) | ||
171 | local buffer = "" | ||
172 | for _, item in pairs(items) do | ||
173 | buffer = buffer .. nude(item) .. "\n" | ||
174 | end | ||
175 | return buffer .. "\n" | ||
176 | end | ||
177 | |||
178 | function OrderedList(items) | ||
179 | local buffer = "" | ||
180 | for _, item in pairs(items) do | ||
181 | buffer = buffer .. nude(item) .. "\n" | ||
182 | end | ||
183 | return buffer .. "\n" | ||
184 | end | ||
185 | |||
186 | function DefinitionList(items) | ||
187 | local buffer = "" | ||
188 | for _, item in pairs(items) do | ||
189 | for k, v in pairs(item) do | ||
190 | buffer = buffer .. nude(k) .. "\n" .. nude(v) .. "\n" | ||
191 | end | ||
192 | end | ||
193 | return buffer .. "\n" | ||
194 | end | ||
195 | |||
196 | function Table(caption, aligns, widths, headers, rows) | ||
197 | local buffer = "" | ||
198 | local function add(s) | ||
199 | buffer = buffer .. nude(s) .. "\n" | ||
200 | end | ||
201 | if caption ~= "" then | ||
202 | add(caption) | ||
203 | end | ||
204 | for _,h in pairs(headers) do | ||
205 | add(h) | ||
206 | end | ||
207 | for _, row in pairs(rows) do | ||
208 | for _, cell in pairs(row) do | ||
209 | add(cell) | ||
210 | end | ||
211 | end | ||
212 | return buffer | ||
213 | end | ||
214 | -- }}} | ||
215 | |||
216 | -- The following code will produce runtime warnings when you haven't defined | ||
217 | -- all of the functions you need for the custom writer, so it's useful | ||
218 | -- to include when you're working on a writer. | ||
219 | local meta = {} | ||
220 | meta.__index = | ||
221 | function(_, key) | ||
222 | io.stderr:write(string.format("WARNING: Undefined function '%s'\n",key)) | ||
223 | return function() return "" end | ||
224 | end | ||
225 | setmetatable(_G, meta) | ||
226 | |||
diff --git a/lua/sample.lua b/lua/sample.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0c3c29 --- /dev/null +++ b/lua/sample.lua | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@ | |||
1 | -- This is a sample custom writer for pandoc. It produces output | ||
2 | -- that is very similar to that of pandoc's HTML writer. | ||
3 | -- There is one new feature: code blocks marked with class 'dot' | ||
4 | -- are piped through graphviz and images are included in the HTML | ||
5 | -- output using 'data:' URLs. | ||
6 | -- | ||
7 | -- Invoke with: pandoc -t sample.lua | ||
8 | -- | ||
9 | -- Note: you need not have lua installed on your system to use this | ||
10 | -- custom writer. However, if you do have lua installed, you can | ||
11 | -- use it to test changes to the script. 'lua sample.lua' will | ||
12 | -- produce informative error messages if your code contains | ||
13 | -- syntax errors. | ||
14 | |||
15 | -- Character escaping | ||
16 | local function escape(s, in_attribute) | ||
17 | return s:gsub("[<>&\"']", | ||
18 | function(x) | ||
19 | if x == '<' then | ||
20 | return '<' | ||
21 | elseif x == '>' then | ||
22 | return '>' | ||
23 | elseif x == '&' then | ||
24 | return '&' | ||
25 | elseif x == '"' then | ||
26 | return '"' | ||
27 | elseif x == "'" then | ||
28 | return ''' | ||
29 | else | ||
30 | return x | ||
31 | end | ||
32 | end) | ||
33 | end | ||
34 | |||
35 | -- Helper function to convert an attributes table into | ||
36 | -- a string that can be put into HTML tags. | ||
37 | local function attributes(attr) | ||
38 | local attr_table = {} | ||
39 | for x,y in pairs(attr) do | ||
40 | if y and y ~= "" then | ||
41 | table.insert(attr_table, ' ' .. x .. '="' .. escape(y,true) .. '"') | ||
42 | end | ||
43 | end | ||
44 | return table.concat(attr_table) | ||
45 | end | ||
46 | |||
47 | -- Run cmd on a temporary file containing inp and return result. | ||
48 | local function pipe(cmd, inp) | ||
49 | local tmp = os.tmpname() | ||
50 | local tmph = io.open(tmp, "w") | ||
51 | tmph:write(inp) | ||
52 | tmph:close() | ||
53 | local outh = io.popen(cmd .. " " .. tmp,"r") | ||
54 | local result = outh:read("*all") | ||
55 | outh:close() | ||
56 | os.remove(tmp) | ||
57 | return result | ||
58 | end | ||
59 | |||
60 | -- Table to store footnotes, so they can be included at the end. | ||
61 | local notes = {} | ||
62 | |||
63 | -- Blocksep is used to separate block elements. | ||
64 | function Blocksep() | ||
65 | return "\n\n" | ||
66 | end | ||
67 | |||
68 | -- This function is called once for the whole document. Parameters: | ||
69 | -- body is a string, metadata is a table, variables is a table. | ||
70 | -- One could use some kind of templating | ||
71 | -- system here; this just gives you a simple standalone HTML file. | ||
72 | function Doc(body, metadata, variables) | ||
73 | local buffer = {} | ||
74 | local function add(s) | ||
75 | table.insert(buffer, s) | ||
76 | end | ||
77 | add('<!DOCTYPE html>') | ||
78 | add('<html>') | ||
79 | add('<head>') | ||
80 | add('<title>' .. (metadata['title'] or '') .. '</title>') | ||
81 | add('</head>') | ||
82 | add('<body>') | ||
83 | if metadata['title'] and metadata['title'] ~= "" then | ||
84 | add('<h1 class="title">' .. metadata['title'] .. '</h1>') | ||
85 | end | ||
86 | for _, author in pairs(metadata['author'] or {}) do | ||
87 | add('<h2 class="author">' .. author .. '</h2>') | ||
88 | end | ||
89 | if metadata['date'] and metadata['date'] ~= "" then | ||
90 | add('<h3 class="date">' .. metadata.date .. '</h3>') | ||
91 | end | ||
92 | add(body) | ||
93 | if #notes > 0 then | ||
94 | add('<ol class="footnotes">') | ||
95 | for _,note in pairs(notes) do | ||
96 | add(note) | ||
97 | end | ||
98 | add('</ol>') | ||
99 | end | ||
100 | add('</body>') | ||
101 | add('</html>') | ||
102 | return table.concat(buffer,'\n') | ||
103 | end | ||
104 | |||
105 | -- The functions that follow render corresponding pandoc elements. | ||
106 | -- s is always a string, attr is always a table of attributes, and | ||
107 | -- items is always an array of strings (the items in a list). | ||
108 | -- Comments indicate the types of other variables. | ||
109 | |||
110 | function Str(s) | ||
111 | return escape(s) | ||
112 | end | ||
113 | |||
114 | function Space() | ||
115 | return " " | ||
116 | end | ||
117 | |||
118 | function LineBreak() | ||
119 | return "<br/>" | ||
120 | end | ||
121 | |||
122 | function Emph(s) | ||
123 | return "<em>" .. s .. "</em>" | ||
124 | end | ||
125 | |||
126 | function Strong(s) | ||
127 | return "<strong>" .. s .. "</strong>" | ||
128 | end | ||
129 | |||
130 | function Subscript(s) | ||
131 | return "<sub>" .. s .. "</sub>" | ||
132 | end | ||
133 | |||
134 | function Superscript(s) | ||
135 | return "<sup>" .. s .. "</sup>" | ||
136 | end | ||
137 | |||
138 | function SmallCaps(s) | ||
139 | return '<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">' .. s .. '</span>' | ||
140 | end | ||
141 | |||
142 | function Strikeout(s) | ||
143 | return '<del>' .. s .. '</del>' | ||
144 | end | ||
145 | |||
146 | function Link(s, src, tit) | ||
147 | return "<a href='" .. escape(src,true) .. "' title='" .. | ||
148 | escape(tit,true) .. "'>" .. s .. "</a>" | ||
149 | end | ||
150 | |||
151 | function Image(s, src, tit) | ||
152 | return "<img src='" .. escape(src,true) .. "' title='" .. | ||
153 | escape(tit,true) .. "'/>" | ||
154 | end | ||
155 | |||
156 | function Code(s, attr) | ||
157 | return "<code" .. attributes(attr) .. ">" .. escape(s) .. "</code>" | ||
158 | end | ||
159 | |||
160 | function InlineMath(s) | ||
161 | return "\\(" .. escape(s) .. "\\)" | ||
162 | end | ||
163 | |||
164 | function DisplayMath(s) | ||
165 | return "\\[" .. escape(s) .. "\\]" | ||
166 | end | ||
167 | |||
168 | function Note(s) | ||
169 | local num = #notes + 1 | ||
170 | -- insert the back reference right before the final closing tag. | ||
171 | s = string.gsub(s, | ||
172 | '(.*)</', '%1 <a href="#fnref' .. num .. '">↩</a></') | ||
173 | -- add a list item with the note to the note table. | ||
174 | table.insert(notes, '<li id="fn' .. num .. '">' .. s .. '</li>') | ||
175 | -- return the footnote reference, linked to the note. | ||
176 | return '<a id="fnref' .. num .. '" href="#fn' .. num .. | ||
177 | '"><sup>' .. num .. '</sup></a>' | ||
178 | end | ||
179 | |||
180 | function Span(s, attr) | ||
181 | return "<span" .. attributes(attr) .. ">" .. s .. "</span>" | ||
182 | end | ||
183 | |||
184 | function Cite(s) | ||
185 | return "<span class=\"cite\">" .. s .. "</span>" | ||
186 | end | ||
187 | |||
188 | function Plain(s) | ||
189 | return s | ||
190 | end | ||
191 | |||
192 | function Para(s) | ||
193 | return "<p>" .. s .. "</p>" | ||
194 | end | ||
195 | |||
196 | -- lev is an integer, the header level. | ||
197 | function Header(lev, s, attr) | ||
198 | return "<h" .. lev .. attributes(attr) .. ">" .. s .. "</h" .. lev .. ">" | ||
199 | end | ||
200 | |||
201 | function BlockQuote(s) | ||
202 | return "<blockquote>\n" .. s .. "\n</blockquote>" | ||
203 | end | ||
204 | |||
205 | function HorizontalRule() | ||
206 | return "<hr/>" | ||
207 | end | ||
208 | |||
209 | function CodeBlock(s, attr) | ||
210 | -- If code block has class 'dot', pipe the contents through dot | ||
211 | -- and base64, and include the base64-encoded png as a data: URL. | ||
212 | if attr.class and string.match(' ' .. attr.class .. ' ',' dot ') then | ||
213 | local png = pipe("base64", pipe("dot -Tpng", s)) | ||
214 | return '<img src="data:image/png;base64,' .. png .. '"/>' | ||
215 | -- otherwise treat as code (one could pipe through a highlighter) | ||
216 | else | ||
217 | return "<pre><code" .. attributes(attr) .. ">" .. escape(s) .. | ||
218 | "</code></pre>" | ||
219 | end | ||
220 | end | ||
221 | |||
222 | function BulletList(items) | ||
223 | local buffer = {} | ||
224 | for _, item in pairs(items) do | ||
225 | table.insert(buffer, "<li>" .. item .. "</li>") | ||
226 | end | ||
227 | return "<ul>\n" .. table.concat(buffer, "\n") .. "\n</ul>" | ||
228 | end | ||
229 | |||
230 | function OrderedList(items) | ||
231 | local buffer = {} | ||
232 | for _, item in pairs(items) do | ||
233 | table.insert(buffer, "<li>" .. item .. "</li>") | ||
234 | end | ||
235 | return "<ol>\n" .. table.concat(buffer, "\n") .. "\n</ol>" | ||
236 | end | ||
237 | |||
238 | -- Revisit association list STackValue instance. | ||
239 | function DefinitionList(items) | ||
240 | local buffer = {} | ||
241 | for _,item in pairs(items) do | ||
242 | for k, v in pairs(item) do | ||
243 | table.insert(buffer,"<dt>" .. k .. "</dt>\n<dd>" .. | ||
244 | table.concat(v,"</dd>\n<dd>") .. "</dd>") | ||
245 | end | ||
246 | end | ||
247 | return "<dl>\n" .. table.concat(buffer, "\n") .. "\n</dl>" | ||
248 | end | ||
249 | |||
250 | -- Convert pandoc alignment to something HTML can use. | ||
251 | -- align is AlignLeft, AlignRight, AlignCenter, or AlignDefault. | ||
252 | function html_align(align) | ||
253 | if align == 'AlignLeft' then | ||
254 | return 'left' | ||
255 | elseif align == 'AlignRight' then | ||
256 | return 'right' | ||
257 | elseif align == 'AlignCenter' then | ||
258 | return 'center' | ||
259 | else | ||
260 | return 'left' | ||
261 | end | ||
262 | end | ||
263 | |||
264 | -- Caption is a string, aligns is an array of strings, | ||
265 | -- widths is an array of floats, headers is an array of | ||
266 | -- strings, rows is an array of arrays of strings. | ||
267 | function Table(caption, aligns, widths, headers, rows) | ||
268 | local buffer = {} | ||
269 | local function add(s) | ||
270 | table.insert(buffer, s) | ||
271 | end | ||
272 | add("<table>") | ||
273 | if caption ~= "" then | ||
274 | add("<caption>" .. caption .. "</caption>") | ||
275 | end | ||
276 | if widths and widths[1] ~= 0 then | ||
277 | for _, w in pairs(widths) do | ||
278 | add('<col width="' .. string.format("%d%%", w * 100) .. '" />') | ||
279 | end | ||
280 | end | ||
281 | local header_row = {} | ||
282 | local empty_header = true | ||
283 | for i, h in pairs(headers) do | ||
284 | local align = html_align(aligns[i]) | ||
285 | table.insert(header_row,'<th align="' .. align .. '">' .. h .. '</th>') | ||
286 | empty_header = empty_header and h == "" | ||
287 | end | ||
288 | if empty_header then | ||
289 | head = "" | ||
290 | else | ||
291 | add('<tr class="header">') | ||
292 | for _,h in pairs(header_row) do | ||
293 | add(h) | ||
294 | end | ||
295 | add('</tr>') | ||
296 | end | ||
297 | local class = "even" | ||
298 | for _, row in pairs(rows) do | ||
299 | class = (class == "even" and "odd") or "even" | ||
300 | add('<tr class="' .. class .. '">') | ||
301 | for i,c in pairs(row) do | ||
302 | add('<td align="' .. html_align(aligns[i]) .. '">' .. c .. '</td>') | ||
303 | end | ||
304 | add('</tr>') | ||
305 | end | ||
306 | add('</table') | ||
307 | return table.concat(buffer,'\n') | ||
308 | end | ||
309 | |||
310 | function Div(s, attr) | ||
311 | return "<div" .. attributes(attr) .. ">\n" .. s .. "</div>" | ||
312 | end | ||
313 | |||
314 | -- The following code will produce runtime warnings when you haven't defined | ||
315 | -- all of the functions you need for the custom writer, so it's useful | ||
316 | -- to include when you're working on a writer. | ||
317 | local meta = {} | ||
318 | meta.__index = | ||
319 | function(_, key) | ||
320 | io.stderr:write(string.format("WARNING: Undefined function '%s'\n",key)) | ||
321 | return function() return "" end | ||
322 | end | ||
323 | setmetatable(_G, meta) | ||
324 | |||
diff --git a/lua/test.lua b/lua/test.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bfbafc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/lua/test.lua | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@ | |||
1 | -- This is a sample custom writer for pandoc. It produces output | ||
2 | -- that is very similar to that of pandoc's HTML writer. | ||
3 | -- There is one new feature: code blocks marked with class 'dot' | ||
4 | -- are piped through graphviz and images are included in the HTML | ||
5 | -- output using 'data:' URLs. | ||
6 | -- | ||
7 | -- Invoke with: pandoc -t sample.lua | ||
8 | -- | ||
9 | -- Note: you need not have lua installed on your system to use this | ||
10 | -- custom writer. However, if you do have lua installed, you can | ||
11 | -- use it to test changes to the script. 'lua sample.lua' will | ||
12 | -- produce informative error messages if your code contains | ||
13 | -- syntax errors. | ||
14 | |||
15 | -- Character escaping | ||
16 | local function escape(s, in_attribute) | ||
17 | return s:gsub("[<>&\"']", | ||
18 | function(x) | ||
19 | if x == '<' then | ||
20 | return '<' | ||
21 | elseif x == '>' then | ||
22 | return '>' | ||
23 | elseif x == '&' then | ||
24 | return '&' | ||
25 | elseif x == '"' then | ||
26 | return '"' | ||
27 | elseif x == "'" then | ||
28 | return ''' | ||
29 | else | ||
30 | return x | ||
31 | end | ||
32 | end) | ||
33 | end | ||
34 | |||
35 | -- Helper function to convert an attributes table into | ||
36 | -- a string that can be put into HTML tags. | ||
37 | local function attributes(attr) | ||
38 | local attr_table = {} | ||
39 | for x,y in pairs(attr) do | ||
40 | if y and y ~= "" then | ||
41 | table.insert(attr_table, ' ' .. x .. '="' .. escape(y,true) .. '"') | ||
42 | end | ||
43 | end | ||
44 | return table.concat(attr_table) | ||
45 | end | ||
46 | |||
47 | -- Run cmd on a temporary file containing inp and return result. | ||
48 | local function pipe(cmd, inp) | ||
49 | local tmp = os.tmpname() | ||
50 | local tmph = io.open(tmp, "w") | ||
51 | tmph:write(inp) | ||
52 | tmph:close() | ||
53 | local outh = io.popen(cmd .. " " .. tmp,"r") | ||
54 | local result = outh:read("*all") | ||
55 | outh:close() | ||
56 | os.remove(tmp) | ||
57 | return result | ||
58 | end | ||
59 | |||
60 | -- Table to store footnotes, so they can be included at the end. | ||
61 | local notes = {} | ||
62 | |||
63 | -- Blocksep is used to separate block elements. | ||
64 | function Blocksep() | ||
65 | return "\n\n" | ||
66 | end | ||
67 | |||
68 | -- This function is called once for the whole document. Parameters: | ||
69 | -- body is a string, metadata is a table, variables is a table. | ||
70 | -- One could use some kind of templating | ||
71 | -- system here; this just gives you a simple standalone HTML file. | ||
72 | function Doc(body, metadata, variables) | ||
73 | local buffer = {} | ||
74 | for k, v in pairs(metadata) do | ||
75 | if type(v) == "string" then | ||
76 | table.insert(buffer, string.upper(k) .. ': ' .. v) | ||
77 | else | ||
78 | table.insert(buffer, string.upper(k) .. ': ' .. table.concat(v)) | ||
79 | end | ||
80 | end | ||
81 | return table.concat(buffer, "\n") | ||
82 | end | ||
83 | |||
84 | -- The functions that follow render corresponding pandoc elements. | ||
85 | -- s is always a string, attr is always a table of attributes, and | ||
86 | -- items is always an array of strings (the items in a list). | ||
87 | -- Comments indicate the types of other variables. | ||
88 | |||
89 | function Str(s) | ||
90 | return escape(s) | ||
91 | end | ||
92 | |||
93 | function Space() | ||
94 | return " " | ||
95 | end | ||
96 | |||
97 | function LineBreak() | ||
98 | return "<br/>" | ||
99 | end | ||
100 | |||
101 | function Emph(s) | ||
102 | return "<em>" .. s .. "</em>" | ||
103 | end | ||
104 | |||
105 | function Strong(s) | ||
106 | return "<strong>" .. s .. "</strong>" | ||
107 | end | ||
108 | |||
109 | function Subscript(s) | ||
110 | return "<sub>" .. s .. "</sub>" | ||
111 | end | ||
112 | |||
113 | function Superscript(s) | ||
114 | return "<sup>" .. s .. "</sup>" | ||
115 | end | ||
116 | |||
117 | function SmallCaps(s) | ||
118 | return '<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">' .. s .. '</span>' | ||
119 | end | ||
120 | |||
121 | function Strikeout(s) | ||
122 | return '<del>' .. s .. '</del>' | ||
123 | end | ||
124 | |||
125 | function Link(s, src, tit) | ||
126 | return "<a href='" .. escape(src,true) .. "' title='" .. | ||
127 | escape(tit,true) .. "'>" .. s .. "</a>" | ||
128 | end | ||
129 | |||
130 | function Image(s, src, tit) | ||
131 | return "<img src='" .. escape(src,true) .. "' title='" .. | ||
132 | escape(tit,true) .. "'/>" | ||
133 | end | ||
134 | |||
135 | function Code(s, attr) | ||
136 | return "<code" .. attributes(attr) .. ">" .. escape(s) .. "</code>" | ||
137 | end | ||
138 | |||
139 | function InlineMath(s) | ||
140 | return "\\(" .. escape(s) .. "\\)" | ||
141 | end | ||
142 | |||
143 | function DisplayMath(s) | ||
144 | return "\\[" .. escape(s) .. "\\]" | ||
145 | end | ||
146 | |||
147 | function Note(s) | ||
148 | local num = #notes + 1 | ||
149 | -- insert the back reference right before the final closing tag. | ||
150 | s = string.gsub(s, | ||
151 | '(.*)</', '%1 <a href="#fnref' .. num .. '">↩</a></') | ||
152 | -- add a list item with the note to the note table. | ||
153 | table.insert(notes, '<li id="fn' .. num .. '">' .. s .. '</li>') | ||
154 | -- return the footnote reference, linked to the note. | ||
155 | return '<a id="fnref' .. num .. '" href="#fn' .. num .. | ||
156 | '"><sup>' .. num .. '</sup></a>' | ||
157 | end | ||
158 | |||
159 | function Span(s, attr) | ||
160 | return "<span" .. attributes(attr) .. ">" .. s .. "</span>" | ||
161 | end | ||
162 | |||
163 | function Cite(s) | ||
164 | return "<span class=\"cite\">" .. s .. "</span>" | ||
165 | end | ||
166 | |||
167 | function Plain(s) | ||
168 | return s | ||
169 | end | ||
170 | |||
171 | function Para(s) | ||
172 | return "<p>" .. s .. "</p>" | ||
173 | end | ||
174 | |||
175 | -- lev is an integer, the header level. | ||
176 | function Header(lev, s, attr) | ||
177 | return "<h" .. lev .. attributes(attr) .. ">" .. s .. "</h" .. lev .. ">" | ||
178 | end | ||
179 | |||
180 | function BlockQuote(s) | ||
181 | return "<blockquote>\n" .. s .. "\n</blockquote>" | ||
182 | end | ||
183 | |||
184 | function HorizontalRule() | ||
185 | return "<hr/>" | ||
186 | end | ||
187 | |||
188 | function CodeBlock(s, attr) | ||
189 | -- If code block has class 'dot', pipe the contents through dot | ||
190 | -- and base64, and include the base64-encoded png as a data: URL. | ||
191 | if attr.class and string.match(' ' .. attr.class .. ' ',' dot ') then | ||
192 | local png = pipe("base64", pipe("dot -Tpng", s)) | ||
193 | return '<img src="data:image/png;base64,' .. png .. '"/>' | ||
194 | -- otherwise treat as code (one could pipe through a highlighter) | ||
195 | else | ||
196 | return "<pre><code" .. attributes(attr) .. ">" .. escape(s) .. | ||
197 | "</code></pre>" | ||
198 | end | ||
199 | end | ||
200 | |||
201 | function BulletList(items) | ||
202 | local buffer = {} | ||
203 | for _, item in pairs(items) do | ||
204 | table.insert(buffer, "<li>" .. item .. "</li>") | ||
205 | end | ||
206 | return "<ul>\n" .. table.concat(buffer, "\n") .. "\n</ul>" | ||
207 | end | ||
208 | |||
209 | function OrderedList(items) | ||
210 | local buffer = {} | ||
211 | for _, item in pairs(items) do | ||
212 | table.insert(buffer, "<li>" .. item .. "</li>") | ||
213 | end | ||
214 | return "<ol>\n" .. table.concat(buffer, "\n") .. "\n</ol>" | ||
215 | end | ||
216 | |||
217 | -- Revisit association list STackValue instance. | ||
218 | function DefinitionList(items) | ||
219 | local buffer = {} | ||
220 | for _,item in pairs(items) do | ||
221 | for k, v in pairs(item) do | ||
222 | table.insert(buffer,"<dt>" .. k .. "</dt>\n<dd>" .. | ||
223 | table.concat(v,"</dd>\n<dd>") .. "</dd>") | ||
224 | end | ||
225 | end | ||
226 | return "<dl>\n" .. table.concat(buffer, "\n") .. "\n</dl>" | ||
227 | end | ||
228 | |||
229 | -- Convert pandoc alignment to something HTML can use. | ||
230 | -- align is AlignLeft, AlignRight, AlignCenter, or AlignDefault. | ||
231 | function html_align(align) | ||
232 | if align == 'AlignLeft' then | ||
233 | return 'left' | ||
234 | elseif align == 'AlignRight' then | ||
235 | return 'right' | ||
236 | elseif align == 'AlignCenter' then | ||
237 | return 'center' | ||
238 | else | ||
239 | return 'left' | ||
240 | end | ||
241 | end | ||
242 | |||
243 | -- Caption is a string, aligns is an array of strings, | ||
244 | -- widths is an array of floats, headers is an array of | ||
245 | -- strings, rows is an array of arrays of strings. | ||
246 | function Table(caption, aligns, widths, headers, rows) | ||
247 | local buffer = {} | ||
248 | local function add(s) | ||
249 | table.insert(buffer, s) | ||
250 | end | ||
251 | add("<table>") | ||
252 | if caption ~= "" then | ||
253 | add("<caption>" .. caption .. "</caption>") | ||
254 | end | ||
255 | if widths and widths[1] ~= 0 then | ||
256 | for _, w in pairs(widths) do | ||
257 | add('<col width="' .. string.format("%d%%", w * 100) .. '" />') | ||
258 | end | ||
259 | end | ||
260 | local header_row = {} | ||
261 | local empty_header = true | ||
262 | for i, h in pairs(headers) do | ||
263 | local align = html_align(aligns[i]) | ||
264 | table.insert(header_row,'<th align="' .. align .. '">' .. h .. '</th>') | ||
265 | empty_header = empty_header and h == "" | ||
266 | end | ||
267 | if empty_header then | ||
268 | head = "" | ||
269 | else | ||
270 | add('<tr class="header">') | ||
271 | for _,h in pairs(header_row) do | ||
272 | add(h) | ||
273 | end | ||
274 | add('</tr>') | ||
275 | end | ||
276 | local class = "even" | ||
277 | for _, row in pairs(rows) do | ||
278 | class = (class == "even" and "odd") or "even" | ||
279 | add('<tr class="' .. class .. '">') | ||
280 | for i,c in pairs(row) do | ||
281 | add('<td align="' .. html_align(aligns[i]) .. '">' .. c .. '</td>') | ||
282 | end | ||
283 | add('</tr>') | ||
284 | end | ||
285 | add('</table') | ||
286 | return table.concat(buffer,'\n') | ||
287 | end | ||
288 | |||
289 | function Div(s, attr) | ||
290 | return "<div" .. attributes(attr) .. ">\n" .. s .. "</div>" | ||
291 | end | ||
292 | |||
293 | -- The following code will produce runtime warnings when you haven't defined | ||
294 | -- all of the functions you need for the custom writer, so it's useful | ||
295 | -- to include when you're working on a writer. | ||
296 | local meta = {} | ||
297 | meta.__index = | ||
298 | function(_, key) | ||
299 | io.stderr:write(string.format("WARNING: Undefined function '%s'\n",key)) | ||
300 | return function() return "" end | ||
301 | end | ||
302 | setmetatable(_G, meta) | ||
303 | |||
304 | |||
diff --git a/river/100-lines.river b/river/100-lines.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..93055f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/100-lines.river | |||
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1 | 100 | ||
2 | lines | ||
3 | whenever | ||
4 | you | ||
5 | call | ||
6 | me | ||
7 | friend | ||
8 | i | ||
9 | fall | ||
10 | down | ||
11 | on | ||
12 | my | ||
13 | knees | ||
14 | and | ||
15 | cry | ||
16 | because | ||
17 | i | ||
18 | know | ||
19 | it's | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | only | ||
22 | thing | ||
23 | never | ||
24 | to | ||
25 | happen | ||
26 | before | ||
27 | in | ||
28 | this | ||
29 | life | ||
30 | is | ||
31 | something | ||
32 | you | ||
33 | can't | ||
34 | see | ||
35 | it's | ||
36 | a | ||
37 | pillow | ||
38 | under | ||
39 | a | ||
40 | hook | ||
41 | shot | ||
42 | i | ||
43 | want | ||
44 | to | ||
45 | tell | ||
46 | you | ||
47 | something | ||
48 | anything | ||
49 | but | ||
50 | you | ||
51 | are | ||
52 | there | ||
53 | and | ||
54 | i | ||
55 | am | ||
56 | here | ||
57 | we | ||
58 | are | ||
59 | trapped | ||
60 | inside | ||
61 | ourselves | ||
62 | and | ||
63 | the | ||
64 | distance | ||
65 | is | ||
66 | too | ||
67 | far | ||
68 | you | ||
69 | are | ||
70 | something | ||
71 | that | ||
72 | i | ||
73 | would | ||
74 | tell | ||
75 | would | ||
76 | be | ||
77 | nothing | ||
78 | before | ||
79 | too | ||
80 | long | ||
81 | you | ||
82 | are | ||
83 | not | ||
84 | the | ||
85 | finisher | ||
86 | of | ||
87 | dreams | ||
88 | you | ||
89 | are | ||
90 | the | ||
91 | beginning | ||
92 | of | ||
93 | nightmares | ||
94 | or | ||
95 | waking | ||
96 | but | ||
97 | i'm | ||
98 | not | ||
99 | sure | ||
100 | which | ||
101 | this | ||
102 | letter | ||
103 | is | ||
104 | for | ||
105 | you | ||
106 | in | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | future | ||
109 | it | ||
110 | will | ||
111 | lead | ||
112 | you | ||
113 | on | ||
114 | the | ||
115 | path | ||
116 | of | ||
117 | goodness | ||
118 | or | ||
119 | of | ||
120 | rightness | ||
121 | or | ||
122 | of | ||
123 | wrong | ||
124 | people | ||
125 | and | ||
126 | right | ||
127 | meanings | ||
128 | or | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | meaning | ||
131 | will | ||
132 | be | ||
133 | hidden | ||
134 | or | ||
135 | wrestling | ||
136 | the | ||
137 | demon | ||
138 | i | ||
139 | will | ||
140 | have | ||
141 | become | ||
142 | restless | ||
143 | under | ||
144 | the | ||
145 | starlight | ||
146 | it's | ||
147 | too | ||
148 | bright | ||
149 | here | ||
150 | to | ||
151 | think | ||
152 | the | ||
153 | negatives | ||
154 | would | ||
155 | be | ||
156 | pitch | ||
157 | black | ||
158 | darkness | ||
159 | of | ||
160 | a | ||
161 | silver | ||
162 | mine | ||
163 | there | ||
164 | are | ||
165 | no | ||
166 | trees | ||
167 | here | ||
168 | where | ||
169 | have | ||
170 | you | ||
171 | been | ||
172 | where | ||
173 | are | ||
174 | you | ||
175 | now | ||
176 | i | ||
177 | am | ||
178 | no | ||
179 | longer | ||
180 | here | ||
181 | or | ||
182 | there | ||
183 | you | ||
184 | are | ||
185 | anywhere | ||
186 | or | ||
187 | are | ||
188 | you | ||
189 | up | ||
190 | in | ||
191 | the | ||
192 | clouds | ||
193 | is | ||
194 | a | ||
195 | ghost | ||
196 | he | ||
197 | is | ||
198 | white | ||
199 | and | ||
200 | blue | ||
201 | like | ||
202 | a | ||
203 | cloud | ||
204 | he | ||
205 | paints | ||
206 | with | ||
207 | his | ||
208 | teeth | ||
209 | he | ||
210 | paints | ||
211 | the | ||
212 | rainbow | ||
213 | before | ||
214 | midnight | ||
215 | that | ||
216 | you | ||
217 | can | ||
218 | see | ||
219 | from | ||
220 | your | ||
221 | window | ||
222 | staring | ||
223 | out | ||
224 | under | ||
225 | the | ||
226 | sunlight | ||
227 | through | ||
228 | the | ||
229 | gauze | ||
230 | curtains | ||
231 | over | ||
232 | the | ||
233 | high | ||
234 | mountain | ||
235 | far | ||
236 | away | ||
237 | that | ||
238 | is | ||
239 | covered | ||
240 | over | ||
241 | with | ||
242 | snow | ||
243 | past | ||
244 | the | ||
245 | rivers | ||
246 | and | ||
247 | forests | ||
248 | that | ||
249 | lie | ||
250 | awake | ||
251 | under | ||
252 | orion | ||
253 | hunting | ||
254 | the | ||
255 | bull | ||
256 | that | ||
257 | runs | ||
258 | forever | ||
259 | just | ||
260 | out | ||
261 | of | ||
262 | his | ||
263 | reach | ||
264 | pointing | ||
265 | the | ||
266 | way | ||
267 | for | ||
268 | the | ||
269 | two | ||
270 | of | ||
271 | us | ||
272 | to | ||
273 | join | ||
274 | together | ||
275 | in | ||
276 | song | ||
277 | or | ||
278 | dance | ||
279 | or | ||
280 | that | ||
281 | other | ||
282 | thing | ||
283 | and | ||
284 | sing | ||
285 | the | ||
286 | grinch | ||
287 | down | ||
288 | off | ||
289 | mount | ||
290 | crumpet | ||
291 | his | ||
292 | heart | ||
293 | breaking | ||
294 | his | ||
295 | chest | ||
296 | thumping | ||
297 | with | ||
298 | the | ||
299 | beat | ||
300 | his | ||
301 | little | ||
302 | dog | ||
303 | too | ||
304 | running | ||
305 | running | ||
306 | with | ||
307 | the | ||
308 | bull | ||
309 | full | ||
310 | of | ||
311 | laughter | ||
312 | and | ||
313 | blood | ||
314 | he | ||
315 | can't | ||
316 | see | ||
317 | it | ||
318 | anymore | ||
319 | because | ||
320 | it's | ||
321 | become | ||
322 | him | ||
323 | we | ||
324 | are | ||
325 | trapped | ||
326 | he | ||
327 | says | ||
328 | we | ||
329 | are | ||
330 | trapped | ||
331 | in | ||
332 | ourselves | ||
333 | it | ||
334 | turns | ||
335 | out | ||
336 | that | ||
337 | all | ||
338 | along | ||
339 | it | ||
340 | wasn't | ||
341 | you | ||
342 | or | ||
343 | me | ||
344 | but | ||
345 | he | ||
346 | and | ||
347 | her | ||
348 | or | ||
349 | her | ||
350 | and | ||
351 | him | ||
352 | or | ||
353 | he | ||
354 | and | ||
355 | he | ||
356 | or | ||
357 | she | ||
358 | and | ||
359 | she | ||
360 | or | ||
361 | they | ||
362 | even | ||
363 | they | ||
364 | tell | ||
365 | us | ||
366 | that | ||
367 | nothing | ||
368 | has | ||
369 | happened | ||
370 | even | ||
371 | they | ||
372 | know | ||
373 | that | ||
374 | it's | ||
375 | a | ||
376 | big | ||
377 | joke | ||
378 | one | ||
379 | more | ||
380 | thing | ||
381 | to | ||
382 | know | ||
383 | before | ||
384 | the | ||
385 | death | ||
386 | we | ||
387 | are | ||
388 | crying | ||
389 | like | ||
390 | crocodiles | ||
391 | before | ||
392 | their | ||
393 | loved | ||
394 | ones | ||
395 | coffins | ||
396 | we | ||
397 | are | ||
398 | bellowing | ||
399 | with | ||
400 | grief | ||
401 | like | ||
402 | buffalo | ||
403 | on | ||
404 | a | ||
405 | berth | ||
406 | of | ||
407 | wild | ||
408 | oxen | ||
409 | we | ||
410 | are | ||
411 | wailing | ||
412 | our | ||
413 | clothes | ||
414 | are | ||
415 | in | ||
416 | rags | ||
417 | we | ||
418 | want | ||
419 | we | ||
420 | want | ||
421 | we | ||
422 | want | ||
423 | but | ||
424 | never | ||
425 | can | ||
426 | we | ||
427 | get | ||
428 | what | ||
429 | is | ||
430 | it | ||
431 | we | ||
432 | don't | ||
433 | know | ||
434 | what | ||
435 | it | ||
436 | is | ||
437 | but | ||
438 | it's | ||
439 | something | ||
440 | it's | ||
441 | anything | ||
442 | it's | ||
443 | too | ||
444 | many | ||
445 | people | ||
446 | or | ||
447 | not | ||
448 | enough | ||
449 | it's | ||
450 | too | ||
451 | few | ||
452 | trees | ||
453 | we | ||
454 | need | ||
455 | more | ||
456 | beavers | ||
457 | to | ||
458 | build | ||
459 | riverdams | ||
460 | we | ||
461 | need | ||
462 | grapes | ||
463 | too | ||
464 | or | ||
465 | plums | ||
466 | from | ||
467 | the | ||
468 | ice | ||
469 | box | ||
470 | or | ||
471 | an | ||
472 | ice | ||
473 | box | ||
474 | even | ||
475 | would | ||
476 | be | ||
477 | nice | ||
478 | all | ||
479 | i | ||
480 | have | ||
481 | is | ||
482 | this | ||
483 | cube | ||
484 | isn't | ||
485 | that | ||
486 | right | ||
487 | or | ||
488 | is | ||
489 | a | ||
490 | sphere | ||
491 | a | ||
492 | cube | ||
493 | a | ||
494 | donut | ||
495 | a | ||
496 | coffee | ||
497 | cup | ||
498 | your | ||
499 | hands | ||
500 | in | ||
501 | mine | ||
502 | yes | ||
503 | that's | ||
504 | right | ||
505 | now | ||
506 | bring | ||
507 | the | ||
508 | water | ||
509 | to | ||
510 | your | ||
511 | face | ||
512 | clear | ||
513 | and | ||
514 | cool | ||
515 | and | ||
516 | full | ||
517 | of | ||
518 | something | ||
519 | what | ||
520 | is | ||
521 | it | ||
522 | wanting | ||
523 | or | ||
524 | yearning | ||
525 | i | ||
526 | can | ||
527 | see | ||
528 | in | ||
529 | your | ||
530 | eyes | ||
531 | they're | ||
532 | clear | ||
533 | now | ||
534 | they | ||
535 | are | ||
536 | as | ||
537 | clear | ||
538 | as | ||
539 | a | ||
540 | running | ||
541 | stream | ||
542 | or | ||
543 | the | ||
544 | sky | ||
545 | that's | ||
546 | clear | ||
547 | right | ||
548 | or | ||
549 | the | ||
550 | water | ||
551 | that | ||
552 | is | ||
553 | in | ||
554 | the | ||
555 | bahamas | ||
556 | because | ||
557 | i | ||
558 | hear | ||
559 | that's | ||
560 | clear | ||
561 | you're | ||
562 | as | ||
563 | clear | ||
564 | as | ||
565 | the | ||
566 | sound | ||
567 | of | ||
568 | a | ||
569 | bell | ||
570 | you're | ||
571 | as | ||
572 | clear | ||
573 | as | ||
574 | the | ||
575 | braying | ||
576 | of | ||
577 | horses | ||
578 | you're | ||
579 | as | ||
580 | clear | ||
581 | as | ||
582 | the | ||
583 | glass | ||
584 | in | ||
585 | god's | ||
586 | eye | ||
587 | and | ||
588 | i | ||
589 | i'm | ||
590 | as | ||
591 | dull | ||
592 | as | ||
593 | an | ||
594 | ox | ||
595 | plowing | ||
596 | through | ||
597 | fields | ||
598 | in | ||
599 | his | ||
600 | yoke | ||
601 | i'm | ||
602 | as | ||
603 | dull | ||
604 | as | ||
605 | clouded | ||
606 | amber | ||
607 | i'm | ||
608 | dull | ||
609 | as | ||
610 | you | ||
611 | find | ||
612 | me | ||
613 | tonight | ||
614 | after | ||
615 | dinner | ||
616 | i'm | ||
617 | reading | ||
618 | the | ||
619 | crossword | ||
620 | you're | ||
621 | sitting | ||
622 | beside | ||
623 | me | ||
624 | you're | ||
625 | watching | ||
626 | tv | ||
diff --git a/river/COUNTS.txt b/river/COUNTS.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..465c4a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/COUNTS.txt | |||
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1 | 1 * | ||
2 | 1 0 | ||
3 | 1 05 | ||
4 | 1 1 | ||
5 | 1 100 | ||
6 | 1 1994 | ||
7 | 1 2000 | ||
8 | 1 2006 | ||
9 | 1 203 | ||
10 | 1 22 | ||
11 | 1 28 | ||
12 | 1 2x | ||
13 | 1 4/10 | ||
14 | 1 40 | ||
15 | 1 \1 | ||
16 | 1 abandoned | ||
17 | 1 abel | ||
18 | 1 ability | ||
19 | 1 abounds | ||
20 | 1 absent-mindedly | ||
21 | 1 absolute | ||
22 | 1 absorbed | ||
23 | 1 accent | ||
24 | 1 accentuated | ||
25 | 1 accept | ||
26 | 1 access | ||
27 | 1 accident | ||
28 | 1 account | ||
29 | 1 accounting | ||
30 | 1 accounts | ||
31 | 1 accurately | ||
32 | 1 ache | ||
33 | 1 achieve | ||
34 | 1 aching | ||
35 | 1 acknowledges | ||
36 | 1 activities | ||
37 | 1 actor's | ||
38 | 1 adam | ||
39 | 1 adapting | ||
40 | 1 added | ||
41 | 1 additive | ||
42 | 1 adjust | ||
43 | 1 adjusted | ||
44 | 1 admin | ||
45 | 1 admired | ||
46 | 1 advantages | ||
47 | 1 affairs | ||
48 | 1 afford | ||
49 | 1 africa | ||
50 | 1 afterbend | ||
51 | 1 afterbirth | ||
52 | 1 afternoon | ||
53 | 1 afterthought | ||
54 | 1 afterward | ||
55 | 1 age | ||
56 | 1 agreeable | ||
57 | 1 aimed | ||
58 | 1 aisle | ||
59 | 1 alberto | ||
60 | 1 alcoholic | ||
61 | 1 alert | ||
62 | 1 algae | ||
63 | 1 alien | ||
64 | 1 alight | ||
65 | 1 alights | ||
66 | 1 alike | ||
67 | 1 alive | ||
68 | 1 allen | ||
69 | 1 allow | ||
70 | 1 allowed | ||
71 | 1 allows | ||
72 | 1 aloud | ||
73 | 1 amazing | ||
74 | 1 amble | ||
75 | 1 america | ||
76 | 1 american | ||
77 | 1 amicable | ||
78 | 1 analogue | ||
79 | 1 analytic | ||
80 | 1 and'll | ||
81 | 1 anemones | ||
82 | 1 animal | ||
83 | 1 ankle | ||
84 | 1 annie | ||
85 | 1 annoy | ||
86 | 1 annoyances | ||
87 | 1 annoyed | ||
88 | 1 ant | ||
89 | 1 anticipation | ||
90 | 1 apollo | ||
91 | 1 apologize | ||
92 | 1 apologizing | ||
93 | 1 apology | ||
94 | 1 appear | ||
95 | 1 appears | ||
96 | 1 applying | ||
97 | 1 appointment | ||
98 | 1 appreciate | ||
99 | 1 aquarium | ||
100 | 1 arabic | ||
101 | 1 arbitrary | ||
102 | 1 arcade | ||
103 | 1 argued | ||
104 | 1 argument | ||
105 | 1 arguments | ||
106 | 1 arises | ||
107 | 1 ark | ||
108 | 1 arrow | ||
109 | 1 ars | ||
110 | 1 arson | ||
111 | 1 ascribe | ||
112 | 1 ashbark | ||
113 | 1 asleep | ||
114 | 1 aspiration | ||
115 | 1 assets | ||
116 | 1 associations | ||
117 | 1 astonished | ||
118 | 1 astonishing | ||
119 | 1 asylums | ||
120 | 1 atom | ||
121 | 1 atoms | ||
122 | 1 attached | ||
123 | 1 attempted | ||
124 | 1 attempts | ||
125 | 1 attila | ||
126 | 1 audience | ||
127 | 1 aunt | ||
128 | 1 aural | ||
129 | 1 author | ||
130 | 1 autocento | ||
131 | 1 automobile | ||
132 | 1 average | ||
133 | 1 aw | ||
134 | 1 awake | ||
135 | 1 awful | ||
136 | 1 axis | ||
137 | 1 babel | ||
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253 | 1 brownspotted | ||
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381 | 1 cocky | ||
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1808 | 1 self-soothing | ||
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1916 | 1 smoking | ||
1917 | 1 smoldering | ||
1918 | 1 snake | ||
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1920 | 1 sneaking | ||
1921 | 1 sniffing | ||
1922 | 1 sniffling | ||
1923 | 1 snowquiet | ||
1924 | 1 soap | ||
1925 | 1 soars | ||
1926 | 1 sobriety | ||
1927 | 1 soccer | ||
1928 | 1 social | ||
1929 | 1 sock | ||
1930 | 1 socks | ||
1931 | 1 socrates | ||
1932 | 1 softly | ||
1933 | 1 soggy | ||
1934 | 1 solipsist | ||
1935 | 1 solomon | ||
1936 | 1 solve | ||
1937 | 1 someone's | ||
1938 | 1 something's | ||
1939 | 1 song's | ||
1940 | 1 songfilled | ||
1941 | 1 soooo | ||
1942 | 1 sort | ||
1943 | 1 soul | ||
1944 | 1 sounding | ||
1945 | 1 southern | ||
1946 | 1 spare | ||
1947 | 1 sparkle | ||
1948 | 1 speaker | ||
1949 | 1 specific | ||
1950 | 1 specifically | ||
1951 | 1 speculate | ||
1952 | 1 speculations | ||
1953 | 1 speech | ||
1954 | 1 speed | ||
1955 | 1 spend | ||
1956 | 1 spends | ||
1957 | 1 spent | ||
1958 | 1 sperm | ||
1959 | 1 sphere | ||
1960 | 1 spider | ||
1961 | 1 spiders | ||
1962 | 1 spill | ||
1963 | 1 spilled | ||
1964 | 1 spin | ||
1965 | 1 spins | ||
1966 | 1 spit-shined | ||
1967 | 1 split | ||
1968 | 1 spoken | ||
1969 | 1 spooling | ||
1970 | 1 spoon | ||
1971 | 1 spread | ||
1972 | 1 springs | ||
1973 | 1 sprouting | ||
1974 | 1 square | ||
1975 | 1 square-jawed | ||
1976 | 1 squeal | ||
1977 | 1 stage | ||
1978 | 1 staged | ||
1979 | 1 stairs | ||
1980 | 1 stalk | ||
1981 | 1 stamp | ||
1982 | 1 stands | ||
1983 | 1 star | ||
1984 | 1 starblind | ||
1985 | 1 stares | ||
1986 | 1 starlight | ||
1987 | 1 starts | ||
1988 | 1 starvation | ||
1989 | 1 starving | ||
1990 | 1 statements | ||
1991 | 1 statuses | ||
1992 | 1 steak | ||
1993 | 1 steam | ||
1994 | 1 steel | ||
1995 | 1 stem | ||
1996 | 1 stemmed | ||
1997 | 1 stepped | ||
1998 | 1 sticks | ||
1999 | 1 sticky-sweet | ||
2000 | 1 stiff | ||
2001 | 1 stimuli | ||
2002 | 1 stitches | ||
2003 | 1 stocked | ||
2004 | 1 stockingsit | ||
2005 | 1 stolen | ||
2006 | 1 stomach | ||
2007 | 1 stones | ||
2008 | 1 stoppard | ||
2009 | 1 stopping | ||
2010 | 1 stops | ||
2011 | 1 storm | ||
2012 | 1 stranded | ||
2013 | 1 strangely | ||
2014 | 1 stranger | ||
2015 | 1 strapped | ||
2016 | 1 strawberries | ||
2017 | 1 strawberry | ||
2018 | 1 streaks | ||
2019 | 1 streaming | ||
2020 | 1 streams | ||
2021 | 1 streetlamps | ||
2022 | 1 streetlights | ||
2023 | 1 stresses | ||
2024 | 1 stretching | ||
2025 | 1 striped | ||
2026 | 1 strolled | ||
2027 | 1 strolls | ||
2028 | 1 structured | ||
2029 | 1 stuck | ||
2030 | 1 stunned | ||
2031 | 1 stupid | ||
2032 | 1 styles | ||
2033 | 1 subject's | ||
2034 | 1 subsequent | ||
2035 | 1 subsist | ||
2036 | 1 substantial | ||
2037 | 1 subtraction | ||
2038 | 1 subtypes | ||
2039 | 1 suburb | ||
2040 | 1 successful | ||
2041 | 1 sucking | ||
2042 | 1 sue | ||
2043 | 1 suffering | ||
2044 | 1 summed | ||
2045 | 1 sun's | ||
2046 | 1 sunglasses | ||
2047 | 1 sunlit | ||
2048 | 1 sunning | ||
2049 | 1 supervisor | ||
2050 | 1 supported | ||
2051 | 1 supposing | ||
2052 | 1 surf | ||
2053 | 1 surface | ||
2054 | 1 surprises | ||
2055 | 1 surrounding | ||
2056 | 1 surroundings | ||
2057 | 1 surrounds | ||
2058 | 1 suspended | ||
2059 | 1 swaddling | ||
2060 | 1 swallow | ||
2061 | 1 swamp | ||
2062 | 1 swansong | ||
2063 | 1 sweat | ||
2064 | 1 sweater | ||
2065 | 1 sweaters | ||
2066 | 1 sweaty | ||
2067 | 1 sweetmaking | ||
2068 | 1 sweetness | ||
2069 | 1 swelling | ||
2070 | 1 switchbacks | ||
2071 | 1 switches | ||
2072 | 1 swizzle | ||
2073 | 1 sydney | ||
2074 | 1 syl | ||
2075 | 1 syllables | ||
2076 | 1 system | ||
2077 | 1 tablespoons | ||
2078 | 1 tacked-up | ||
2079 | 1 tailbone | ||
2080 | 1 tails | ||
2081 | 1 talent | ||
2082 | 1 tales | ||
2083 | 1 talked | ||
2084 | 1 talkers | ||
2085 | 1 tap | ||
2086 | 1 tapping | ||
2087 | 1 tar | ||
2088 | 1 tasked | ||
2089 | 1 tasks | ||
2090 | 1 taste | ||
2091 | 1 taunts | ||
2092 | 1 tautological | ||
2093 | 1 tautology | ||
2094 | 1 tax | ||
2095 | 1 teacher | ||
2096 | 1 teenager | ||
2097 | 1 teenagers | ||
2098 | 1 telemarketer | ||
2099 | 1 telemarketing | ||
2100 | 1 television | ||
2101 | 1 tender | ||
2102 | 1 tentative | ||
2103 | 1 tenuous | ||
2104 | 1 term | ||
2105 | 1 terminates | ||
2106 | 1 termination | ||
2107 | 1 terrified | ||
2108 | 1 terror | ||
2109 | 1 test | ||
2110 | 1 tethered | ||
2111 | 1 thanks | ||
2112 | 1 that'll | ||
2113 | 1 thaw | ||
2114 | 1 therapy | ||
2115 | 1 there'll | ||
2116 | 1 therefore | ||
2117 | 1 theses | ||
2118 | 1 they'd | ||
2119 | 1 they'll | ||
2120 | 1 thick | ||
2121 | 1 thickens | ||
2122 | 1 thickly | ||
2123 | 1 thigh | ||
2124 | 1 thinks | ||
2125 | 1 thirst | ||
2126 | 1 thoroughly | ||
2127 | 1 thousands | ||
2128 | 1 three-dimensional | ||
2129 | 1 three-message | ||
2130 | 1 throng | ||
2131 | 1 thrumming | ||
2132 | 1 thud | ||
2133 | 1 thumb | ||
2134 | 1 thumbed | ||
2135 | 1 thumping | ||
2136 | 1 thundercloud | ||
2137 | 1 thursday | ||
2138 | 1 tidal | ||
2139 | 1 tight | ||
2140 | 1 tightens | ||
2141 | 1 til | ||
2142 | 1 tiller | ||
2143 | 1 tilted | ||
2144 | 1 timbers | ||
2145 | 1 tin | ||
2146 | 1 tinker | ||
2147 | 1 tinny | ||
2148 | 1 tip | ||
2149 | 1 titled | ||
2150 | 1 titles | ||
2151 | 1 toes | ||
2152 | 1 toil | ||
2153 | 1 toll | ||
2154 | 1 tom | ||
2155 | 1 tone | ||
2156 | 1 tongues | ||
2157 | 1 too-hot | ||
2158 | 1 too-small | ||
2159 | 1 topic | ||
2160 | 1 torn | ||
2161 | 1 torturous | ||
2162 | 1 touch | ||
2163 | 1 tourists | ||
2164 | 1 towels | ||
2165 | 1 tower | ||
2166 | 1 towering | ||
2167 | 1 towers | ||
2168 | 1 town | ||
2169 | 1 tracked | ||
2170 | 1 train | ||
2171 | 1 trains | ||
2172 | 1 trait | ||
2173 | 1 trap | ||
2174 | 1 trash | ||
2175 | 1 trashcan | ||
2176 | 1 trauma | ||
2177 | 1 travel | ||
2178 | 1 traveler | ||
2179 | 1 treat | ||
2180 | 1 trellis | ||
2181 | 1 trench | ||
2182 | 1 tropical | ||
2183 | 1 trouble | ||
2184 | 1 troubles | ||
2185 | 1 truth | ||
2186 | 1 tube | ||
2187 | 1 tuesday | ||
2188 | 1 tundra | ||
2189 | 1 tune-up | ||
2190 | 1 tupperware | ||
2191 | 1 twenty-two | ||
2192 | 1 twilight | ||
2193 | 1 twins | ||
2194 | 1 twirling | ||
2195 | 1 two-dimensional | ||
2196 | 1 uh | ||
2197 | 1 ultimate | ||
2198 | 1 um | ||
2199 | 1 unaccustomed | ||
2200 | 1 unadorned | ||
2201 | 1 unanswerable | ||
2202 | 1 uncareful | ||
2203 | 1 uncomortably | ||
2204 | 1 uncovering | ||
2205 | 1 under-the-skin | ||
2206 | 1 underground | ||
2207 | 1 understandably | ||
2208 | 1 understood | ||
2209 | 1 uneven | ||
2210 | 1 unfold | ||
2211 | 1 unfurling | ||
2212 | 1 unidentifiable | ||
2213 | 1 uniform | ||
2214 | 1 universality | ||
2215 | 1 unmade | ||
2216 | 1 unpack | ||
2217 | 1 unsatisfying | ||
2218 | 1 unsayable | ||
2219 | 1 unsolvable | ||
2220 | 1 upholstery | ||
2221 | 1 ups | ||
2222 | 1 urethra | ||
2223 | 1 urge | ||
2224 | 1 urn | ||
2225 | 1 v | ||
2226 | 1 vacation | ||
2227 | 1 vaguely | ||
2228 | 1 valhalla | ||
2229 | 1 valley | ||
2230 | 1 valleys | ||
2231 | 1 vampire | ||
2232 | 1 vanishes | ||
2233 | 1 venom | ||
2234 | 1 veranda | ||
2235 | 1 verses | ||
2236 | 1 versions | ||
2237 | 1 vertical | ||
2238 | 1 verulam | ||
2239 | 1 vest | ||
2240 | 1 vestigial | ||
2241 | 1 vet | ||
2242 | 1 vi | ||
2243 | 1 victim | ||
2244 | 1 viewed | ||
2245 | 1 viewer's | ||
2246 | 1 vii | ||
2247 | 1 viii | ||
2248 | 1 vine | ||
2249 | 1 vinegar | ||
2250 | 1 visible | ||
2251 | 1 vitro | ||
2252 | 1 vocal | ||
2253 | 1 vocation | ||
2254 | 1 vogue | ||
2255 | 1 voicebox | ||
2256 | 1 voluminous | ||
2257 | 1 vonnegut | ||
2258 | 1 vote | ||
2259 | 1 wagging | ||
2260 | 1 wailing | ||
2261 | 1 waits | ||
2262 | 1 waking | ||
2263 | 1 walgreen's | ||
2264 | 1 walkers | ||
2265 | 1 wandered | ||
2266 | 1 wandering | ||
2267 | 1 wanna | ||
2268 | 1 warbling | ||
2269 | 1 ward | ||
2270 | 1 warm-cold | ||
2271 | 1 warning | ||
2272 | 1 wary | ||
2273 | 1 wash | ||
2274 | 1 washer | ||
2275 | 1 waste | ||
2276 | 1 wasted | ||
2277 | 1 wasting | ||
2278 | 1 wastrel's | ||
2279 | 1 watcher | ||
2280 | 1 watches | ||
2281 | 1 waterlike | ||
2282 | 1 waters | ||
2283 | 1 watery-eyed | ||
2284 | 1 wave | ||
2285 | 1 wavered | ||
2286 | 1 waving | ||
2287 | 1 we've | ||
2288 | 1 weak | ||
2289 | 1 weary | ||
2290 | 1 wednesday | ||
2291 | 1 weekend | ||
2292 | 1 weekends | ||
2293 | 1 welling | ||
2294 | 1 weren't | ||
2295 | 1 wetly | ||
2296 | 1 wheeling | ||
2297 | 1 wheels | ||
2298 | 1 whenever | ||
2299 | 1 where's | ||
2300 | 1 wherever | ||
2301 | 1 whichever | ||
2302 | 1 whinny | ||
2303 | 1 whisper | ||
2304 | 1 whispered | ||
2305 | 1 whistfully | ||
2306 | 1 whistle | ||
2307 | 1 whitman | ||
2308 | 1 whitman-esque | ||
2309 | 1 whittle | ||
2310 | 1 whittled | ||
2311 | 1 who'd | ||
2312 | 1 who'll | ||
2313 | 1 whom | ||
2314 | 1 widening | ||
2315 | 1 wild | ||
2316 | 1 willed | ||
2317 | 1 william | ||
2318 | 1 win | ||
2319 | 1 windblown | ||
2320 | 1 windows | ||
2321 | 1 wine | ||
2322 | 1 winked | ||
2323 | 1 winter-returned | ||
2324 | 1 winters | ||
2325 | 1 wintery | ||
2326 | 1 wishful | ||
2327 | 1 withdrew | ||
2328 | 1 wobbly | ||
2329 | 1 women's | ||
2330 | 1 wonderful | ||
2331 | 1 wooden | ||
2332 | 1 woodgrain | ||
2333 | 1 wool | ||
2334 | 1 workers | ||
2335 | 1 workings | ||
2336 | 1 worldmaking | ||
2337 | 1 worlds | ||
2338 | 1 wormilled | ||
2339 | 1 worms | ||
2340 | 1 worship | ||
2341 | 1 worst | ||
2342 | 1 wound | ||
2343 | 1 wounds | ||
2344 | 1 woven | ||
2345 | 1 wrap-up | ||
2346 | 1 wrench | ||
2347 | 1 wrestling | ||
2348 | 1 wriggled | ||
2349 | 1 wrinkle | ||
2350 | 1 wrists | ||
2351 | 1 x-ray | ||
2352 | 1 x-rays | ||
2353 | 1 yard | ||
2354 | 1 yawn | ||
2355 | 1 yeah | ||
2356 | 1 year-old | ||
2357 | 1 yearning | ||
2358 | 1 yearnings | ||
2359 | 1 yearns | ||
2360 | 1 yellowshot | ||
2361 | 1 yields | ||
2362 | 1 yoke | ||
2363 | 1 yoked | ||
2364 | 1 youngnesses | ||
2365 | 1 youth | ||
2366 | 1 youthful | ||
2367 | 1 zone | ||
2368 | 1 zoom | ||
2369 | 1 zoos | ||
2370 | 2 10 | ||
2371 | 2 12 | ||
2372 | 2 13 | ||
2373 | 2 14 | ||
2374 | 2 15 | ||
2375 | 2 16 | ||
2376 | 2 17 | ||
2377 | 2 18 | ||
2378 | 2 2 | ||
2379 | 2 3 | ||
2380 | 2 386 | ||
2381 | 2 4x6 | ||
2382 | 2 5 | ||
2383 | 2 6 | ||
2384 | 2 7 | ||
2385 | 2 8 | ||
2386 | 2 9 | ||
2387 | 2 = | ||
2388 | 2 \ | ||
2389 | 2 absolutely | ||
2390 | 2 accidentally | ||
2391 | 2 actual | ||
2392 | 2 admit | ||
2393 | 2 adoration | ||
2394 | 2 advantage | ||
2395 | 2 advice | ||
2396 | 2 affair | ||
2397 | 2 affective | ||
2398 | 2 afraid | ||
2399 | 2 ah | ||
2400 | 2 ahead | ||
2401 | 2 alley | ||
2402 | 2 amber | ||
2403 | 2 among | ||
2404 | 2 anew | ||
2405 | 2 angel | ||
2406 | 2 anger | ||
2407 | 2 animals | ||
2408 | 2 anywhere | ||
2409 | 2 approximately | ||
2410 | 2 argue | ||
2411 | 2 arizona | ||
2412 | 2 arms | ||
2413 | 2 arrived | ||
2414 | 2 arrows | ||
2415 | 2 article | ||
2416 | 2 artist | ||
2417 | 2 ash | ||
2418 | 2 asks | ||
2419 | 2 assumed | ||
2420 | 2 attempt | ||
2421 | 2 attic | ||
2422 | 2 autumn | ||
2423 | 2 aware | ||
2424 | 2 baby | ||
2425 | 2 backs | ||
2426 | 2 banner | ||
2427 | 2 bartender | ||
2428 | 2 base | ||
2429 | 2 based | ||
2430 | 2 basement | ||
2431 | 2 bastian | ||
2432 | 2 bastion | ||
2433 | 2 beaming | ||
2434 | 2 beating | ||
2435 | 2 bedroom | ||
2436 | 2 begins | ||
2437 | 2 bell | ||
2438 | 2 beneath | ||
2439 | 2 bent | ||
2440 | 2 besides | ||
2441 | 2 bible | ||
2442 | 2 bieber | ||
2443 | 2 bigger | ||
2444 | 2 binds | ||
2445 | 2 blankets | ||
2446 | 2 blankness | ||
2447 | 2 bleeding | ||
2448 | 2 blow | ||
2449 | 2 boar | ||
2450 | 2 boat | ||
2451 | 2 books | ||
2452 | 2 bought | ||
2453 | 2 bouillon | ||
2454 | 2 brainpower | ||
2455 | 2 breaking | ||
2456 | 2 breaks | ||
2457 | 2 brick | ||
2458 | 2 brightness | ||
2459 | 2 broke | ||
2460 | 2 brothers | ||
2461 | 2 brought | ||
2462 | 2 buffalo | ||
2463 | 2 builders | ||
2464 | 2 builds | ||
2465 | 2 bull | ||
2466 | 2 burn | ||
2467 | 2 butterfly | ||
2468 | 2 cabinet | ||
2469 | 2 calls | ||
2470 | 2 camels | ||
2471 | 2 campos | ||
2472 | 2 candle | ||
2473 | 2 candy | ||
2474 | 2 canvas | ||
2475 | 2 canyon | ||
2476 | 2 cards | ||
2477 | 2 carries | ||
2478 | 2 cast | ||
2479 | 2 center | ||
2480 | 2 certain | ||
2481 | 2 chained | ||
2482 | 2 changing | ||
2483 | 2 chapter | ||
2484 | 2 cheek | ||
2485 | 2 chicken | ||
2486 | 2 childhood | ||
2487 | 2 chopped | ||
2488 | 2 chords | ||
2489 | 2 christ | ||
2490 | 2 christmas | ||
2491 | 2 church | ||
2492 | 2 circle | ||
2493 | 2 cities | ||
2494 | 2 classified | ||
2495 | 2 clock | ||
2496 | 2 clogged | ||
2497 | 2 clouds | ||
2498 | 2 coke | ||
2499 | 2 collect | ||
2500 | 2 commit | ||
2501 | 2 communication | ||
2502 | 2 complete | ||
2503 | 2 computer | ||
2504 | 2 conditioner | ||
2505 | 2 conditioning | ||
2506 | 2 confusion | ||
2507 | 2 conjoined | ||
2508 | 2 connected | ||
2509 | 2 contained | ||
2510 | 2 contents | ||
2511 | 2 controlled | ||
2512 | 2 convince | ||
2513 | 2 cooing | ||
2514 | 2 cook | ||
2515 | 2 cool | ||
2516 | 2 core | ||
2517 | 2 could've | ||
2518 | 2 count | ||
2519 | 2 covering | ||
2520 | 2 crag | ||
2521 | 2 creaks | ||
2522 | 2 creating | ||
2523 | 2 creation | ||
2524 | 2 creek | ||
2525 | 2 crooks | ||
2526 | 2 crow | ||
2527 | 2 crumpled | ||
2528 | 2 crunched | ||
2529 | 2 cube | ||
2530 | 2 culture | ||
2531 | 2 curb | ||
2532 | 2 current | ||
2533 | 2 curtain | ||
2534 | 2 daily | ||
2535 | 2 damn | ||
2536 | 2 darkened | ||
2537 | 2 de | ||
2538 | 2 deeply | ||
2539 | 2 delicate | ||
2540 | 2 demands | ||
2541 | 2 department | ||
2542 | 2 depending | ||
2543 | 2 depressed | ||
2544 | 2 describe | ||
2545 | 2 desperation | ||
2546 | 2 dew | ||
2547 | 2 dial | ||
2548 | 2 dictionary | ||
2549 | 2 dies | ||
2550 | 2 differences | ||
2551 | 2 dimorphic | ||
2552 | 2 discover | ||
2553 | 2 dish | ||
2554 | 2 dishes | ||
2555 | 2 disorder | ||
2556 | 2 draw | ||
2557 | 2 dreaming | ||
2558 | 2 dropping | ||
2559 | 2 drowning | ||
2560 | 2 drunkenly | ||
2561 | 2 du | ||
2562 | 2 dumb | ||
2563 | 2 during | ||
2564 | 2 dusty | ||
2565 | 2 eagle | ||
2566 | 2 ears | ||
2567 | 2 easier | ||
2568 | 2 edge | ||
2569 | 2 eels | ||
2570 | 2 egg | ||
2571 | 2 eight | ||
2572 | 2 einstein | ||
2573 | 2 electrons | ||
2574 | 2 embrace | ||
2575 | 2 emotions | ||
2576 | 2 ended | ||
2577 | 2 ending | ||
2578 | 2 erased | ||
2579 | 2 eskimo | ||
2580 | 2 especially | ||
2581 | 2 etc | ||
2582 | 2 eternal | ||
2583 | 2 events | ||
2584 | 2 everyday | ||
2585 | 2 evil | ||
2586 | 2 exclusively | ||
2587 | 2 exhaled | ||
2588 | 2 existing | ||
2589 | 2 expecting | ||
2590 | 2 explain | ||
2591 | 2 explaining | ||
2592 | 2 express | ||
2593 | 2 fabric | ||
2594 | 2 faces | ||
2595 | 2 failing | ||
2596 | 2 fair | ||
2597 | 2 fallen | ||
2598 | 2 fallible | ||
2599 | 2 falling | ||
2600 | 2 fast | ||
2601 | 2 felled | ||
2602 | 2 fernando | ||
2603 | 2 fields | ||
2604 | 2 fill | ||
2605 | 2 fished | ||
2606 | 2 five | ||
2607 | 2 flash | ||
2608 | 2 flight | ||
2609 | 2 fluid | ||
2610 | 2 flying | ||
2611 | 2 focus | ||
2612 | 2 following | ||
2613 | 2 footsteps | ||
2614 | 2 foreground | ||
2615 | 2 form | ||
2616 | 2 formed | ||
2617 | 2 forming | ||
2618 | 2 forms | ||
2619 | 2 foundation | ||
2620 | 2 fountain | ||
2621 | 2 four-by-six | ||
2622 | 2 foxholes | ||
2623 | 2 frame | ||
2624 | 2 fresh | ||
2625 | 2 fridge | ||
2626 | 2 fries | ||
2627 | 2 frowned | ||
2628 | 2 frozen | ||
2629 | 2 frustration | ||
2630 | 2 fryer | ||
2631 | 2 function | ||
2632 | 2 gap-mouthed | ||
2633 | 2 garden | ||
2634 | 2 gasp | ||
2635 | 2 gauze | ||
2636 | 2 gazelle | ||
2637 | 2 generally | ||
2638 | 2 gesture | ||
2639 | 2 gift | ||
2640 | 2 girlfriend | ||
2641 | 2 girls | ||
2642 | 2 gives | ||
2643 | 2 glad | ||
2644 | 2 glass | ||
2645 | 2 glistening | ||
2646 | 2 gnarled | ||
2647 | 2 gotten | ||
2648 | 2 grabbed | ||
2649 | 2 grand | ||
2650 | 2 grandmother | ||
2651 | 2 grapes | ||
2652 | 2 grass | ||
2653 | 2 gravity | ||
2654 | 2 gray | ||
2655 | 2 greedy | ||
2656 | 2 grief | ||
2657 | 2 groaning | ||
2658 | 2 grocery | ||
2659 | 2 groomed | ||
2660 | 2 guilty | ||
2661 | 2 habit | ||
2662 | 2 hallway | ||
2663 | 2 happening | ||
2664 | 2 happy-hungering | ||
2665 | 2 harder | ||
2666 | 2 hardly | ||
2667 | 2 hash | ||
2668 | 2 headlights | ||
2669 | 2 hearts | ||
2670 | 2 hee | ||
2671 | 2 held | ||
2672 | 2 helps | ||
2673 | 2 herself | ||
2674 | 2 heteronyms | ||
2675 | 2 hiding | ||
2676 | 2 high | ||
2677 | 2 hill | ||
2678 | 2 history | ||
2679 | 2 ho | ||
2680 | 2 hold | ||
2681 | 2 hollered | ||
2682 | 2 honest | ||
2683 | 2 hop | ||
2684 | 2 horrible | ||
2685 | 2 hospital | ||
2686 | 2 hunched | ||
2687 | 2 hung | ||
2688 | 2 hunters | ||
2689 | 2 hunting | ||
2690 | 2 husband | ||
2691 | 2 iambs | ||
2692 | 2 idly | ||
2693 | 2 iii | ||
2694 | 2 illusion | ||
2695 | 2 imagining | ||
2696 | 2 immediate | ||
2697 | 2 impressions | ||
2698 | 2 include | ||
2699 | 2 incorrectly | ||
2700 | 2 incredibly | ||
2701 | 2 information | ||
2702 | 2 ink | ||
2703 | 2 inkwell | ||
2704 | 2 inner | ||
2705 | 2 interact | ||
2706 | 2 jane | ||
2707 | 2 journey | ||
2708 | 2 journeying | ||
2709 | 2 judas | ||
2710 | 2 jumping | ||
2711 | 2 keeps | ||
2712 | 2 keys | ||
2713 | 2 kid | ||
2714 | 2 killing | ||
2715 | 2 king | ||
2716 | 2 kiss | ||
2717 | 2 knit | ||
2718 | 2 knocking | ||
2719 | 2 knot | ||
2720 | 2 knots | ||
2721 | 2 l'appel | ||
2722 | 2 lands | ||
2723 | 2 lawyers | ||
2724 | 2 laying | ||
2725 | 2 lays | ||
2726 | 2 legion | ||
2727 | 2 length | ||
2728 | 2 library | ||
2729 | 2 lied | ||
2730 | 2 lifted | ||
2731 | 2 lights | ||
2732 | 2 lightyears | ||
2733 | 2 lit | ||
2734 | 2 lives | ||
2735 | 2 loops | ||
2736 | 2 loring | ||
2737 | 2 lose | ||
2738 | 2 losing | ||
2739 | 2 lotion | ||
2740 | 2 loudly | ||
2741 | 2 lovers | ||
2742 | 2 loves | ||
2743 | 2 lower | ||
2744 | 2 luckily | ||
2745 | 2 luxury | ||
2746 | 2 magazine | ||
2747 | 2 main | ||
2748 | 2 material | ||
2749 | 2 materials | ||
2750 | 2 mating | ||
2751 | 2 mayonnaise | ||
2752 | 2 mcdonald | ||
2753 | 2 meanings | ||
2754 | 2 medication | ||
2755 | 2 medicine | ||
2756 | 2 memo | ||
2757 | 2 memories | ||
2758 | 2 mention | ||
2759 | 2 mere | ||
2760 | 2 messenger | ||
2761 | 2 method | ||
2762 | 2 microwave | ||
2763 | 2 midnight | ||
2764 | 2 mistakes | ||
2765 | 2 miz | ||
2766 | 2 modern | ||
2767 | 2 modification | ||
2768 | 2 mom | ||
2769 | 2 monday | ||
2770 | 2 moon's | ||
2771 | 2 moonlight | ||
2772 | 2 moons | ||
2773 | 2 mourn | ||
2774 | 2 ms | ||
2775 | 2 mud | ||
2776 | 2 mugshot | ||
2777 | 2 murmur | ||
2778 | 2 muttered | ||
2779 | 2 named | ||
2780 | 2 nameless | ||
2781 | 2 necessarily | ||
2782 | 2 needed | ||
2783 | 2 needles | ||
2784 | 2 nervous | ||
2785 | 2 newspapers | ||
2786 | 2 nobody | ||
2787 | 2 nods | ||
2788 | 2 noe | ||
2789 | 2 noises | ||
2790 | 2 nor | ||
2791 | 2 notice | ||
2792 | 2 numbers | ||
2793 | 2 objects | ||
2794 | 2 obscured | ||
2795 | 2 observation | ||
2796 | 2 occupy | ||
2797 | 2 odysseus | ||
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3243 | 3 pigeon | ||
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3600 | 5 momentum | ||
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3620 | 5 refrigerator | ||
3621 | 5 roll | ||
3622 | 5 ronald | ||
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3629 | 5 simple | ||
3630 | 5 sing | ||
3631 | 5 sit | ||
3632 | 5 smiling | ||
3633 | 5 smoke | ||
3634 | 5 sounded | ||
3635 | 5 speak | ||
3636 | 5 squirrel | ||
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3668 | 6 blank | ||
3669 | 6 bottom | ||
3670 | 6 buildings | ||
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3672 | 6 chop | ||
3673 | 6 cigarette | ||
3674 | 6 coming | ||
3675 | 6 cry | ||
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3678 | 6 distance | ||
3679 | 6 dominoes | ||
3680 | 6 doors | ||
3681 | 6 drawer | ||
3682 | 6 ear | ||
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3686 | 6 example | ||
3687 | 6 feeling | ||
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3929 | 11 lost | ||
3930 | 11 making | ||
3931 | 11 notecard | ||
3932 | 11 open | ||
3933 | 11 outside | ||
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3935 | 11 seen | ||
3936 | 11 since | ||
3937 | 11 snow | ||
3938 | 11 song | ||
3939 | 11 sorry | ||
3940 | 11 sound | ||
3941 | 11 took | ||
3942 | 11 turn | ||
3943 | 11 tv | ||
3944 | 11 warm | ||
3945 | 11 white | ||
3946 | 11 wrong | ||
3947 | 12 above | ||
3948 | 12 axe | ||
3949 | 12 black | ||
3950 | 12 both | ||
3951 | 12 building | ||
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3954 | 12 coffee | ||
3955 | 12 earth | ||
3956 | 12 few | ||
3957 | 12 game | ||
3958 | 12 happy | ||
3959 | 12 leaves | ||
3960 | 12 makes | ||
3961 | 12 meaning | ||
3962 | 12 oh | ||
3963 | 12 person | ||
3964 | 12 poetry | ||
3965 | 12 reading | ||
3966 | 12 reality | ||
3967 | 12 shoulder | ||
3968 | 12 slowly | ||
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3970 | 12 staring | ||
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3979 | 13 dog | ||
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3982 | 13 father | ||
3983 | 13 home | ||
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3985 | 13 onto | ||
3986 | 13 opened | ||
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3988 | 13 sun | ||
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4023 | 15 place | ||
4024 | 15 poems | ||
4025 | 15 real | ||
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4038 | 16 mountain | ||
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4040 | 16 should | ||
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4042 | 16 sure | ||
4043 | 16 take | ||
4044 | 16 well | ||
4045 | 17 behind | ||
4046 | 17 better | ||
4047 | 17 does | ||
4048 | 17 ever | ||
4049 | 17 find | ||
4050 | 17 fire | ||
4051 | 17 hands | ||
4052 | 17 house | ||
4053 | 17 myself | ||
4054 | 17 says | ||
4055 | 17 self | ||
4056 | 17 shed | ||
4057 | 17 start | ||
4058 | 17 that's | ||
4059 | 17 thoughts | ||
4060 | 17 together | ||
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4065 | 18 feel | ||
4066 | 18 full | ||
4067 | 18 got | ||
4068 | 18 heart | ||
4069 | 18 line | ||
4070 | 18 notecards | ||
4071 | 18 problem | ||
4072 | 18 window | ||
4073 | 19 body | ||
4074 | 19 bus | ||
4075 | 19 else | ||
4076 | 19 possible | ||
4077 | 19 read | ||
4078 | 19 these | ||
4079 | 19 those | ||
4080 | 19 words | ||
4081 | 20 found | ||
4082 | 20 inside | ||
4083 | 20 isn't | ||
4084 | 20 looking | ||
4085 | 20 next | ||
4086 | 20 someone | ||
4087 | 20 wind | ||
4088 | 21 anything | ||
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4091 | 21 many | ||
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4094 | 21 room | ||
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4106 | 23 death | ||
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4128 | 25 trees | ||
4129 | 25 work | ||
4130 | 25 you're | ||
4131 | 26 before | ||
4132 | 26 every | ||
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4134 | 26 memory | ||
4135 | 26 universe | ||
4136 | 26 write | ||
4137 | 27 himself | ||
4138 | 27 i've | ||
4139 | 27 night | ||
4140 | 27 than | ||
4141 | 27 things | ||
4142 | 28 everything | ||
4143 | 28 really | ||
4144 | 28 while | ||
4145 | 29 man | ||
4146 | 29 mother | ||
4147 | 29 tell | ||
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4153 | 31 another | ||
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4161 | 33 still | ||
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4163 | 34 each | ||
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4165 | 34 our | ||
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4167 | 35 own | ||
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4169 | 36 even | ||
4170 | 36 god | ||
4171 | 36 look | ||
4172 | 36 love | ||
4173 | 36 thing | ||
4174 | 37 good | ||
4175 | 38 go | ||
4176 | 38 now | ||
4177 | 38 through | ||
4178 | 38 us | ||
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4181 | 40 around | ||
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4187 | 42 see | ||
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4190 | 44 two | ||
4191 | 44 which | ||
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4193 | 46 been | ||
4194 | 46 want | ||
4195 | 47 get | ||
4196 | 47 more | ||
4197 | 47 never | ||
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4199 | 49 could | ||
4200 | 49 did | ||
4201 | 49 don't | ||
4202 | 50 how | ||
4203 | 50 i'm | ||
4204 | 50 life | ||
4205 | 50 other | ||
4206 | 50 too | ||
4207 | 51 would | ||
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4212 | 56 say | ||
4213 | 57 thought | ||
4214 | 58 its | ||
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4216 | 59 back | ||
4217 | 60 know | ||
4218 | 63 because | ||
4219 | 64 way | ||
4220 | 65 over | ||
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4222 | 66 something | ||
4223 | 68 can | ||
4224 | 68 will | ||
4225 | 69 about | ||
4226 | 69 need | ||
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4228 | 73 think | ||
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4231 | 79 had | ||
4232 | 79 no | ||
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4245 | 97 up | ||
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4247 | 107 one | ||
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4254 | 130 out | ||
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diff --git a/river/TODO.river b/river/TODO.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2c99e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/TODO.river | |||
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1 | things | ||
2 | still | ||
3 | to | ||
4 | do | ||
5 | for | ||
6 | autocento | ||
7 | me | ||
8 | link | ||
9 | old | ||
10 | poems | ||
11 | to | ||
12 | new | ||
13 | poems | ||
14 | add | ||
15 | colors | ||
16 | & | ||
17 | background-colors | ||
18 | to | ||
19 | projects | ||
20 | css | ||
21 | add | ||
22 | a | ||
23 | notes | ||
24 | or | ||
25 | about | ||
26 | page | ||
27 | do | ||
28 | something | ||
29 | about | ||
30 | verse | ||
31 | s | ||
32 | \ | ||
33 | * | ||
34 | \ | ||
35 | \1 | ||
36 | s | ||
37 | think | ||
38 | about | ||
39 | html-q-tags | ||
40 | option | ||
41 | for | ||
42 | pandoc | ||
43 | think | ||
44 | about | ||
45 | changing | ||
46 | nav | ||
47 | links | ||
48 | after | ||
49 | to | ||
50 | borders | ||
51 | and | ||
52 | change | ||
53 | hover | ||
54 | thing | ||
55 | to | ||
56 | contrast | ||
57 | hovered | ||
58 | navlinks | ||
59 | done | ||
60 | add | ||
61 | index | ||
62 | page | ||
63 | with | ||
64 | all | ||
65 | pieces | ||
diff --git a/river/about-the-author.river b/river/about-the-author.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7af569d --- /dev/null +++ b/river/about-the-author.river | |||
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1 | about | ||
2 | the | ||
3 | author | ||
4 | not | ||
5 | pictured | ||
6 | he | ||
7 | was | ||
8 | born | ||
9 | on | ||
10 | a | ||
11 | few | ||
12 | separate | ||
13 | occasions | ||
14 | green | ||
15 | traffic | ||
16 | lights | ||
17 | at | ||
18 | night | ||
19 | there | ||
20 | was | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | day | ||
23 | of | ||
24 | his | ||
25 | conception | ||
26 | a | ||
27 | wintery | ||
28 | affair | ||
29 | saved | ||
30 | for | ||
31 | those | ||
32 | involved | ||
33 | a | ||
34 | tv | ||
35 | in | ||
36 | front | ||
37 | of | ||
38 | a | ||
39 | dumpster | ||
40 | the | ||
41 | day | ||
42 | he | ||
43 | wriggled | ||
44 | forth | ||
45 | from | ||
46 | the | ||
47 | dark | ||
48 | tunnel | ||
49 | of | ||
50 | nothing | ||
51 | his | ||
52 | mother's | ||
53 | womb | ||
54 | surprise | ||
55 | photo | ||
56 | of | ||
57 | you | ||
58 | at | ||
59 | walgreen's | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | founding | ||
62 | of | ||
63 | his | ||
64 | little | ||
65 | city | ||
66 | deep | ||
67 | inside | ||
68 | by | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | small | ||
71 | builders | ||
72 | alien | ||
73 | as | ||
74 | they | ||
75 | were | ||
76 | and | ||
77 | still | ||
78 | somehow | ||
79 | intimately | ||
80 | familiar | ||
81 | a | ||
82 | pink | ||
83 | dress | ||
84 | in | ||
85 | the | ||
86 | alley | ||
87 | behind | ||
88 | your | ||
89 | house | ||
90 | like | ||
91 | any | ||
92 | city | ||
93 | it | ||
94 | had | ||
95 | its | ||
96 | ups | ||
97 | and | ||
98 | downs | ||
99 | the | ||
100 | fever | ||
101 | of | ||
102 | 1994 | ||
103 | was | ||
104 | especially | ||
105 | devastating | ||
106 | but | ||
107 | they | ||
108 | were | ||
109 | a | ||
110 | hardy | ||
111 | folk | ||
112 | not | ||
113 | much | ||
114 | given | ||
115 | to | ||
116 | flight | ||
117 | me | ||
118 | buying | ||
119 | a | ||
120 | reese's | ||
121 | peanut | ||
122 | butter | ||
123 | cup | ||
124 | for | ||
125 | a | ||
126 | child | ||
127 | whose | ||
128 | family | ||
129 | couldn't | ||
130 | afford | ||
131 | it | ||
132 | in | ||
133 | front | ||
134 | of | ||
135 | me | ||
136 | in | ||
137 | line | ||
138 | at | ||
139 | safeway | ||
140 | as | ||
141 | all | ||
142 | things | ||
143 | must | ||
144 | pass | ||
145 | the | ||
146 | little | ||
147 | city | ||
148 | began | ||
149 | slowly | ||
150 | to | ||
151 | decay | ||
152 | the | ||
153 | old | ||
154 | ones | ||
155 | claimed | ||
156 | the | ||
157 | young | ||
158 | had | ||
159 | no | ||
160 | respect | ||
161 | for | ||
162 | culture | ||
163 | anymore | ||
164 | trees | ||
165 | at | ||
166 | night | ||
167 | their | ||
168 | skeletons | ||
169 | revealed | ||
170 | by | ||
171 | a | ||
172 | camera | ||
173 | flash | ||
174 | they | ||
175 | began | ||
176 | to | ||
177 | die | ||
178 | off | ||
179 | slowly | ||
180 | more | ||
181 | quickly | ||
182 | than | ||
183 | being | ||
184 | born | ||
185 | the | ||
186 | end | ||
187 | was | ||
188 | coming | ||
189 | closer | ||
190 | two | ||
191 | earthworms | ||
192 | on | ||
193 | pavement | ||
194 | after | ||
195 | a | ||
196 | rain | ||
197 | as | ||
198 | the | ||
199 | last | ||
200 | breath | ||
201 | was | ||
202 | made | ||
203 | the | ||
204 | last | ||
205 | accounts | ||
206 | closed | ||
207 | in | ||
208 | the | ||
209 | city | ||
210 | keys | ||
211 | tacked | ||
212 | to | ||
213 | a | ||
214 | sign | ||
215 | in | ||
216 | buffalo | ||
217 | park | ||
218 | it | ||
219 | was | ||
220 | given | ||
221 | over | ||
222 | to | ||
223 | other | ||
224 | builders | ||
225 | man | ||
226 | flipping | ||
227 | a | ||
228 | four-wheeler | ||
229 | and | ||
230 | walking | ||
231 | it | ||
232 | off | ||
diff --git a/river/amber-alert.river b/river/amber-alert.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3659e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/amber-alert.river | |||
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1 | amber | ||
2 | alert | ||
3 | lost | ||
4 | things | ||
5 | have | ||
6 | a | ||
7 | way | ||
8 | of | ||
9 | staying | ||
10 | lost | ||
11 | they | ||
12 | have | ||
13 | to | ||
14 | want | ||
15 | to | ||
16 | be | ||
17 | found | ||
18 | is | ||
19 | that | ||
20 | why | ||
21 | we | ||
22 | tack | ||
23 | up | ||
24 | signs | ||
25 | hang | ||
26 | socks | ||
27 | from | ||
28 | hooks | ||
29 | in | ||
30 | the | ||
31 | park | ||
32 | have | ||
33 | a | ||
34 | box | ||
35 | for | ||
36 | what's | ||
37 | been | ||
38 | lost | ||
39 | but | ||
40 | now | ||
41 | is | ||
42 | found | ||
43 | maybe | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | lost | ||
46 | want | ||
47 | to | ||
48 | be | ||
49 | found | ||
50 | but | ||
51 | we're | ||
52 | looking | ||
53 | in | ||
54 | the | ||
55 | wrong | ||
56 | places | ||
57 | maybe | ||
58 | we | ||
59 | speak | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | wrong | ||
62 | language | ||
63 | the | ||
64 | language | ||
65 | of | ||
66 | the | ||
67 | found | ||
68 | to | ||
69 | call | ||
70 | to | ||
71 | them | ||
72 | maybe | ||
73 | we | ||
74 | should | ||
75 | try | ||
76 | another | ||
77 | door | ||
diff --git a/river/and.river b/river/and.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b7c092 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/and.river | |||
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1 | and | ||
2 | and | ||
3 | you | ||
4 | were | ||
5 | there | ||
6 | in | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | start | ||
9 | of | ||
10 | it | ||
11 | all | ||
12 | and | ||
13 | you | ||
14 | folded | ||
15 | your | ||
16 | hands | ||
17 | like | ||
18 | little | ||
19 | doves | ||
20 | that | ||
21 | would | ||
22 | fly | ||
23 | away | ||
24 | like | ||
25 | an | ||
26 | afterthought | ||
27 | and | ||
28 | you | ||
29 | turned | ||
30 | to | ||
31 | me | ||
32 | the | ||
33 | window | ||
34 | light | ||
35 | on | ||
36 | your | ||
37 | face | ||
38 | and | ||
39 | you | ||
40 | asked | ||
41 | me | ||
42 | something | ||
43 | that | ||
44 | i | ||
45 | did | ||
46 | not | ||
47 | recognize | ||
48 | like | ||
49 | a | ||
50 | great | ||
51 | throng | ||
52 | of | ||
53 | people | ||
54 | who | ||
55 | are | ||
56 | not | ||
57 | you | ||
58 | and | ||
59 | i | ||
60 | asked | ||
61 | are | ||
62 | we | ||
63 | in | ||
64 | a | ||
65 | church | ||
66 | and | ||
67 | you | ||
68 | answered | ||
69 | with | ||
70 | the | ||
71 | look | ||
72 | on | ||
73 | your | ||
74 | face | ||
75 | of | ||
76 | someone | ||
77 | grieving | ||
78 | something | ||
79 | gone | ||
80 | for | ||
81 | years | ||
82 | but | ||
83 | that | ||
84 | they | ||
85 | had | ||
86 | been | ||
87 | reminded | ||
88 | of | ||
89 | by | ||
90 | a | ||
91 | catch | ||
92 | in | ||
93 | the | ||
94 | light | ||
95 | or | ||
96 | in | ||
97 | someone's | ||
98 | voice | ||
99 | and | ||
100 | i | ||
101 | think | ||
102 | maybe | ||
103 | it | ||
104 | could | ||
105 | have | ||
106 | been | ||
107 | mine | ||
108 | and | ||
109 | i | ||
110 | looked | ||
111 | away | ||
112 | thickly | ||
113 | my | ||
114 | head | ||
115 | was | ||
116 | in | ||
117 | jelly | ||
118 | and | ||
119 | i | ||
120 | didn't | ||
121 | get | ||
122 | an | ||
123 | answer | ||
124 | from | ||
125 | you | ||
126 | but | ||
127 | i | ||
128 | got | ||
129 | one | ||
130 | i | ||
131 | looked | ||
132 | at | ||
133 | the | ||
134 | man | ||
135 | in | ||
136 | front | ||
137 | of | ||
138 | us | ||
139 | with | ||
140 | glasses | ||
141 | he | ||
142 | was | ||
143 | speaking | ||
144 | and | ||
145 | holding | ||
146 | a | ||
147 | book | ||
148 | and | ||
149 | i | ||
150 | didn't | ||
151 | understand | ||
152 | him | ||
153 | he | ||
154 | was | ||
155 | far | ||
156 | away | ||
157 | and | ||
158 | i | ||
159 | could | ||
160 | tell | ||
161 | i | ||
162 | was | ||
163 | missing | ||
164 | something | ||
165 | important | ||
166 | and | ||
167 | you | ||
168 | nodded | ||
169 | to | ||
170 | yourself | ||
171 | at | ||
172 | something | ||
173 | he | ||
174 | said | ||
diff --git a/river/angeltoabraham.river b/river/angeltoabraham.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b02ed69 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/angeltoabraham.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | angel | ||
3 | to | ||
4 | abraham | ||
5 | abraham | ||
6 | abraham | ||
7 | you | ||
8 | are | ||
9 | old | ||
10 | and | ||
11 | cannot | ||
12 | hear | ||
13 | what | ||
14 | if | ||
15 | you | ||
16 | miss | ||
17 | my | ||
18 | small | ||
19 | voice | ||
20 | amongst | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | creaking | ||
23 | of | ||
24 | your | ||
25 | own | ||
26 | grief | ||
27 | kill | ||
28 | your | ||
29 | son | ||
30 | unknowing | ||
31 | of | ||
32 | what | ||
33 | he | ||
34 | will | ||
35 | be | ||
36 | and | ||
37 | commit | ||
38 | israel | ||
39 | to | ||
40 | nothing | ||
41 | abraham | ||
42 | you | ||
43 | must | ||
44 | know | ||
45 | or | ||
46 | hope | ||
47 | that | ||
48 | god | ||
49 | will | ||
50 | not | ||
51 | allow | ||
52 | your | ||
53 | son | ||
54 | to | ||
55 | die | ||
56 | you | ||
57 | must | ||
58 | know | ||
59 | that | ||
60 | this | ||
61 | is | ||
62 | a | ||
63 | test | ||
64 | but | ||
65 | then | ||
66 | why | ||
67 | are | ||
68 | you | ||
69 | so | ||
70 | bent | ||
71 | on | ||
72 | isaac's | ||
73 | destruction | ||
74 | look | ||
75 | at | ||
76 | your | ||
77 | eyes | ||
78 | there | ||
79 | is | ||
80 | more | ||
81 | than | ||
82 | fear | ||
83 | there | ||
84 | i | ||
85 | see | ||
86 | in | ||
87 | your | ||
88 | eyes | ||
89 | desperation | ||
90 | a | ||
91 | manic | ||
92 | passion | ||
93 | to | ||
94 | do | ||
95 | right | ||
96 | by | ||
97 | your | ||
98 | god | ||
99 | whom | ||
100 | you | ||
101 | are | ||
102 | not | ||
103 | able | ||
104 | to | ||
105 | see | ||
106 | or | ||
107 | know | ||
108 | am | ||
109 | i | ||
110 | too | ||
111 | late | ||
112 | i | ||
113 | will | ||
114 | try | ||
115 | to | ||
116 | stay | ||
117 | your | ||
118 | old | ||
119 | hands | ||
120 | the | ||
121 | knife | ||
122 | clenched | ||
123 | within | ||
124 | them | ||
125 | intent | ||
126 | on | ||
127 | ending | ||
128 | life | ||
129 | will | ||
130 | you | ||
131 | hear | ||
132 | my | ||
133 | small | ||
134 | voice | ||
135 | amongst | ||
136 | the | ||
137 | creaking | ||
138 | or | ||
139 | will | ||
140 | it | ||
141 | be | ||
142 | the | ||
143 | chance | ||
144 | bleating | ||
145 | of | ||
146 | a | ||
147 | passing | ||
148 | ram | ||
diff --git a/river/apollo11.river b/river/apollo11.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f878d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/apollo11.river | |||
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1 | on | ||
2 | seeing | ||
3 | the | ||
4 | panorama | ||
5 | of | ||
6 | the | ||
7 | apollo | ||
8 | 11 | ||
9 | landing | ||
10 | site | ||
11 | so | ||
12 | it's | ||
13 | the | ||
14 | fucking | ||
15 | moon | ||
16 | big | ||
17 | deal | ||
18 | as | ||
19 | if | ||
20 | you | ||
21 | haven't | ||
22 | seen | ||
23 | it | ||
24 | before | ||
25 | hanging | ||
26 | in | ||
27 | the | ||
28 | sky | ||
29 | like | ||
30 | a | ||
31 | piece | ||
32 | of | ||
33 | rotten | ||
34 | meat | ||
35 | nailed | ||
36 | to | ||
37 | the | ||
38 | wall | ||
39 | a | ||
40 | maudlin | ||
41 | love | ||
42 | letter | ||
43 | the | ||
44 | i's | ||
45 | dotted | ||
46 | with | ||
47 | hearts | ||
48 | tacked | ||
49 | to | ||
50 | the | ||
51 | sky's | ||
52 | door | ||
53 | like | ||
54 | ninety-eight | ||
55 | theses | ||
56 | don't | ||
57 | stare | ||
58 | at | ||
59 | it | ||
60 | like | ||
61 | it | ||
62 | means | ||
63 | anything | ||
64 | don't | ||
65 | give | ||
66 | it | ||
67 | the | ||
68 | chance | ||
69 | to | ||
70 | collect | ||
71 | meaning | ||
72 | from | ||
73 | your | ||
74 | hand | ||
75 | like | ||
76 | an | ||
77 | old | ||
78 | pigeon | ||
79 | don't | ||
80 | dare | ||
81 | ascribe | ||
82 | it | ||
83 | a | ||
84 | will | ||
85 | or | ||
86 | call | ||
87 | it | ||
88 | fickle | ||
89 | or | ||
90 | think | ||
91 | it | ||
92 | has | ||
93 | any | ||
94 | say | ||
95 | in | ||
96 | your | ||
97 | affairs | ||
98 | it's | ||
99 | separated | ||
100 | from | ||
101 | your | ||
102 | life | ||
103 | by | ||
104 | three | ||
105 | hundred | ||
106 | eighty-four | ||
107 | thousand | ||
108 | miles | ||
109 | of | ||
110 | space | ||
111 | the | ||
112 | same | ||
113 | distance | ||
114 | you | ||
115 | stepped | ||
116 | away | ||
117 | from | ||
118 | time | ||
119 | that | ||
120 | night | ||
121 | you | ||
122 | said | ||
123 | your | ||
124 | love | ||
125 | was | ||
126 | broken | ||
127 | a | ||
128 | crippled | ||
129 | gyroscope | ||
130 | knocking | ||
131 | in | ||
132 | the | ||
133 | dark | ||
134 | it | ||
135 | was | ||
136 | then | ||
137 | that | ||
138 | time | ||
139 | fell | ||
140 | apart | ||
141 | had | ||
142 | a | ||
143 | nervous | ||
144 | breakdown | ||
145 | and | ||
146 | started | ||
147 | following | ||
148 | you | ||
149 | everywhere | ||
150 | moonfaced | ||
151 | always | ||
152 | asking | ||
153 | where | ||
154 | you're | ||
155 | going | ||
156 | you | ||
157 | keep | ||
158 | trying | ||
159 | to | ||
160 | get | ||
161 | away | ||
162 | from | ||
163 | it | ||
164 | but | ||
165 | it | ||
166 | nuzzles | ||
167 | closer | ||
168 | and | ||
169 | sings | ||
170 | you | ||
171 | songs | ||
172 | that | ||
173 | sound | ||
174 | like | ||
175 | the | ||
176 | cooing | ||
177 | of | ||
178 | a | ||
179 | dove | ||
180 | that | ||
181 | will | ||
182 | only | ||
183 | escape | ||
184 | again | ||
185 | into | ||
186 | an | ||
187 | empty | ||
188 | sky | ||
189 | at | ||
190 | dawn | ||
diff --git a/river/arspoetica.river b/river/arspoetica.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9941cdf --- /dev/null +++ b/river/arspoetica.river | |||
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1 | ars | ||
2 | poetica | ||
3 | what | ||
4 | is | ||
5 | poetry | ||
6 | poetry | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | inasmuch | ||
9 | as | ||
10 | life | ||
11 | is | ||
12 | so | ||
13 | is | ||
14 | poetry | ||
15 | here | ||
16 | is | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | problem | ||
19 | life | ||
20 | is | ||
21 | very | ||
22 | big | ||
23 | and | ||
24 | complex | ||
25 | human | ||
26 | beings | ||
27 | are | ||
28 | neither | ||
29 | we | ||
30 | are | ||
31 | small | ||
32 | simple | ||
33 | beings | ||
34 | that | ||
35 | don't | ||
36 | want | ||
37 | to | ||
38 | know | ||
39 | all | ||
40 | of | ||
41 | the | ||
42 | myriad | ||
43 | interactions | ||
44 | happening | ||
45 | all | ||
46 | around | ||
47 | us | ||
48 | within | ||
49 | us | ||
50 | as | ||
51 | a | ||
52 | part | ||
53 | of | ||
54 | us | ||
55 | all | ||
56 | the | ||
57 | hours | ||
58 | of | ||
59 | every | ||
60 | day | ||
61 | we | ||
62 | much | ||
63 | prefer | ||
64 | knowing | ||
65 | only | ||
66 | that | ||
67 | which | ||
68 | is | ||
69 | just | ||
70 | in | ||
71 | front | ||
72 | of | ||
73 | our | ||
74 | faces | ||
75 | staring | ||
76 | us | ||
77 | back | ||
78 | with | ||
79 | a | ||
80 | look | ||
81 | of | ||
82 | utter | ||
83 | contempt | ||
84 | this | ||
85 | is | ||
86 | why | ||
87 | many | ||
88 | people | ||
89 | are | ||
90 | depressed | ||
91 | poetry | ||
92 | is | ||
93 | an | ||
94 | attempt | ||
95 | made | ||
96 | by | ||
97 | some | ||
98 | to | ||
99 | open | ||
100 | up | ||
101 | our | ||
102 | field | ||
103 | of | ||
104 | view | ||
105 | to | ||
106 | maybe | ||
107 | check | ||
108 | on | ||
109 | something | ||
110 | else | ||
111 | that | ||
112 | isn't | ||
113 | staring | ||
114 | us | ||
115 | in | ||
116 | the | ||
117 | face | ||
118 | so | ||
119 | contemptibly | ||
120 | maybe | ||
121 | something | ||
122 | else | ||
123 | is | ||
124 | smiling | ||
125 | at | ||
126 | us | ||
127 | we | ||
128 | think | ||
129 | so | ||
130 | we | ||
131 | write | ||
132 | poetry | ||
133 | to | ||
134 | force | ||
135 | ourselves | ||
136 | to | ||
137 | look | ||
138 | away | ||
139 | from | ||
140 | the | ||
141 | mirror | ||
142 | of | ||
143 | our | ||
144 | existence | ||
145 | to | ||
146 | see | ||
147 | something | ||
148 | else | ||
149 | this | ||
150 | is | ||
151 | generally | ||
152 | painful | ||
153 | to | ||
154 | make | ||
155 | it | ||
156 | less | ||
157 | painful | ||
158 | poetry | ||
159 | compresses | ||
160 | reality | ||
161 | a | ||
162 | lot | ||
163 | to | ||
164 | make | ||
165 | it | ||
166 | more | ||
167 | consumable | ||
168 | it | ||
169 | takes | ||
170 | life | ||
171 | that | ||
172 | seawater | ||
173 | and | ||
174 | boils | ||
175 | it | ||
176 | down | ||
177 | and | ||
178 | boils | ||
179 | it | ||
180 | down | ||
181 | until | ||
182 | only | ||
183 | the | ||
184 | salt | ||
185 | remains | ||
186 | the | ||
187 | important | ||
188 | parts | ||
189 | that | ||
190 | we | ||
191 | can | ||
192 | focus | ||
193 | on | ||
194 | and | ||
195 | make | ||
196 | some | ||
197 | sense | ||
198 | of | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | senselessness | ||
201 | of | ||
202 | life | ||
203 | poetry | ||
204 | is | ||
205 | life | ||
206 | bouillon | ||
207 | and | ||
208 | to | ||
209 | thoroughly | ||
210 | enjoy | ||
211 | a | ||
212 | poem | ||
213 | we | ||
214 | must | ||
215 | put | ||
216 | that | ||
217 | bouillon | ||
218 | back | ||
219 | into | ||
220 | the | ||
221 | seawater | ||
222 | of | ||
223 | life | ||
224 | and | ||
225 | make | ||
226 | a | ||
227 | delicious | ||
228 | soup | ||
229 | out | ||
230 | of | ||
231 | it | ||
232 | to | ||
233 | make | ||
234 | this | ||
235 | soup | ||
236 | to | ||
237 | decompress | ||
238 | the | ||
239 | poem | ||
240 | into | ||
241 | an | ||
242 | emotion | ||
243 | or | ||
244 | life | ||
245 | requires | ||
246 | a | ||
247 | lot | ||
248 | of | ||
249 | brainpower | ||
250 | a | ||
251 | good | ||
252 | reader | ||
253 | will | ||
254 | have | ||
255 | this | ||
256 | brainpower | ||
257 | a | ||
258 | good | ||
259 | poem | ||
260 | will | ||
261 | not | ||
262 | require | ||
263 | it | ||
264 | what | ||
265 | this | ||
266 | means | ||
267 | is | ||
268 | a | ||
269 | poem | ||
270 | should | ||
271 | be | ||
272 | self-extracting | ||
273 | it | ||
274 | should | ||
275 | be | ||
276 | a | ||
277 | rare | ||
278 | vanilla | ||
279 | in | ||
280 | the | ||
281 | bottle | ||
282 | waiting | ||
283 | only | ||
284 | for | ||
285 | someone | ||
286 | to | ||
287 | open | ||
288 | it | ||
289 | and | ||
290 | sniff | ||
291 | it | ||
292 | and | ||
293 | suddenly | ||
294 | there | ||
295 | they | ||
296 | are | ||
297 | in | ||
298 | the | ||
299 | orchid | ||
300 | that | ||
301 | vanilla | ||
302 | came | ||
303 | from | ||
304 | in | ||
305 | the | ||
306 | tropical | ||
307 | land | ||
308 | where | ||
309 | it | ||
310 | grew | ||
311 | next | ||
312 | to | ||
313 | its | ||
314 | brothers | ||
315 | and | ||
316 | sister | ||
317 | vanilla | ||
318 | plants | ||
319 | they | ||
320 | feel | ||
321 | the | ||
322 | pain | ||
323 | of | ||
324 | having | ||
325 | their | ||
326 | children | ||
327 | taken | ||
328 | from | ||
329 | them | ||
330 | a | ||
331 | good | ||
332 | poem | ||
333 | leaves | ||
334 | a | ||
335 | feeling | ||
336 | of | ||
337 | loss | ||
338 | and | ||
339 | of | ||
340 | intense | ||
341 | beauty | ||
342 | the | ||
343 | reader | ||
344 | does | ||
345 | nothing | ||
346 | to | ||
347 | achieve | ||
348 | this | ||
349 | they | ||
350 | are | ||
351 | merely | ||
352 | the | ||
353 | receptacle | ||
354 | of | ||
355 | the | ||
356 | feeling | ||
357 | that | ||
358 | the | ||
359 | poem | ||
360 | forces | ||
361 | onto | ||
362 | them | ||
363 | in | ||
364 | a | ||
365 | way | ||
366 | poetry | ||
367 | is | ||
368 | a | ||
369 | crime | ||
370 | but | ||
371 | it | ||
372 | is | ||
373 | the | ||
374 | most | ||
375 | beautiful | ||
376 | crime | ||
377 | on | ||
378 | this | ||
379 | crime-ridden | ||
380 | earth | ||
diff --git a/river/art.river b/river/art.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e9bbc6a --- /dev/null +++ b/river/art.river | |||
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1 | art | ||
2 | paul | ||
3 | was | ||
4 | writing | ||
5 | in | ||
6 | his | ||
7 | diary | ||
8 | about | ||
9 | art | ||
10 | this | ||
11 | is | ||
12 | my | ||
13 | brain | ||
14 | he | ||
15 | wrote | ||
16 | this | ||
17 | is | ||
18 | my | ||
19 | brain | ||
20 | and | ||
21 | all | ||
22 | it | ||
23 | contains | ||
24 | i | ||
25 | contain | ||
26 | multitudes | ||
27 | said | ||
28 | legion | ||
29 | i | ||
30 | think | ||
31 | it | ||
32 | was | ||
33 | legion | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | big | ||
36 | heading | ||
37 | he | ||
38 | had | ||
39 | written | ||
40 | at | ||
41 | the | ||
42 | top | ||
43 | of | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | page | ||
46 | art | ||
47 | it | ||
48 | read | ||
49 | but | ||
50 | only | ||
51 | when | ||
52 | looking | ||
53 | at | ||
54 | it | ||
55 | from | ||
56 | his | ||
57 | point | ||
58 | of | ||
59 | view | ||
60 | sat | ||
61 | cold | ||
62 | and | ||
63 | alone | ||
64 | neglected | ||
65 | in | ||
66 | the | ||
67 | white | ||
68 | space | ||
69 | surrounding | ||
70 | it | ||
71 | he | ||
72 | noticed | ||
73 | this | ||
74 | presently | ||
75 | but | ||
76 | not | ||
77 | after | ||
78 | he | ||
79 | had | ||
80 | written | ||
81 | a | ||
82 | little | ||
83 | more | ||
84 | about | ||
85 | multitudes | ||
86 | paused | ||
87 | frowned | ||
88 | and | ||
89 | began | ||
90 | to | ||
91 | write | ||
92 | again | ||
93 | art | ||
94 | stands | ||
95 | alone | ||
96 | at | ||
97 | the | ||
98 | top | ||
99 | of | ||
100 | a | ||
101 | blank | ||
102 | page | ||
103 | he | ||
104 | wrote | ||
105 | it | ||
106 | follows | ||
107 | itself | ||
108 | in | ||
109 | circles | ||
110 | its | ||
111 | own | ||
112 | footprints | ||
113 | in | ||
114 | a | ||
115 | circle | ||
116 | around | ||
117 | its | ||
118 | own | ||
119 | name | ||
120 | it | ||
121 | leads | ||
122 | nowhere | ||
123 | but | ||
124 | is | ||
125 | present | ||
126 | everywhere | ||
127 | it | ||
128 | contains | ||
129 | it | ||
130 | contains | ||
131 | multitudes | ||
132 | every | ||
133 | painting | ||
134 | ever | ||
135 | made | ||
136 | is | ||
137 | a | ||
138 | painting | ||
139 | of | ||
140 | every | ||
141 | other | ||
142 | painting | ||
143 | every | ||
144 | song | ||
145 | is | ||
146 | a | ||
147 | remix | ||
148 | a | ||
149 | cover | ||
150 | version | ||
151 | he | ||
152 | crossed | ||
153 | out | ||
154 | the | ||
155 | part | ||
156 | about | ||
157 | songs | ||
158 | for | ||
159 | getting | ||
160 | off | ||
161 | topic | ||
162 | he | ||
163 | made | ||
164 | a | ||
165 | note | ||
166 | to | ||
167 | himself | ||
168 | in | ||
169 | the | ||
170 | margin | ||
171 | music | ||
172 | is | ||
173 | not | ||
174 | art | ||
diff --git a/river/axe.river b/river/axe.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff9609c --- /dev/null +++ b/river/axe.river | |||
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1 | axe | ||
2 | paul | ||
3 | took | ||
4 | his | ||
5 | axe | ||
6 | and | ||
7 | went | ||
8 | out | ||
9 | into | ||
10 | the | ||
11 | woods | ||
12 | to | ||
13 | chop | ||
14 | trees | ||
15 | or | ||
16 | rather | ||
17 | he | ||
18 | went | ||
19 | into | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | trees | ||
22 | to | ||
23 | chop | ||
24 | wood | ||
25 | he | ||
26 | wasn't | ||
27 | sure | ||
28 | either | ||
29 | way | ||
30 | it | ||
31 | helped | ||
32 | him | ||
33 | think | ||
34 | last | ||
35 | time | ||
36 | he'd | ||
37 | gone | ||
38 | out | ||
39 | he'd | ||
40 | had | ||
41 | an | ||
42 | idea | ||
43 | for | ||
44 | a | ||
45 | shoe-insert | ||
46 | company | ||
47 | he | ||
48 | could | ||
49 | start | ||
50 | called | ||
51 | paul's | ||
52 | bunyons | ||
53 | he | ||
54 | chuckled | ||
55 | to | ||
56 | himself | ||
57 | as | ||
58 | he | ||
59 | shouldered | ||
60 | his | ||
61 | axe | ||
62 | and | ||
63 | went | ||
64 | into | ||
65 | the | ||
66 | forest | ||
67 | deep | ||
68 | into | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | woods | ||
71 | he | ||
72 | admired | ||
73 | the | ||
74 | organization | ||
75 | of | ||
76 | the | ||
77 | trees | ||
78 | they | ||
79 | grow | ||
80 | wherever | ||
81 | they | ||
82 | fall | ||
83 | he | ||
84 | said | ||
85 | but | ||
86 | still | ||
87 | none | ||
88 | is | ||
89 | too | ||
90 | close | ||
91 | to | ||
92 | another | ||
93 | he | ||
94 | sounded | ||
95 | like | ||
96 | solomon | ||
97 | to | ||
98 | himself | ||
99 | he | ||
100 | imagined | ||
101 | he | ||
102 | had | ||
103 | a | ||
104 | beard | ||
105 | he | ||
106 | walked | ||
107 | for | ||
108 | a | ||
109 | long | ||
110 | time | ||
111 | in | ||
112 | the | ||
113 | shadows | ||
114 | of | ||
115 | the | ||
116 | forest | ||
117 | in | ||
118 | its | ||
119 | coolness | ||
120 | it | ||
121 | sounded | ||
122 | like | ||
123 | snow | ||
124 | had | ||
125 | fallen | ||
126 | but | ||
127 | it | ||
128 | was | ||
129 | still | ||
130 | october | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | first | ||
133 | time | ||
134 | the | ||
135 | trees | ||
136 | seemed | ||
137 | to | ||
138 | radiate | ||
139 | out | ||
140 | from | ||
141 | him | ||
142 | in | ||
143 | straight | ||
144 | lines | ||
145 | he | ||
146 | stopped | ||
147 | and | ||
148 | turned | ||
149 | around | ||
150 | four | ||
151 | times | ||
152 | after | ||
153 | he | ||
154 | walked | ||
155 | on | ||
156 | he | ||
157 | noticed | ||
158 | it | ||
159 | happened | ||
160 | fairly | ||
161 | often | ||
162 | still | ||
163 | after | ||
164 | he | ||
165 | felled | ||
166 | his | ||
167 | first | ||
168 | tree | ||
169 | that | ||
170 | day | ||
171 | he | ||
172 | realized | ||
173 | they | ||
174 | grew | ||
175 | from | ||
176 | the | ||
177 | epicenter | ||
178 | of | ||
179 | his | ||
180 | axe | ||
181 | he | ||
182 | paused | ||
183 | in | ||
184 | the | ||
185 | small | ||
186 | dark | ||
187 | sound | ||
188 | of | ||
189 | the | ||
190 | forest | ||
191 | quiet | ||
diff --git a/river/big-dipper.river b/river/big-dipper.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d6ca632 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/big-dipper.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | big | ||
3 | dipper | ||
4 | after | ||
5 | searching | ||
6 | for | ||
7 | days | ||
8 | or | ||
9 | even | ||
10 | months | ||
11 | i | ||
12 | finally | ||
13 | find | ||
14 | it | ||
15 | reclining | ||
16 | lazily | ||
17 | above | ||
18 | the | ||
19 | peaks | ||
20 | above | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | city | ||
23 | as | ||
24 | if | ||
25 | to | ||
26 | ask | ||
27 | did | ||
28 | you | ||
29 | miss | ||
30 | me | ||
31 | yes | ||
32 | very | ||
33 | much | ||
34 | i | ||
35 | reply | ||
36 | and | ||
37 | rush | ||
38 | to | ||
39 | embrace | ||
40 | it | ||
41 | but | ||
42 | it | ||
43 | smiles | ||
44 | and | ||
45 | recoils | ||
46 | and | ||
47 | tells | ||
48 | me | ||
49 | no | ||
50 | no | ||
51 | you | ||
52 | have | ||
53 | to | ||
54 | try | ||
55 | harder | ||
56 | than | ||
57 | that | ||
58 | it | ||
59 | says | ||
60 | i | ||
61 | do | ||
62 | not | ||
63 | give | ||
64 | myself | ||
65 | up | ||
66 | so | ||
67 | easily | ||
68 | i | ||
69 | try | ||
70 | a | ||
71 | different | ||
72 | tack | ||
73 | i | ||
74 | sing | ||
75 | to | ||
76 | it | ||
77 | bring | ||
78 | it | ||
79 | flowers | ||
80 | nightly | ||
81 | i | ||
82 | compare | ||
83 | its | ||
84 | eyes | ||
85 | to | ||
86 | the | ||
87 | morning | ||
88 | dew | ||
89 | it | ||
90 | has | ||
91 | not | ||
92 | seen | ||
93 | the | ||
94 | morning | ||
95 | dew | ||
96 | i | ||
97 | say | ||
98 | its | ||
99 | mouth | ||
100 | is | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | sunset | ||
103 | over | ||
104 | mountains | ||
105 | it | ||
106 | knows | ||
107 | mountains | ||
108 | but | ||
109 | the | ||
110 | sunset | ||
111 | is | ||
112 | only | ||
113 | a | ||
114 | rumor | ||
115 | from | ||
116 | the | ||
117 | evening | ||
118 | star | ||
119 | i | ||
120 | tell | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | big | ||
123 | dipper | ||
124 | that | ||
125 | it | ||
126 | moves | ||
127 | like | ||
128 | a | ||
129 | quiet | ||
130 | river | ||
131 | across | ||
132 | the | ||
133 | earth | ||
134 | rivers | ||
135 | i | ||
136 | have | ||
137 | seen | ||
138 | says | ||
139 | the | ||
140 | big | ||
141 | dipper | ||
142 | they | ||
143 | sparkle | ||
144 | in | ||
145 | the | ||
146 | light | ||
147 | from | ||
148 | my | ||
149 | stars | ||
150 | your | ||
151 | stars | ||
152 | like | ||
153 | eyes | ||
154 | i | ||
155 | say | ||
156 | and | ||
157 | it | ||
158 | smiles | ||
159 | no | ||
160 | it | ||
161 | says | ||
162 | that | ||
163 | is | ||
164 | too | ||
165 | easy | ||
166 | it | ||
167 | turns | ||
168 | its | ||
169 | back | ||
170 | it | ||
171 | walks | ||
172 | home | ||
173 | along | ||
174 | the | ||
175 | back | ||
176 | of | ||
177 | the | ||
178 | mountain | ||
diff --git a/river/boar.river b/river/boar.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f82c1b --- /dev/null +++ b/river/boar.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | boar | ||
3 | now | ||
4 | the | ||
5 | ticking | ||
6 | clocks | ||
7 | scare | ||
8 | me | ||
9 | the | ||
10 | empty | ||
11 | rooms | ||
12 | clock | ||
13 | towers | ||
14 | belfries | ||
15 | i | ||
16 | am | ||
17 | terrified | ||
18 | by | ||
19 | them | ||
20 | all | ||
21 | i | ||
22 | really | ||
23 | used | ||
24 | to | ||
25 | enjoy | ||
26 | going | ||
27 | to | ||
28 | church | ||
29 | singing | ||
30 | in | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | choir | ||
33 | listening | ||
34 | to | ||
35 | the | ||
36 | sermon | ||
37 | now | ||
38 | the | ||
39 | chairs | ||
40 | squeal | ||
41 | like | ||
42 | dying | ||
43 | pigs | ||
44 | it | ||
45 | was | ||
46 | the | ||
47 | boar | ||
48 | that | ||
49 | did | ||
50 | it | ||
51 | fifteen | ||
52 | feet | ||
53 | from | ||
54 | me | ||
55 | that | ||
56 | night | ||
57 | in | ||
58 | the | ||
59 | grass | ||
60 | rooting | ||
61 | for | ||
62 | god | ||
63 | knows | ||
64 | what | ||
65 | finding | ||
66 | me | ||
67 | instead | ||
68 | i | ||
69 | ran | ||
70 | not | ||
71 | knowing | ||
72 | where | ||
73 | or | ||
74 | how | ||
75 | not | ||
76 | looking | ||
77 | for | ||
78 | his | ||
79 | pursuit | ||
80 | of | ||
81 | me | ||
82 | i | ||
83 | ran | ||
84 | to | ||
85 | god's | ||
86 | front | ||
87 | door | ||
88 | found | ||
89 | it | ||
90 | locked | ||
91 | found | ||
92 | the | ||
93 | house | ||
94 | empty | ||
95 | with | ||
96 | a | ||
97 | note | ||
98 | saying | ||
99 | condemned | ||
diff --git a/river/boy_bus.river b/river/boy_bus.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a462813 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/boy_bus.river | |||
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1 | boy | ||
2 | on | ||
3 | the | ||
4 | bus | ||
5 | when | ||
6 | he | ||
7 | said | ||
8 | bible | ||
9 | i | ||
10 | heard | ||
11 | his | ||
12 | southern | ||
13 | accent | ||
14 | and | ||
15 | he | ||
16 | had | ||
17 | a | ||
18 | face | ||
19 | i | ||
20 | expect | ||
21 | all | ||
22 | pastors | ||
23 | must | ||
24 | have | ||
25 | a | ||
26 | round | ||
27 | open | ||
28 | honest | ||
29 | face | ||
30 | that | ||
31 | will | ||
32 | always | ||
33 | be | ||
34 | a | ||
35 | boy's | ||
36 | face | ||
37 | though | ||
38 | its | ||
39 | owner | ||
40 | may | ||
41 | rightly | ||
42 | call | ||
43 | himself | ||
44 | a | ||
45 | man | ||
46 | near | ||
47 | my | ||
48 | age | ||
49 | though | ||
50 | i | ||
51 | hardly | ||
52 | call | ||
53 | myself | ||
54 | a | ||
55 | man | ||
56 | i | ||
57 | have | ||
58 | seen | ||
59 | this | ||
60 | face | ||
61 | before | ||
62 | whether | ||
63 | in | ||
64 | life | ||
65 | or | ||
66 | a | ||
67 | dream | ||
68 | i | ||
69 | can't | ||
70 | tell | ||
71 | i | ||
72 | might've | ||
73 | seen | ||
74 | him | ||
75 | on | ||
76 | the | ||
77 | street | ||
78 | once | ||
79 | twice | ||
80 | who | ||
81 | knows | ||
82 | and | ||
83 | his | ||
84 | pastor's | ||
85 | moon | ||
86 | face | ||
87 | reminds | ||
88 | me | ||
89 | of | ||
90 | something | ||
91 | some | ||
92 | distant | ||
93 | light | ||
94 | my | ||
95 | life | ||
96 | used | ||
97 | to | ||
98 | own | ||
99 | one | ||
100 | night | ||
101 | on | ||
102 | my | ||
103 | birthday | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | moon | ||
106 | was | ||
107 | so | ||
108 | strong | ||
109 | it | ||
110 | cast | ||
111 | shadows | ||
112 | i | ||
113 | could | ||
114 | see | ||
115 | to | ||
116 | the | ||
117 | far | ||
118 | hill | ||
119 | and | ||
120 | back | ||
121 | it | ||
122 | was | ||
123 | all | ||
124 | clear | ||
125 | to | ||
126 | me | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | moon | ||
129 | hasn't | ||
130 | done | ||
131 | that | ||
132 | in | ||
133 | a | ||
134 | long | ||
135 | time | ||
136 | its | ||
137 | face | ||
138 | has | ||
139 | been | ||
140 | obscured | ||
141 | by | ||
142 | clouds | ||
143 | for | ||
144 | weeks | ||
145 | and | ||
146 | that | ||
147 | boy | ||
148 | on | ||
149 | the | ||
150 | bus | ||
151 | his | ||
152 | face | ||
153 | i've | ||
154 | forgotten | ||
155 | i | ||
156 | thought | ||
157 | i | ||
158 | recognized | ||
159 | a | ||
160 | good | ||
161 | number | ||
162 | of | ||
163 | people | ||
164 | on | ||
165 | that | ||
166 | bus | ||
167 | who | ||
168 | i | ||
169 | didn't | ||
170 | know | ||
171 | at | ||
172 | all | ||
diff --git a/river/building.river b/river/building.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f6f38b --- /dev/null +++ b/river/building.river | |||
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1 | building | ||
2 | art | ||
3 | and | ||
4 | craft | ||
5 | are | ||
6 | only | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | inside | ||
9 | and | ||
10 | outside | ||
11 | of | ||
12 | the | ||
13 | same | ||
14 | building | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | ceiling | ||
17 | is | ||
18 | here | ||
19 | he | ||
20 | put | ||
21 | his | ||
22 | eraser | ||
23 | to | ||
24 | his | ||
25 | bottom | ||
26 | lip | ||
27 | thinking | ||
28 | he | ||
29 | crossed | ||
30 | out | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | ceiling | ||
33 | is | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | floor | ||
36 | is | ||
37 | reality | ||
38 | and | ||
39 | the | ||
40 | ceiling | ||
41 | is | ||
42 | aspiration | ||
43 | desire | ||
44 | that | ||
45 | which | ||
46 | is | ||
47 | desired | ||
48 | craft | ||
49 | is | ||
50 | building | ||
51 | a | ||
52 | chair | ||
53 | from | ||
54 | wood | ||
55 | art | ||
56 | is | ||
57 | using | ||
58 | the | ||
59 | wood | ||
60 | as | ||
61 | a | ||
62 | substrate | ||
63 | for | ||
64 | an | ||
65 | emotional | ||
66 | message | ||
67 | to | ||
68 | a | ||
69 | future | ||
70 | person | ||
71 | the | ||
72 | reader | ||
73 | / | ||
74 | viewer | ||
75 | the | ||
76 | important | ||
77 | thing | ||
78 | is | ||
79 | they | ||
80 | are | ||
81 | both | ||
82 | made | ||
83 | of | ||
84 | wood | ||
85 | the | ||
86 | important | ||
87 | thing | ||
88 | is | ||
89 | they | ||
90 | were | ||
91 | both | ||
92 | at | ||
93 | one | ||
94 | point | ||
95 | alive | ||
96 | natural | ||
97 | things | ||
98 | that | ||
99 | grew | ||
100 | and | ||
101 | changed | ||
102 | and | ||
103 | pushed | ||
104 | their | ||
105 | way | ||
106 | out | ||
107 | of | ||
108 | the | ||
109 | dirt | ||
110 | into | ||
111 | the | ||
112 | air | ||
113 | they | ||
114 | formed | ||
115 | buildings | ||
116 | out | ||
117 | of | ||
118 | the | ||
119 | air | ||
120 | they | ||
121 | didn't | ||
122 | even | ||
123 | try | ||
124 | what | ||
125 | separates | ||
126 | us | ||
127 | from | ||
128 | them | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | trees | ||
131 | we | ||
132 | have | ||
133 | to | ||
134 | try | ||
135 | we | ||
136 | must | ||
137 | labor | ||
138 | to | ||
139 | create | ||
140 | our | ||
141 | art | ||
142 | our | ||
143 | buildings | ||
144 | of | ||
145 | air | ||
146 | we | ||
147 | lay | ||
148 | them | ||
149 | out | ||
150 | brick | ||
151 | by | ||
152 | brick | ||
153 | we | ||
154 | build | ||
155 | them | ||
156 | up | ||
157 | by | ||
158 | disintegrating | ||
159 | trees | ||
160 | and | ||
161 | forming | ||
162 | them | ||
163 | again | ||
164 | into | ||
165 | what | ||
166 | they | ||
167 | were | ||
168 | before | ||
169 | why | ||
170 | must | ||
171 | we | ||
172 | do | ||
173 | this | ||
174 | are | ||
175 | there | ||
176 | any | ||
177 | advantages | ||
178 | to | ||
179 | this | ||
180 | human | ||
181 | method | ||
182 | our | ||
183 | advantage | ||
184 | is | ||
185 | memory | ||
186 | our | ||
187 | advantage | ||
188 | is | ||
189 | the | ||
190 | reaching-out | ||
191 | over | ||
192 | space | ||
193 | and | ||
194 | time | ||
195 | to | ||
196 | others | ||
197 | with | ||
198 | our | ||
199 | words | ||
200 | our | ||
201 | art | ||
202 | our | ||
203 | buildings | ||
204 | last | ||
205 | for | ||
206 | generations | ||
207 | and | ||
208 | after | ||
209 | they | ||
210 | are | ||
211 | demolished | ||
212 | they | ||
213 | are | ||
214 | written | ||
215 | about | ||
216 | photographs | ||
217 | are | ||
218 | taken | ||
219 | we | ||
220 | remember | ||
221 | the | ||
222 | act | ||
223 | of | ||
224 | memory | ||
225 | is | ||
226 | our | ||
227 | only | ||
228 | art | ||
diff --git a/river/call-me-aural-pleasure.river b/river/call-me-aural-pleasure.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5bf9f72 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/call-me-aural-pleasure.river | |||
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1 | call | ||
2 | me | ||
3 | aural | ||
4 | pleasure | ||
5 | like | ||
6 | 40 | ||
7 | as | ||
8 | i | ||
9 | challenge | ||
10 | anyone | ||
11 | to | ||
12 | come | ||
13 | too | ||
14 | it's | ||
15 | like | ||
16 | you're | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | epitome | ||
19 | of | ||
20 | lame | ||
21 | she's | ||
22 | all | ||
23 | i | ||
24 | am | ||
25 | soooo | ||
26 | confused | ||
27 | aw | ||
28 | yeah | ||
29 | she | ||
30 | got | ||
31 | word | ||
32 | from | ||
33 | yarn | ||
34 | but | ||
35 | technically | ||
36 | it's | ||
37 | a | ||
38 | pretty | ||
39 | sweet | ||
40 | huh | ||
41 | dude | ||
42 | we | ||
43 | were | ||
44 | going | ||
45 | and | ||
46 | delicate | ||
47 | fragrance | ||
48 | of | ||
49 | arguments | ||
50 | get | ||
51 | based | ||
52 | off | ||
53 | of | ||
54 | are | ||
55 | not | ||
56 | try | ||
57 | dropping | ||
58 | glasses | ||
59 | in | ||
60 | such | ||
61 | an | ||
62 | emotional | ||
63 | rollercoaster | ||
64 | you | ||
65 | and | ||
66 | yes | ||
67 | i'm | ||
68 | cocky | ||
69 | enough | ||
70 | to | ||
71 | do | ||
72 | anything | ||
73 | i | ||
74 | am | ||
75 | as | ||
76 | good | ||
77 | as | ||
78 | phineas | ||
79 | and | ||
80 | make | ||
81 | another | ||
82 | picture | ||
83 | symphony | ||
84 | this | ||
85 | is | ||
86 | a | ||
87 | modification | ||
88 | of | ||
89 | a | ||
90 | young | ||
91 | woman | ||
92 | to | ||
93 | try | ||
94 | groups | ||
95 | disband | ||
96 | after | ||
97 | they | ||
98 | get | ||
99 | your | ||
100 | meacham | ||
101 | stuff | ||
102 | please | ||
103 | let | ||
104 | it | ||
105 | rj | ||
106 | covino | ||
107 | own | ||
108 | statuses | ||
109 | that'll | ||
110 | be | ||
111 | a | ||
112 | great | ||
113 | my | ||
114 | own | ||
115 | afterbirth | ||
116 | can | ||
117 | do | ||
118 | that | ||
119 | i | ||
120 | am | ||
121 | 2 | ||
122 | we | ||
123 | can | ||
124 | be | ||
125 | kissed | ||
126 | on | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | page | ||
129 | you | ||
130 | know | ||
131 | i'm | ||
132 | not | ||
133 | sure | ||
134 | that | ||
135 | ben | ||
136 | & | ||
137 | jerry's | ||
138 | ftw | ||
139 | 4/10 | ||
140 | would | ||
141 | not | ||
142 | be | ||
143 | able | ||
144 | to | ||
145 | vote | ||
146 | because | ||
147 | i | ||
148 | gotta | ||
149 | do | ||
150 | it | ||
151 | this | ||
152 | is | ||
153 | going | ||
154 | to | ||
155 | be | ||
156 | sad | ||
157 | about | ||
158 | what | ||
159 | rush | ||
160 | limbaugh | ||
161 | comes | ||
162 | forward | ||
163 | with | ||
164 | sunglasses | ||
165 | but | ||
166 | at | ||
167 | least | ||
168 | i | ||
169 | wasn't | ||
170 | wearing | ||
171 | a | ||
172 | messenger | ||
173 | bag | ||
174 | or | ||
175 | skinny | ||
176 | jeans | ||
177 | the | ||
178 | cooler | ||
179 | than | ||
180 | |||
181 | wine | ||
182 | is | ||
183 | the | ||
184 | best | ||
185 | yes | ||
186 | i | ||
187 | was | ||
188 | surprised | ||
189 | at | ||
190 | first | ||
191 | but | ||
192 | the | ||
193 | train | ||
194 | one | ||
195 | definitely | ||
196 | also | ||
197 | valhalla | ||
198 | is | ||
199 | a | ||
200 | dumbass | ||
201 | but | ||
202 | we | ||
203 | can | ||
204 | get | ||
205 | based | ||
206 | off | ||
207 | of | ||
208 | course | ||
209 | jon | ||
210 | we | ||
211 | watched | ||
212 | this | ||
213 | celebrate | ||
214 | franksgiving | ||
215 | too | ||
216 | that | ||
217 | didn't | ||
218 | get | ||
219 | started | ||
220 | on | ||
221 | that | ||
222 | francis | ||
223 | of | ||
224 | verulam | ||
225 | reasoned | ||
226 | thus | ||
227 | with | ||
228 | the | ||
229 | courage | ||
230 | to | ||
231 | reply | ||
232 | anyone | ||
233 | wanna | ||
234 | watch | ||
235 | out | ||
236 | i | ||
237 | am | ||
238 | cranky | ||
239 | from | ||
240 | bro | ||
241 | a | ||
242 | good | ||
243 | as | ||
244 | a | ||
245 | way | ||
246 | to | ||
247 | hijack | ||
248 | my | ||
249 | hand | ||
250 | afterbend | ||
251 | was | ||
252 | not | ||
253 | to | ||
254 | produce | ||
255 | photographs | ||
diff --git a/river/cereal.river b/river/cereal.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb54133 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/cereal.river | |||
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1 | cereal | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | woke | ||
4 | up | ||
5 | after | ||
6 | eleven | ||
7 | and | ||
8 | didn't | ||
9 | go | ||
10 | outside | ||
11 | all | ||
12 | day | ||
13 | not | ||
14 | even | ||
15 | to | ||
16 | his | ||
17 | writing | ||
18 | shack | ||
19 | what | ||
20 | did | ||
21 | he | ||
22 | do | ||
23 | he | ||
24 | watched | ||
25 | late | ||
26 | morning | ||
27 | cartoons | ||
28 | meant | ||
29 | for | ||
30 | children | ||
31 | too | ||
32 | young | ||
33 | to | ||
34 | go | ||
35 | to | ||
36 | school | ||
37 | he | ||
38 | ate | ||
39 | bowls | ||
40 | of | ||
41 | cereal | ||
42 | he | ||
43 | watched | ||
44 | his | ||
45 | mother | ||
46 | play | ||
47 | dominoes | ||
48 | he | ||
49 | played | ||
50 | dominoes | ||
51 | with | ||
52 | her | ||
53 | for | ||
54 | a | ||
55 | little | ||
56 | while | ||
57 | until | ||
58 | she | ||
59 | was | ||
60 | winning | ||
61 | by | ||
62 | such | ||
63 | a | ||
64 | margin | ||
65 | it | ||
66 | wasn't | ||
67 | fun | ||
68 | for | ||
69 | either | ||
70 | of | ||
71 | them | ||
72 | he | ||
73 | went | ||
74 | down | ||
75 | to | ||
76 | the | ||
77 | basement | ||
78 | to | ||
79 | do | ||
80 | his | ||
81 | laundry | ||
82 | he | ||
83 | pulled | ||
84 | the | ||
85 | chain | ||
86 | for | ||
87 | the | ||
88 | light | ||
89 | and | ||
90 | it | ||
91 | turned | ||
92 | on | ||
93 | like | ||
94 | magic | ||
95 | electricity | ||
96 | is | ||
97 | like | ||
98 | magic | ||
99 | he | ||
100 | said | ||
101 | to | ||
102 | himself | ||
103 | he | ||
104 | thought | ||
105 | he | ||
106 | would | ||
107 | like | ||
108 | to | ||
109 | write | ||
110 | that | ||
111 | down | ||
112 | but | ||
113 | his | ||
114 | implements | ||
115 | were | ||
116 | in | ||
117 | the | ||
118 | shack | ||
119 | he'd | ||
120 | already | ||
121 | built | ||
122 | up | ||
123 | so | ||
124 | much | ||
125 | momentum | ||
126 | inside | ||
127 | inertia | ||
128 | he | ||
129 | thought | ||
130 | what's | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | difference | ||
133 | between | ||
134 | inertia | ||
135 | and | ||
136 | momentum | ||
137 | he | ||
138 | asked | ||
139 | himself | ||
140 | as | ||
141 | he | ||
142 | hefted | ||
143 | dirty | ||
144 | clothes | ||
145 | into | ||
146 | the | ||
147 | washer | ||
148 | maybe | ||
149 | inertia | ||
150 | is | ||
151 | the | ||
152 | momentum | ||
153 | of | ||
154 | not | ||
155 | moving | ||
156 | he | ||
157 | thought | ||
158 | as | ||
159 | he | ||
160 | measured | ||
161 | and | ||
162 | poured | ||
163 | the | ||
164 | blue | ||
165 | detergent | ||
166 | into | ||
167 | the | ||
168 | drum | ||
169 | momentum | ||
170 | is | ||
171 | the | ||
172 | inertia | ||
173 | of | ||
174 | moving | ||
175 | forward | ||
176 | through | ||
177 | time | ||
178 | as | ||
179 | he | ||
180 | selected | ||
181 | warm-cold | ||
182 | on | ||
183 | the | ||
184 | dial | ||
185 | and | ||
186 | pulled | ||
187 | it | ||
188 | out | ||
189 | to | ||
190 | start | ||
191 | the | ||
192 | machine | ||
193 | what | ||
194 | do | ||
195 | you | ||
196 | think | ||
197 | is | ||
198 | the | ||
199 | difference | ||
200 | between | ||
201 | inertia | ||
202 | and | ||
203 | momentum | ||
204 | he | ||
205 | asked | ||
206 | his | ||
207 | mother | ||
208 | when | ||
209 | he | ||
210 | opened | ||
211 | the | ||
212 | door | ||
213 | at | ||
214 | the | ||
215 | top | ||
216 | of | ||
217 | the | ||
218 | stairs | ||
219 | when | ||
220 | you | ||
221 | switch | ||
222 | over | ||
223 | your | ||
224 | laundry | ||
225 | could | ||
226 | you | ||
227 | bring | ||
228 | up | ||
229 | my | ||
230 | underwear | ||
231 | from | ||
232 | the | ||
233 | dryer | ||
234 | she | ||
235 | asked | ||
236 | not | ||
237 | looking | ||
238 | up | ||
239 | from | ||
240 | her | ||
241 | dominoes | ||
242 | a | ||
243 | thread | ||
244 | of | ||
245 | smoke | ||
246 | curled | ||
247 | from | ||
248 | her | ||
249 | cigarette | ||
250 | and | ||
251 | spread | ||
252 | out | ||
253 | on | ||
254 | the | ||
255 | ceiling | ||
diff --git a/river/cold-wind.river b/river/cold-wind.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77674aa --- /dev/null +++ b/river/cold-wind.river | |||
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1 | cold | ||
2 | wind | ||
3 | man | ||
4 | of | ||
5 | autumn | ||
6 | cold | ||
7 | wind | ||
8 | blow | ||
9 | down | ||
10 | the | ||
11 | trees | ||
12 | leaves | ||
13 | fire | ||
14 | on | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | ground | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | sky | ||
19 | perfect | ||
20 | water | ||
21 | frost-cold | ||
22 | rippled | ||
23 | only | ||
24 | by | ||
25 | flocks | ||
26 | of | ||
27 | black | ||
28 | birds | ||
29 | flying | ||
30 | gone | ||
31 | their | ||
32 | brightness | ||
33 | can | ||
34 | blind | ||
35 | an | ||
36 | uncareful | ||
37 | watcher | ||
38 | work | ||
39 | him | ||
40 | in | ||
41 | a | ||
42 | froth | ||
43 | of | ||
44 | hands | ||
45 | not-wings | ||
46 | that | ||
47 | ache | ||
48 | with | ||
49 | the | ||
50 | loss | ||
51 | of | ||
52 | flight | ||
53 | a | ||
54 | tear | ||
55 | is | ||
56 | flung | ||
57 | faithfully | ||
58 | to | ||
59 | the | ||
60 | ocean | ||
61 | of | ||
62 | air | ||
63 | slipping | ||
64 | in | ||
65 | slowly | ||
66 | is | ||
67 | as | ||
68 | gone | ||
69 | as | ||
70 | the | ||
71 | birds | ||
diff --git a/river/creation-myth.river b/river/creation-myth.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31c6c34 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/creation-myth.river | |||
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1 | creation | ||
2 | myth | ||
3 | so | ||
4 | two | ||
5 | hyperintelligent | ||
6 | pandimensional | ||
7 | beings | ||
8 | walk | ||
9 | into | ||
10 | a | ||
11 | bar | ||
12 | one | ||
13 | turns | ||
14 | to | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | other | ||
17 | and | ||
18 | says | ||
19 | did | ||
20 | you | ||
21 | remember | ||
22 | to | ||
23 | check | ||
24 | the | ||
25 | end | ||
26 | state | ||
27 | of | ||
28 | that | ||
29 | simulation | ||
30 | we | ||
31 | were | ||
32 | running | ||
33 | the | ||
34 | other | ||
35 | says | ||
36 | no | ||
37 | i | ||
38 | thought | ||
39 | that | ||
40 | you | ||
41 | did | ||
42 | to | ||
43 | which | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | first | ||
46 | replies | ||
47 | oh | ||
48 | shit | ||
49 | we | ||
50 | missed | ||
51 | it | ||
52 | i | ||
53 | suppose | ||
54 | we | ||
55 | must | ||
56 | do | ||
57 | all | ||
58 | of | ||
59 | this | ||
60 | again | ||
61 | barkeep | ||
62 | two | ||
63 | beers | ||
64 | please | ||
65 | the | ||
66 | bartender | ||
67 | nods | ||
68 | in | ||
69 | that | ||
70 | way | ||
71 | that | ||
72 | bartenders | ||
73 | do | ||
74 | pours | ||
75 | the | ||
76 | two | ||
77 | beers | ||
78 | expertly | ||
79 | by | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | way | ||
82 | just | ||
83 | so | ||
84 | and | ||
85 | hands | ||
86 | them | ||
87 | to | ||
88 | the | ||
89 | first | ||
90 | hyperintelligent | ||
91 | pandimensional | ||
92 | being | ||
93 | the | ||
94 | second | ||
95 | one | ||
96 | pulls | ||
97 | a | ||
98 | few | ||
99 | singles | ||
100 | out | ||
101 | of | ||
102 | his | ||
103 | wallet | ||
104 | places | ||
105 | them | ||
106 | on | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | bar | ||
109 | and | ||
110 | the | ||
111 | pair | ||
112 | turn | ||
113 | around | ||
114 | and | ||
115 | begin | ||
116 | walking | ||
117 | toward | ||
118 | a | ||
119 | table | ||
120 | in | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | middle | ||
123 | of | ||
124 | the | ||
125 | mostly-empty | ||
126 | bar | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | bar | ||
129 | tender | ||
130 | picks | ||
131 | up | ||
132 | the | ||
133 | money | ||
134 | fans | ||
135 | it | ||
136 | out | ||
137 | frowns | ||
138 | and | ||
139 | calls | ||
140 | to | ||
141 | his | ||
142 | patrons | ||
143 | backs | ||
144 | hey | ||
145 | this | ||
146 | isn't | ||
147 | enough | ||
148 | the | ||
149 | two | ||
150 | turn | ||
151 | around | ||
152 | simultan | ||
153 | eously | ||
154 | with | ||
155 | parity | ||
156 | and | ||
157 | stare | ||
158 | at | ||
159 | him | ||
160 | a | ||
161 | beat | ||
162 | one | ||
163 | of | ||
164 | them | ||
165 | the | ||
166 | one | ||
167 | without | ||
168 | the | ||
169 | beer | ||
170 | breaks | ||
171 | the | ||
172 | silence | ||
173 | by | ||
174 | exclaiming | ||
175 | oh | ||
176 | dear | ||
177 | god | ||
178 | i'm | ||
179 | sorry | ||
180 | i | ||
181 | didn't | ||
182 | know | ||
183 | your | ||
184 | prices | ||
185 | went | ||
186 | up | ||
187 | since | ||
188 | last | ||
189 | time | ||
190 | what | ||
191 | do | ||
192 | i | ||
193 | owe | ||
194 | you | ||
195 | the | ||
196 | bartender | ||
197 | says | ||
198 | oh | ||
199 | just | ||
200 | another | ||
201 | dollar-fifty | ||
202 | the | ||
203 | being | ||
204 | reaches | ||
205 | in | ||
206 | his | ||
207 | back | ||
208 | |||
209 | slides | ||
210 | out | ||
211 | his | ||
212 | wallet | ||
213 | looks | ||
214 | in | ||
215 | smiling | ||
216 | and | ||
217 | frowns | ||
218 | when | ||
219 | he | ||
220 | sees | ||
221 | it's | ||
222 | empty | ||
223 | he | ||
224 | looks | ||
225 | to | ||
226 | the | ||
227 | other | ||
228 | and | ||
229 | says | ||
230 | you | ||
231 | got | ||
232 | a | ||
233 | buck-fifty | ||
234 | i | ||
235 | can | ||
236 | borrow | ||
237 | the | ||
238 | second | ||
239 | hyperintelligent | ||
240 | pandimensional | ||
241 | being | ||
242 | considers | ||
243 | this | ||
244 | he | ||
245 | sets | ||
246 | the | ||
247 | beers | ||
248 | down | ||
249 | on | ||
250 | the | ||
251 | table | ||
252 | pulls | ||
253 | out | ||
254 | his | ||
255 | own | ||
256 | wallet | ||
257 | opens | ||
258 | it | ||
259 | and | ||
260 | frowns | ||
261 | i'm | ||
262 | broke | ||
263 | too | ||
264 | he | ||
265 | says | ||
diff --git a/river/deadman.river b/river/deadman.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3771a24 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/deadman.river | |||
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1 | dead | ||
2 | man | ||
3 | a | ||
4 | dead | ||
5 | man | ||
6 | finds | ||
7 | his | ||
8 | way | ||
9 | into | ||
10 | our | ||
11 | hearts | ||
12 | simply | ||
13 | by | ||
14 | opening | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | door | ||
17 | and | ||
18 | walking | ||
19 | in | ||
20 | he | ||
21 | pours | ||
22 | himself | ||
23 | a | ||
24 | drink | ||
25 | speaks | ||
26 | aimlessly | ||
27 | about | ||
28 | hunting | ||
29 | or | ||
30 | some | ||
31 | bats | ||
32 | he | ||
33 | saw | ||
34 | on | ||
35 | the | ||
36 | way | ||
37 | over | ||
38 | wheeling | ||
39 | around | ||
40 | each | ||
41 | other | ||
42 | look | ||
43 | how | ||
44 | they | ||
45 | spin | ||
46 | he | ||
47 | says | ||
48 | it's | ||
49 | like | ||
50 | the | ||
51 | ripples | ||
52 | atoms | ||
53 | make | ||
54 | as | ||
55 | they | ||
56 | hurl | ||
57 | past | ||
58 | each | ||
59 | other | ||
60 | in | ||
61 | the | ||
62 | space | ||
63 | between | ||
64 | their | ||
65 | bodies | ||
66 | we | ||
67 | mention | ||
68 | the | ||
69 | eels | ||
70 | at | ||
71 | the | ||
72 | aquarium | ||
73 | how | ||
74 | their | ||
75 | bodies | ||
76 | knot | ||
77 | while | ||
78 | mating | ||
79 | the | ||
80 | dead | ||
81 | man | ||
82 | was | ||
83 | a | ||
84 | boyscout | ||
85 | once | ||
86 | and | ||
87 | tied | ||
88 | a | ||
89 | lot | ||
90 | of | ||
91 | knots | ||
92 | his | ||
93 | favorite | ||
94 | was | ||
95 | the | ||
96 | one | ||
97 | with | ||
98 | the | ||
99 | rabbit | ||
100 | and | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | hole | ||
103 | and | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | rabbit | ||
106 | going | ||
107 | in | ||
108 | and | ||
109 | out | ||
110 | and | ||
111 | around | ||
112 | the | ||
113 | tree | ||
114 | the | ||
115 | dead | ||
116 | man | ||
117 | liked | ||
118 | it | ||
119 | because | ||
120 | he | ||
121 | liked | ||
122 | to | ||
123 | pretend | ||
124 | that | ||
125 | the | ||
126 | rabbit | ||
127 | was | ||
128 | running | ||
129 | from | ||
130 | a | ||
131 | fox | ||
132 | and | ||
133 | the | ||
134 | rabbit | ||
135 | always | ||
136 | ended | ||
137 | up | ||
138 | safe | ||
139 | back | ||
140 | in | ||
141 | his | ||
142 | hole | ||
diff --git a/river/death-zone.river b/river/death-zone.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c014cd --- /dev/null +++ b/river/death-zone.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | death | ||
3 | zone | ||
4 | when | ||
5 | i | ||
6 | think | ||
7 | of | ||
8 | death | ||
9 | i | ||
10 | think | ||
11 | of | ||
12 | peter | ||
13 | falk | ||
14 | in | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | princess | ||
17 | bride | ||
18 | patting | ||
19 | his | ||
20 | pockets | ||
21 | as | ||
22 | he | ||
23 | leaves | ||
24 | the | ||
25 | room | ||
26 | life | ||
27 | is | ||
28 | a | ||
29 | series | ||
30 | of | ||
31 | doors | ||
32 | or | ||
33 | so | ||
34 | they | ||
35 | say | ||
36 | but | ||
37 | i | ||
38 | ask | ||
39 | them | ||
40 | this | ||
41 | where | ||
42 | does | ||
43 | that | ||
44 | last | ||
45 | door | ||
46 | lead | ||
47 | for | ||
48 | falk | ||
49 | maybe | ||
50 | it | ||
51 | leads | ||
52 | backstage | ||
53 | a | ||
54 | black-walled | ||
55 | catered | ||
56 | affair | ||
57 | with | ||
58 | stage | ||
59 | lights | ||
60 | slowly | ||
61 | baking | ||
62 | stale | ||
63 | muffins | ||
64 | sweaty | ||
65 | cheese | ||
66 | leaking | ||
67 | onto | ||
68 | dried-out | ||
69 | grapes | ||
70 | a | ||
71 | chocolate | ||
72 | fountain | ||
73 | clogged | ||
74 | by | ||
75 | some | ||
76 | errant | ||
77 | strawberry | ||
78 | crown | ||
79 | but | ||
80 | this | ||
81 | is | ||
82 | not | ||
83 | where | ||
84 | it | ||
85 | leads | ||
86 | for | ||
87 | you | ||
88 | or | ||
89 | for | ||
90 | me | ||
91 | that | ||
92 | door | ||
93 | opens | ||
94 | onto | ||
95 | darkness | ||
96 | marked | ||
97 | only | ||
98 | by | ||
99 | a | ||
100 | trellis | ||
101 | or | ||
102 | the | ||
103 | lid | ||
104 | of | ||
105 | a | ||
106 | casket | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | door | ||
109 | of | ||
110 | the | ||
111 | earth's | ||
112 | womb | ||
113 | opening | ||
114 | finally | ||
115 | to | ||
116 | accept | ||
117 | us | ||
118 | and | ||
119 | with | ||
120 | us | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | dirt | ||
123 | not | ||
124 | to | ||
125 | grow | ||
126 | more | ||
127 | strawberries | ||
128 | for | ||
129 | falk | ||
130 | but | ||
131 | to | ||
132 | pad | ||
133 | his | ||
134 | feet | ||
135 | as | ||
136 | he | ||
137 | walks | ||
138 | overhead | ||
139 | to | ||
140 | visit | ||
141 | someone | ||
142 | he | ||
143 | certainly | ||
144 | cares | ||
145 | about | ||
146 | but | ||
147 | whose | ||
148 | name | ||
149 | is | ||
150 | lost | ||
151 | to | ||
152 | posterity | ||
diff --git a/river/deathstrumpet.river b/river/deathstrumpet.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e204918 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/deathstrumpet.river | |||
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1 | death's | ||
2 | trumpet | ||
3 | he | ||
4 | didn't | ||
5 | have | ||
6 | any | ||
7 | polish | ||
8 | so | ||
9 | he | ||
10 | spit-shined | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | whole | ||
13 | thing | ||
14 | top | ||
15 | to | ||
16 | bottom | ||
17 | it | ||
18 | gleamed | ||
19 | like | ||
20 | maybe | ||
21 | a | ||
22 | tomato | ||
23 | on | ||
24 | the | ||
25 | vine | ||
26 | begging | ||
27 | to | ||
28 | be | ||
29 | picked | ||
30 | and | ||
31 | thrown | ||
32 | on | ||
33 | some | ||
34 | caprese | ||
35 | death | ||
36 | loved | ||
37 | caprese | ||
38 | he | ||
39 | stood | ||
40 | up | ||
41 | and | ||
42 | put | ||
43 | the | ||
44 | horn | ||
45 | to | ||
46 | his | ||
47 | lips | ||
48 | imagining | ||
49 | it | ||
50 | was | ||
51 | a | ||
52 | woman | ||
53 | he | ||
54 | loved | ||
55 | he | ||
56 | blushed | ||
57 | as | ||
58 | he | ||
59 | realized | ||
60 | it | ||
61 | was | ||
62 | a | ||
63 | terrible | ||
64 | metaphor | ||
65 | he | ||
66 | practiced | ||
67 | for | ||
68 | six | ||
69 | hours | ||
70 | a | ||
71 | day | ||
72 | what | ||
73 | else | ||
74 | to | ||
75 | do | ||
76 | death | ||
77 | looks | ||
78 | at | ||
79 | himself | ||
80 | in | ||
81 | the | ||
82 | mirror | ||
83 | as | ||
84 | he | ||
85 | plays | ||
86 | the | ||
87 | trumpet | ||
88 | is | ||
89 | suspended | ||
90 | in | ||
91 | midair | ||
92 | damn | ||
93 | vampire | ||
94 | rules | ||
95 | death | ||
96 | is | ||
97 | always | ||
98 | worried | ||
99 | he | ||
100 | might | ||
101 | have | ||
102 | missed | ||
103 | a | ||
104 | spot | ||
105 | shaving | ||
106 | but | ||
107 | he'll | ||
108 | never | ||
109 | know | ||
110 | unless | ||
111 | a | ||
112 | stranger | ||
113 | is | ||
114 | polite | ||
115 | enough | ||
116 | not | ||
117 | that | ||
118 | he | ||
119 | ever | ||
120 | goes | ||
121 | out | ||
122 | or | ||
123 | meets | ||
124 | anyone | ||
125 | he | ||
126 | wakes | ||
127 | up | ||
128 | late | ||
129 | these | ||
130 | days | ||
131 | stays | ||
132 | in | ||
133 | bed | ||
134 | later | ||
135 | he | ||
136 | thinks | ||
137 | he | ||
138 | might | ||
139 | be | ||
140 | depressed | ||
141 | the | ||
142 | caprese | ||
143 | has | ||
144 | gotten | ||
145 | soggy | ||
146 | since | ||
147 | he | ||
148 | made | ||
149 | it | ||
150 | maybe | ||
151 | three | ||
152 | days | ||
153 | ago | ||
154 | or | ||
155 | maybe | ||
156 | just | ||
157 | two | ||
158 | the | ||
159 | sun | ||
160 | streams | ||
161 | through | ||
162 | his | ||
163 | kitchen | ||
164 | blinds | ||
165 | like | ||
166 | smoke | ||
167 | he | ||
168 | decides | ||
169 | to | ||
170 | go | ||
171 | to | ||
172 | the | ||
173 | arcade | ||
174 | when | ||
175 | he | ||
176 | gets | ||
177 | there | ||
178 | there's | ||
179 | only | ||
180 | a | ||
181 | little | ||
182 | boy | ||
183 | with | ||
184 | dead | ||
185 | eyes | ||
186 | so | ||
187 | far | ||
188 | so | ||
189 | good | ||
190 | he's | ||
191 | playing | ||
192 | a | ||
193 | first-person | ||
194 | shooter | ||
195 | death | ||
196 | walks | ||
197 | past | ||
198 | him | ||
199 | and | ||
200 | watches | ||
201 | out | ||
202 | of | ||
203 | the | ||
204 | corner | ||
205 | of | ||
206 | his | ||
207 | eye | ||
208 | the | ||
209 | kid's | ||
210 | good | ||
211 | death | ||
212 | wants | ||
213 | to | ||
214 | congratulate | ||
215 | him | ||
216 | his | ||
217 | trumpet | ||
218 | is | ||
219 | in | ||
220 | his | ||
221 | hand | ||
diff --git a/river/dream.river b/river/dream.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..970b305 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/dream.river | |||
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1 | dream | ||
2 | it | ||
3 | had | ||
4 | gotten | ||
5 | cold | ||
6 | he | ||
7 | went | ||
8 | to | ||
9 | lay | ||
10 | down | ||
11 | in | ||
12 | bed | ||
13 | with | ||
14 | a | ||
15 | pad | ||
16 | and | ||
17 | paper | ||
18 | he | ||
19 | began | ||
20 | to | ||
21 | write | ||
22 | although | ||
23 | he | ||
24 | hadn't | ||
25 | tried | ||
26 | it | ||
27 | much | ||
28 | in | ||
29 | bed | ||
30 | before | ||
31 | he | ||
32 | liked | ||
33 | it | ||
34 | mostly | ||
35 | his | ||
36 | arm | ||
37 | got | ||
38 | tired | ||
39 | journeying | ||
40 | across | ||
41 | the | ||
42 | page | ||
43 | like | ||
44 | a | ||
45 | series | ||
46 | of | ||
47 | switchbacks | ||
48 | down | ||
49 | the | ||
50 | wall | ||
51 | of | ||
52 | the | ||
53 | grand | ||
54 | canyon | ||
55 | he | ||
56 | wrote | ||
57 | this | ||
58 | down | ||
59 | in | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | margin | ||
62 | for | ||
63 | later | ||
64 | arm | ||
65 | journeying | ||
66 | across | ||
67 | the | ||
68 | pg | ||
69 | like | ||
70 | a | ||
71 | series | ||
72 | of | ||
73 | switch | ||
74 | backs | ||
75 | down | ||
76 | the | ||
77 | wall | ||
78 | of | ||
79 | the | ||
80 | grand | ||
81 | canyon | ||
82 | his | ||
83 | arm | ||
84 | began | ||
85 | to | ||
86 | pain | ||
87 | him | ||
88 | he | ||
89 | adjusted | ||
90 | his | ||
91 | position | ||
92 | in | ||
93 | the | ||
94 | bed | ||
95 | it | ||
96 | didn't | ||
97 | help | ||
98 | much | ||
99 | with | ||
100 | the | ||
101 | pain | ||
102 | it | ||
103 | still | ||
104 | hurt | ||
105 | as | ||
106 | he | ||
107 | wrote | ||
108 | he | ||
109 | began | ||
110 | to | ||
111 | be | ||
112 | distracted | ||
113 | by | ||
114 | his | ||
115 | mother's | ||
116 | music | ||
117 | playing | ||
118 | in | ||
119 | the | ||
120 | next | ||
121 | room | ||
122 | could | ||
123 | you | ||
124 | turn | ||
125 | that | ||
126 | down | ||
127 | please | ||
128 | he | ||
129 | hollered | ||
130 | across | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | wall | ||
133 | to | ||
134 | his | ||
135 | mother | ||
136 | she | ||
137 | made | ||
138 | no | ||
139 | reply | ||
140 | music | ||
141 | too | ||
142 | loud | ||
143 | he | ||
144 | gave | ||
145 | his | ||
146 | arm | ||
147 | a | ||
148 | break | ||
149 | to | ||
150 | look | ||
151 | at | ||
152 | what | ||
153 | he'd | ||
154 | written | ||
155 | he | ||
156 | couldn't | ||
157 | make | ||
158 | heads | ||
159 | or | ||
160 | tails | ||
161 | of | ||
162 | it | ||
163 | it | ||
164 | looked | ||
165 | like | ||
166 | arabic | ||
167 | he | ||
168 | woke | ||
169 | up | ||
170 | gasping | ||
171 | in | ||
172 | a | ||
173 | sweat | ||
diff --git a/river/early.river b/river/early.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a645fdf --- /dev/null +++ b/river/early.river | |||
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1 | early | ||
2 | you | ||
3 | cannot | ||
4 | discover | ||
5 | art | ||
6 | art | ||
7 | must | ||
8 | be | ||
9 | created | ||
10 | he | ||
11 | sat | ||
12 | on | ||
13 | the | ||
14 | couch | ||
15 | at | ||
16 | home | ||
17 | while | ||
18 | his | ||
19 | mother | ||
20 | watched | ||
21 | tv | ||
22 | and | ||
23 | smoked | ||
24 | dinner | ||
25 | had | ||
26 | been | ||
27 | chicken | ||
28 | and | ||
29 | peas | ||
30 | with | ||
31 | milk | ||
32 | and | ||
33 | afterward | ||
34 | paul | ||
35 | and | ||
36 | his | ||
37 | mother | ||
38 | sat | ||
39 | on | ||
40 | opposite | ||
41 | ends | ||
42 | of | ||
43 | the | ||
44 | couch | ||
45 | at | ||
46 | intervals | ||
47 | she | ||
48 | would | ||
49 | look | ||
50 | sideways | ||
51 | at | ||
52 | paul | ||
53 | writing | ||
54 | he | ||
55 | pretended | ||
56 | not | ||
57 | to | ||
58 | notice | ||
59 | art | ||
60 | = | ||
61 | artifice | ||
62 | he | ||
63 | wrote | ||
64 | artifice | ||
65 | means | ||
66 | unnatural | ||
67 | artifice | ||
68 | means | ||
69 | built | ||
70 | to | ||
71 | build | ||
72 | means | ||
73 | to | ||
74 | find | ||
75 | a | ||
76 | pattern | ||
77 | & | ||
78 | find | ||
79 | a | ||
80 | pattern | ||
81 | is | ||
82 | what | ||
83 | we | ||
84 | are | ||
85 | good | ||
86 | at | ||
87 | he | ||
88 | thought | ||
89 | about | ||
90 | this | ||
91 | while | ||
92 | someone | ||
93 | else | ||
94 | won | ||
95 | a | ||
96 | car | ||
97 | do | ||
98 | you | ||
99 | think | ||
100 | humans | ||
101 | are | ||
102 | good | ||
103 | at | ||
104 | finding | ||
105 | patterns | ||
106 | because | ||
107 | we | ||
108 | are | ||
109 | hunters | ||
110 | he | ||
111 | asked | ||
112 | his | ||
113 | mother | ||
114 | she | ||
115 | looked | ||
116 | sideways | ||
117 | at | ||
118 | him | ||
119 | and | ||
120 | said | ||
121 | sure | ||
122 | paul | ||
123 | early | ||
124 | on | ||
125 | in | ||
126 | our | ||
127 | evolution | ||
128 | we | ||
129 | were | ||
130 | hunters | ||
131 | right | ||
132 | and | ||
133 | to | ||
134 | hunt | ||
135 | we | ||
136 | had | ||
137 | to | ||
138 | see | ||
139 | the | ||
140 | patterns | ||
141 | in | ||
142 | seemingly | ||
143 | random | ||
144 | events | ||
145 | like | ||
146 | where | ||
147 | the | ||
148 | gazelle | ||
149 | went | ||
150 | each | ||
151 | year | ||
152 | paul | ||
153 | i'm | ||
154 | trying | ||
155 | to | ||
156 | watch | ||
157 | tv | ||
158 | if | ||
159 | you're | ||
160 | going | ||
161 | to | ||
162 | write | ||
163 | this | ||
164 | stuff | ||
165 | go | ||
166 | do | ||
167 | it | ||
168 | in | ||
169 | your | ||
170 | room | ||
171 | you're | ||
172 | distracting | ||
173 | paul | ||
174 | got | ||
175 | up | ||
176 | and | ||
177 | went | ||
178 | to | ||
179 | his | ||
180 | room | ||
181 | and | ||
182 | lay | ||
183 | down | ||
184 | on | ||
185 | his | ||
186 | bed | ||
187 | if | ||
188 | the | ||
189 | gazelle | ||
190 | went | ||
191 | to | ||
192 | the | ||
193 | same | ||
194 | place | ||
195 | every | ||
196 | year | ||
197 | he | ||
198 | thought | ||
199 | did | ||
200 | they | ||
201 | know | ||
202 | the | ||
203 | pattern | ||
204 | too | ||
205 | or | ||
206 | was | ||
207 | it | ||
208 | random | ||
209 | for | ||
210 | them | ||
211 | did | ||
212 | they | ||
213 | think | ||
214 | each | ||
215 | year | ||
216 | this | ||
217 | seems | ||
218 | like | ||
219 | a | ||
220 | good | ||
221 | spot | ||
222 | let's | ||
223 | graze | ||
224 | here | ||
225 | without | ||
226 | knowing | ||
227 | he | ||
228 | wrote | ||
229 | pattern | ||
230 | = | ||
231 | memory | ||
232 | in | ||
233 | his | ||
234 | notebook | ||
diff --git a/river/elegyforanalternateself.river b/river/elegyforanalternateself.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ba68ed --- /dev/null +++ b/river/elegyforanalternateself.river | |||
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1 | elegy | ||
2 | for | ||
3 | an | ||
4 | alternate | ||
5 | self | ||
6 | say | ||
7 | there | ||
8 | are | ||
9 | no | ||
10 | words | ||
11 | say | ||
12 | that | ||
13 | we | ||
14 | are | ||
15 | conjoined | ||
16 | from | ||
17 | birth | ||
18 | or | ||
19 | better | ||
20 | still | ||
21 | say | ||
22 | we | ||
23 | are | ||
24 | myself | ||
25 | but | ||
26 | i | ||
27 | still | ||
28 | talk | ||
29 | to | ||
30 | myself | ||
31 | i | ||
32 | build | ||
33 | my | ||
34 | world | ||
35 | through | ||
36 | language | ||
37 | so | ||
38 | if | ||
39 | we | ||
40 | say | ||
41 | there | ||
42 | are | ||
43 | no | ||
44 | words | ||
45 | this | ||
46 | is | ||
47 | not | ||
48 | enough | ||
49 | say | ||
50 | we | ||
51 | are | ||
52 | instead | ||
53 | some | ||
54 | animal | ||
55 | or | ||
56 | better | ||
57 | yet | ||
58 | a | ||
59 | plant | ||
60 | or | ||
61 | a | ||
62 | flagellum | ||
63 | motoring | ||
64 | aimlessly | ||
65 | around | ||
66 | say | ||
67 | that | ||
68 | humans | ||
69 | are | ||
70 | the | ||
71 | only | ||
72 | things | ||
73 | that | ||
74 | reason | ||
75 | say | ||
76 | that | ||
77 | we're | ||
78 | the | ||
79 | only | ||
80 | things | ||
81 | that | ||
82 | worry | ||
83 | say | ||
84 | that | ||
85 | i | ||
86 | am | ||
87 | separate | ||
88 | to | ||
89 | say | ||
90 | there's | ||
91 | everything | ||
92 | else | ||
93 | and | ||
94 | then | ||
95 | there's | ||
96 | me | ||
97 | is | ||
98 | wrong | ||
99 | each | ||
100 | thing | ||
101 | is | ||
102 | separate | ||
103 | there | ||
104 | is | ||
105 | no | ||
106 | whole | ||
107 | in | ||
108 | the | ||
109 | world | ||
110 | say | ||
111 | this | ||
112 | is | ||
113 | both | ||
114 | good | ||
115 | and | ||
116 | bad | ||
117 | or | ||
118 | rather | ||
119 | say | ||
120 | there | ||
121 | is | ||
122 | no | ||
123 | good | ||
124 | or | ||
125 | bad | ||
126 | but | ||
127 | only | ||
128 | being | ||
129 | more | ||
130 | and | ||
131 | more | ||
132 | of | ||
133 | it | ||
134 | always | ||
135 | added | ||
136 | none | ||
137 | taken | ||
138 | out | ||
139 | though | ||
140 | it | ||
141 | can | ||
142 | be | ||
143 | forgotten | ||
144 | say | ||
145 | that | ||
146 | forgetting | ||
147 | is | ||
148 | a | ||
149 | function | ||
150 | of | ||
151 | our | ||
152 | remembering | ||
153 | say | ||
154 | that | ||
155 | humans | ||
156 | only | ||
157 | worry | ||
158 | about | ||
159 | separation | ||
160 | say | ||
161 | that | ||
162 | only | ||
163 | humans | ||
164 | feel | ||
165 | it | ||
diff --git a/river/epigraph.river b/river/epigraph.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e93e9c --- /dev/null +++ b/river/epigraph.river | |||
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1 | epigraph | ||
2 | an | ||
3 | epigraph | ||
4 | i | ||
5 | saw | ||
6 | my | ||
7 | life | ||
8 | branching | ||
9 | out | ||
10 | before | ||
11 | me | ||
12 | like | ||
13 | the | ||
14 | green | ||
15 | fig | ||
16 | tree | ||
17 | in | ||
18 | the | ||
19 | story | ||
20 | from | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | tip | ||
23 | of | ||
24 | every | ||
25 | branch | ||
26 | like | ||
27 | a | ||
28 | fat | ||
29 | purple | ||
30 | fig | ||
31 | a | ||
32 | wonderful | ||
33 | future | ||
34 | beckoned | ||
35 | and | ||
36 | winked | ||
37 | one | ||
38 | fig | ||
39 | was | ||
40 | a | ||
41 | husband | ||
42 | and | ||
43 | a | ||
44 | happy | ||
45 | home | ||
46 | and | ||
47 | children | ||
48 | and | ||
49 | another | ||
50 | fig | ||
51 | was | ||
52 | a | ||
53 | famous | ||
54 | poet | ||
55 | and | ||
56 | another | ||
57 | fig | ||
58 | was | ||
59 | a | ||
60 | brilliant | ||
61 | professor | ||
62 | and | ||
63 | another | ||
64 | fig | ||
65 | was | ||
66 | ee | ||
67 | gee | ||
68 | the | ||
69 | amazing | ||
70 | editor | ||
71 | and | ||
72 | another | ||
73 | fig | ||
74 | was | ||
75 | europe | ||
76 | and | ||
77 | africa | ||
78 | and | ||
79 | south | ||
80 | america | ||
81 | and | ||
82 | another | ||
83 | fig | ||
84 | was | ||
85 | constantin | ||
86 | and | ||
87 | socrates | ||
88 | and | ||
89 | attila | ||
90 | and | ||
91 | a | ||
92 | pack | ||
93 | of | ||
94 | other | ||
95 | lovers | ||
96 | and | ||
97 | queer | ||
98 | names | ||
99 | and | ||
100 | offbeat | ||
101 | professions | ||
102 | and | ||
103 | another | ||
104 | fig | ||
105 | was | ||
106 | an | ||
107 | olympic | ||
108 | lady | ||
109 | crew | ||
110 | champion | ||
111 | and | ||
112 | beyond | ||
113 | and | ||
114 | above | ||
115 | these | ||
116 | figs | ||
117 | were | ||
118 | many | ||
119 | more | ||
120 | figs | ||
121 | i | ||
122 | couldn't | ||
123 | quite | ||
124 | make | ||
125 | out | ||
126 | i | ||
127 | saw | ||
128 | myself | ||
129 | sitting | ||
130 | in | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | crotch | ||
133 | of | ||
134 | this | ||
135 | fig | ||
136 | tree | ||
137 | starving | ||
138 | to | ||
139 | death | ||
140 | just | ||
141 | because | ||
142 | i | ||
143 | couldn't | ||
144 | make | ||
145 | up | ||
146 | my | ||
147 | mind | ||
148 | which | ||
149 | of | ||
150 | the | ||
151 | figs | ||
152 | i | ||
153 | would | ||
154 | choose | ||
155 | i | ||
156 | wanted | ||
157 | each | ||
158 | and | ||
159 | every | ||
160 | one | ||
161 | of | ||
162 | them | ||
163 | but | ||
164 | choosing | ||
165 | one | ||
166 | meant | ||
167 | losing | ||
168 | all | ||
169 | the | ||
170 | rest | ||
171 | and | ||
172 | as | ||
173 | i | ||
174 | sat | ||
175 | there | ||
176 | unable | ||
177 | to | ||
178 | decide | ||
179 | the | ||
180 | figs | ||
181 | began | ||
182 | to | ||
183 | wrinkle | ||
184 | and | ||
185 | go | ||
186 | black | ||
187 | and | ||
188 | one | ||
189 | by | ||
190 | one | ||
191 | they | ||
192 | plopped | ||
193 | to | ||
194 | the | ||
195 | ground | ||
196 | at | ||
197 | my | ||
198 | feet | ||
diff --git a/river/ex-machina.river b/river/ex-machina.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3258e92 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/ex-machina.river | |||
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1 | ex | ||
2 | machina | ||
3 | bottom | ||
4 | of | ||
5 | the | ||
6 | drink | ||
7 | they | ||
8 | had | ||
9 | to | ||
10 | go | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | coke | ||
13 | machine | ||
14 | the | ||
15 | snack | ||
16 | machine | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | deep | ||
19 | fryer | ||
20 | hoisted | ||
21 | and | ||
22 | dragged | ||
23 | through | ||
24 | the | ||
25 | halls | ||
26 | and | ||
27 | out | ||
28 | to | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | curb | ||
31 | they | ||
32 | sat | ||
33 | with | ||
34 | other | ||
35 | trash | ||
36 | beneath | ||
37 | gray | ||
38 | forlorn | ||
39 | skies | ||
40 | behind | ||
41 | the | ||
42 | elementary | ||
43 | school | ||
44 | wondering | ||
45 | what | ||
46 | their | ||
47 | next | ||
48 | move | ||
49 | would | ||
50 | be | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | coke | ||
53 | machine | ||
54 | had | ||
55 | always | ||
56 | wanted | ||
57 | to | ||
58 | live | ||
59 | the | ||
60 | life | ||
61 | of | ||
62 | a | ||
63 | hobo | ||
64 | jumping | ||
65 | trains | ||
66 | eating | ||
67 | from | ||
68 | garbage | ||
69 | making | ||
70 | fire | ||
71 | in | ||
72 | old | ||
73 | oil | ||
74 | drums | ||
75 | it | ||
76 | had | ||
77 | some | ||
78 | strange | ||
79 | romantic | ||
80 | notions | ||
81 | of | ||
82 | being | ||
83 | homeless | ||
84 | is | ||
85 | what | ||
86 | the | ||
87 | deep | ||
88 | fryer | ||
89 | thought | ||
90 | its | ||
91 | opinion | ||
92 | was | ||
93 | to | ||
94 | head | ||
95 | to | ||
96 | court | ||
97 | sue | ||
98 | the | ||
99 | bastards | ||
100 | at | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | school | ||
103 | for | ||
104 | early | ||
105 | termination | ||
106 | of | ||
107 | contract | ||
108 | it | ||
109 | was | ||
110 | the | ||
111 | embodiment | ||
112 | of | ||
113 | justifiable | ||
114 | anger | ||
115 | it | ||
116 | believed | ||
117 | privately | ||
118 | that | ||
119 | it | ||
120 | was | ||
121 | an | ||
122 | incarnation | ||
123 | of | ||
124 | nemesis | ||
125 | the | ||
126 | goddess | ||
127 | of | ||
128 | divine | ||
129 | retribution | ||
130 | what | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | snack | ||
133 | machine | ||
134 | thought | ||
135 | it | ||
136 | kept | ||
137 | to | ||
138 | itself | ||
139 | but | ||
140 | it | ||
141 | did | ||
142 | say | ||
143 | that | ||
144 | nothing | ||
145 | ever | ||
146 | ends | ||
147 | the | ||
148 | others | ||
149 | were | ||
150 | confused | ||
151 | then | ||
152 | angry | ||
153 | but | ||
154 | finally | ||
155 | understood | ||
156 | or | ||
157 | thought | ||
158 | they | ||
159 | did | ||
160 | the | ||
161 | snack | ||
162 | machine's | ||
163 | candy | ||
164 | melted | ||
165 | in | ||
166 | the | ||
167 | sun | ||
diff --git a/river/exasperated.river b/river/exasperated.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7206d1c --- /dev/null +++ b/river/exasperated.river | |||
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1 | exasperated | ||
2 | i | ||
3 | didn't | ||
4 | write | ||
5 | this | ||
6 | sestina | ||
7 | yesterday | ||
8 | it's | ||
9 | the | ||
10 | first | ||
11 | time | ||
12 | i | ||
13 | fell | ||
14 | behind | ||
15 | in | ||
16 | my | ||
17 | task | ||
18 | and | ||
19 | hopefully | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | only | ||
22 | time | ||
23 | it | ||
24 | will | ||
25 | this | ||
26 | means | ||
27 | that | ||
28 | today | ||
29 | i | ||
30 | must | ||
31 | write | ||
32 | two | ||
33 | sestinas | ||
34 | if | ||
35 | i | ||
36 | don't | ||
37 | write | ||
38 | them | ||
39 | today | ||
40 | i | ||
41 | will | ||
42 | have | ||
43 | to | ||
44 | write | ||
45 | two | ||
46 | later | ||
47 | down | ||
48 | the | ||
49 | line | ||
50 | although | ||
51 | i | ||
52 | feel | ||
53 | i'm | ||
54 | slogging | ||
55 | through | ||
56 | each | ||
57 | line | ||
58 | i | ||
59 | think | ||
60 | i'm | ||
61 | doing | ||
62 | better | ||
63 | every | ||
64 | day | ||
65 | though | ||
66 | maybe | ||
67 | this | ||
68 | is | ||
69 | wishful | ||
70 | thinking | ||
71 | i | ||
72 | showed | ||
73 | my | ||
74 | friend | ||
75 | my | ||
76 | just-completed | ||
77 | task | ||
78 | two | ||
79 | days | ||
80 | ago | ||
81 | my | ||
82 | god | ||
83 | was | ||
84 | it | ||
85 | two | ||
86 | entire | ||
87 | days | ||
88 | i've | ||
89 | no | ||
90 | idea | ||
91 | what | ||
92 | i'll | ||
93 | do | ||
94 | after | ||
95 | thirty-nine | ||
96 | days | ||
97 | i | ||
98 | think | ||
99 | i'll | ||
100 | feel | ||
101 | like | ||
102 | inigo | ||
103 | montoya | ||
104 | who'd | ||
105 | been | ||
106 | in | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | line | ||
109 | of | ||
110 | revenging | ||
111 | for | ||
112 | so | ||
113 | long | ||
114 | he | ||
115 | didn't | ||
116 | know | ||
117 | what | ||
118 | to | ||
119 | do | ||
120 | with | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | rest | ||
123 | of | ||
124 | his | ||
125 | life | ||
126 | and | ||
127 | he | ||
128 | deigned | ||
129 | to | ||
130 | be | ||
131 | polite | ||
132 | but | ||
133 | i | ||
134 | could | ||
135 | tell | ||
136 | the | ||
137 | task | ||
138 | was | ||
139 | hard | ||
140 | for | ||
141 | him | ||
142 | he | ||
143 | told | ||
144 | me | ||
145 | finally | ||
146 | that | ||
147 | i | ||
148 | had | ||
149 | made | ||
150 | a | ||
151 | noble | ||
152 | effort | ||
153 | but | ||
154 | that | ||
155 | ultimately | ||
156 | i | ||
157 | failed | ||
158 | so | ||
159 | my | ||
160 | question | ||
161 | when | ||
162 | will | ||
163 | i | ||
164 | be | ||
165 | a | ||
166 | decent | ||
167 | sestina | ||
168 | writer | ||
169 | for | ||
170 | this | ||
171 | is | ||
172 | my | ||
173 | task | ||
174 | maybe | ||
175 | if | ||
176 | i | ||
177 | just | ||
178 | keep | ||
179 | cranking | ||
180 | out | ||
181 | line | ||
182 | after | ||
183 | line | ||
184 | i'll | ||
185 | finally | ||
186 | figure | ||
187 | it | ||
188 | out | ||
189 | maybe | ||
190 | one | ||
191 | more | ||
192 | day | ||
193 | or | ||
194 | another | ||
195 | week | ||
196 | will | ||
197 | do | ||
198 | it | ||
199 | or | ||
200 | maybe | ||
201 | i'll | ||
202 | need | ||
203 | two | ||
204 | or | ||
205 | maybe | ||
206 | it'll | ||
207 | never | ||
208 | happen | ||
209 | maybe | ||
210 | a | ||
211 | sestina's | ||
212 | too | ||
213 | involved | ||
214 | too | ||
215 | much | ||
216 | weaving | ||
217 | of | ||
218 | words | ||
219 | too | ||
220 | fine | ||
221 | and | ||
222 | i | ||
223 | will | ||
224 | never | ||
225 | write | ||
226 | a | ||
227 | good | ||
228 | one | ||
229 | even | ||
230 | on | ||
231 | my | ||
232 | best | ||
233 | day | ||
234 | even | ||
235 | if | ||
236 | i | ||
237 | employ | ||
238 | all | ||
239 | my | ||
240 | skill | ||
241 | and | ||
242 | all | ||
243 | my | ||
244 | will | ||
245 | i'm | ||
246 | not | ||
247 | used | ||
248 | to | ||
249 | writing | ||
250 | poems | ||
251 | with | ||
252 | thirty-nine | ||
253 | lines | ||
254 | that | ||
255 | must | ||
256 | be | ||
257 | the | ||
258 | problem | ||
259 | must | ||
260 | be | ||
261 | why | ||
262 | this | ||
263 | task | ||
264 | is | ||
265 | herculean | ||
266 | he | ||
267 | only | ||
268 | had | ||
269 | to | ||
270 | finish | ||
271 | twelve | ||
272 | tasks | ||
273 | and | ||
274 | i | ||
275 | have | ||
276 | one | ||
277 | less | ||
278 | one | ||
279 | thousand | ||
280 | five | ||
281 | hundred | ||
282 | twenty-two | ||
283 | and | ||
284 | it's | ||
285 | nothing | ||
286 | but | ||
287 | complaining | ||
288 | lines | ||
289 | about | ||
290 | how | ||
291 | hard | ||
292 | it | ||
293 | is | ||
294 | to | ||
295 | be | ||
296 | a | ||
297 | person | ||
298 | i | ||
299 | am | ||
300 | getting | ||
301 | sick | ||
302 | of | ||
303 | myself | ||
304 | with | ||
305 | these | ||
306 | poems | ||
307 | and | ||
308 | will | ||
309 | soon | ||
310 | be | ||
311 | loathe | ||
312 | to | ||
313 | get | ||
314 | out | ||
315 | of | ||
316 | bed | ||
317 | every | ||
318 | day | ||
319 | but | ||
320 | i | ||
321 | tasked | ||
322 | myself | ||
323 | with | ||
324 | this | ||
325 | which | ||
326 | may | ||
327 | be | ||
328 | the | ||
329 | worst | ||
330 | i | ||
331 | ever | ||
332 | do | ||
333 | to | ||
334 | myself | ||
335 | i | ||
336 | thought | ||
337 | a | ||
338 | poem | ||
339 | nanowrimo | ||
340 | would | ||
341 | be | ||
342 | fun | ||
343 | would | ||
344 | line | ||
345 | my | ||
346 | resume | ||
347 | give | ||
348 | me | ||
349 | something | ||
350 | i | ||
351 | could | ||
352 | publish | ||
353 | someday | ||
diff --git a/river/father.river b/river/father.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..51f9871 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/father.river | |||
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1 | father | ||
2 | is | ||
3 | man | ||
4 | the | ||
5 | natural | ||
6 | thing | ||
7 | that | ||
8 | makes | ||
9 | unnatural | ||
10 | things | ||
11 | he | ||
12 | thought | ||
13 | to | ||
14 | himself | ||
15 | as | ||
16 | he | ||
17 | looked | ||
18 | out | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | kitchen | ||
21 | window | ||
22 | at | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | shed | ||
25 | he | ||
26 | wondered | ||
27 | who | ||
28 | built | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | shed | ||
31 | for | ||
32 | the | ||
33 | first | ||
34 | time | ||
35 | since | ||
36 | he'd | ||
37 | been | ||
38 | going | ||
39 | out | ||
40 | there | ||
41 | mom | ||
42 | who | ||
43 | built | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | shed | ||
46 | out | ||
47 | back | ||
48 | he | ||
49 | asked | ||
50 | that | ||
51 | was | ||
52 | your | ||
53 | father | ||
54 | she | ||
55 | said | ||
56 | his | ||
57 | father | ||
58 | paul | ||
59 | had | ||
60 | never | ||
61 | met | ||
62 | him | ||
63 | his | ||
64 | mother | ||
65 | had | ||
66 | said | ||
67 | when | ||
68 | he | ||
69 | was | ||
70 | a | ||
71 | kid | ||
72 | that | ||
73 | his | ||
74 | father | ||
75 | was | ||
76 | caught | ||
77 | by | ||
78 | a | ||
79 | riptide | ||
80 | while | ||
81 | swimming | ||
82 | in | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | ocean | ||
85 | he | ||
86 | hadn't | ||
87 | noticed | ||
88 | what | ||
89 | was | ||
90 | happening | ||
91 | until | ||
92 | the | ||
93 | land | ||
94 | was | ||
95 | a | ||
96 | thin | ||
97 | line | ||
98 | on | ||
99 | the | ||
100 | horizon | ||
101 | he | ||
102 | became | ||
103 | exhausted | ||
104 | swimming | ||
105 | back | ||
106 | and | ||
107 | drowned | ||
108 | his | ||
109 | body | ||
110 | was | ||
111 | found | ||
112 | a | ||
113 | week | ||
114 | later | ||
115 | by | ||
116 | the | ||
117 | coroner's | ||
118 | estimate | ||
119 | paul | ||
120 | never | ||
121 | really | ||
122 | believed | ||
123 | this | ||
124 | story | ||
125 | because | ||
126 | his | ||
127 | mother's | ||
128 | face | ||
129 | was | ||
130 | sad | ||
131 | in | ||
132 | the | ||
133 | wrong | ||
134 | way | ||
135 | when | ||
136 | she | ||
137 | told | ||
138 | it | ||
139 | she | ||
140 | said | ||
141 | he | ||
142 | looked | ||
143 | like | ||
144 | his | ||
145 | father | ||
146 | but | ||
147 | she | ||
148 | also | ||
149 | said | ||
150 | all | ||
151 | men | ||
152 | look | ||
153 | alike | ||
154 | paul | ||
155 | realized | ||
156 | he'd | ||
157 | been | ||
158 | standing | ||
159 | at | ||
160 | the | ||
161 | kitchen | ||
162 | window | ||
163 | for | ||
164 | a | ||
165 | long | ||
166 | time | ||
167 | looking | ||
168 | out | ||
169 | at | ||
170 | the | ||
171 | shed | ||
172 | without | ||
173 | realizing | ||
174 | it | ||
175 | he | ||
176 | went | ||
177 | out | ||
178 | to | ||
179 | take | ||
180 | an | ||
181 | inventory | ||
182 | of | ||
183 | everything | ||
184 | inside | ||
185 | where | ||
186 | you | ||
187 | going | ||
188 | asked | ||
189 | his | ||
190 | mother | ||
191 | to | ||
192 | the | ||
193 | shed | ||
194 | i'll | ||
195 | be | ||
196 | back | ||
197 | in | ||
198 | a | ||
199 | bit | ||
200 | he | ||
201 | said | ||
diff --git a/river/feedingtheraven.river b/river/feedingtheraven.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a70c05f --- /dev/null +++ b/river/feedingtheraven.river | |||
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1 | feeding | ||
2 | the | ||
3 | raven | ||
4 | you | ||
5 | never | ||
6 | can | ||
7 | tell | ||
8 | just | ||
9 | when | ||
10 | charlie | ||
11 | sheen | ||
12 | will | ||
13 | enter | ||
14 | your | ||
15 | life | ||
16 | for | ||
17 | me | ||
18 | it | ||
19 | was | ||
20 | last | ||
21 | thursday | ||
22 | i | ||
23 | was | ||
24 | reading | ||
25 | some | ||
26 | translation | ||
27 | of | ||
28 | a | ||
29 | japanese | ||
30 | translation | ||
31 | of | ||
32 | the | ||
33 | raven | ||
34 | in | ||
35 | which | ||
36 | the | ||
37 | poe | ||
38 | and | ||
39 | the | ||
40 | raven | ||
41 | become | ||
42 | friends | ||
43 | at | ||
44 | one | ||
45 | point | ||
46 | the | ||
47 | raven | ||
48 | gets | ||
49 | very | ||
50 | sick | ||
51 | and | ||
52 | poe | ||
53 | feeds | ||
54 | him | ||
55 | at | ||
56 | his | ||
57 | bedside | ||
58 | and | ||
59 | nurses | ||
60 | him | ||
61 | back | ||
62 | to | ||
63 | health | ||
64 | the | ||
65 | story | ||
66 | was | ||
67 | very | ||
68 | heartwarming | ||
69 | and | ||
70 | sad | ||
71 | at | ||
72 | the | ||
73 | same | ||
74 | time | ||
75 | and | ||
76 | my | ||
77 | tears | ||
78 | were | ||
79 | welling | ||
80 | up | ||
81 | when | ||
82 | suddenly | ||
83 | i | ||
84 | heard | ||
85 | a | ||
86 | knock | ||
87 | on | ||
88 | my | ||
89 | door | ||
90 | i | ||
91 | shuffled | ||
92 | over | ||
93 | sniffling | ||
94 | but | ||
95 | managing | ||
96 | to | ||
97 | keep | ||
98 | my | ||
99 | cheeks | ||
100 | dry | ||
101 | to | ||
102 | open | ||
103 | it | ||
104 | of | ||
105 | course | ||
106 | charlie | ||
107 | was | ||
108 | beaming | ||
109 | on | ||
110 | the | ||
111 | other | ||
112 | side | ||
113 | with | ||
114 | a | ||
115 | bag | ||
116 | of | ||
117 | flowers | ||
118 | and | ||
119 | a | ||
120 | grin | ||
121 | like | ||
122 | a | ||
123 | dog's | ||
124 | he | ||
125 | bounded | ||
126 | in | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | room | ||
129 | without | ||
130 | saying | ||
131 | hello | ||
132 | and | ||
133 | threw | ||
134 | the | ||
135 | flowers | ||
136 | in | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | sink | ||
139 | opened | ||
140 | the | ||
141 | refrigerator | ||
142 | and | ||
143 | started | ||
144 | poking | ||
145 | around | ||
146 | i | ||
147 | said | ||
148 | it's | ||
149 | nice | ||
150 | to | ||
151 | see | ||
152 | you | ||
153 | too | ||
154 | and | ||
155 | went | ||
156 | to | ||
157 | my | ||
158 | room | ||
159 | to | ||
160 | get | ||
161 | a | ||
162 | camera | ||
163 | as | ||
164 | well | ||
165 | as | ||
166 | a | ||
167 | notebook | ||
168 | for | ||
169 | him | ||
170 | to | ||
171 | sign | ||
172 | when | ||
173 | i | ||
174 | came | ||
175 | back | ||
176 | he | ||
177 | was | ||
178 | on | ||
179 | the | ||
180 | floor | ||
181 | hunched | ||
182 | and | ||
183 | groaning | ||
184 | i | ||
185 | looked | ||
186 | on | ||
187 | the | ||
188 | table | ||
189 | to | ||
190 | see | ||
191 | a | ||
192 | month-old | ||
193 | half-gallon | ||
194 | of | ||
195 | milk | ||
196 | now | ||
197 | cottage | ||
198 | cheese | ||
199 | half-empty | ||
200 | and | ||
201 | dripping | ||
202 | the | ||
203 | remnants | ||
204 | were | ||
205 | on | ||
206 | his | ||
207 | mouth | ||
208 | and | ||
209 | at | ||
210 | once | ||
211 | i | ||
212 | saw | ||
213 | my | ||
214 | chance | ||
215 | to | ||
216 | become | ||
217 | poe | ||
218 | in | ||
219 | this | ||
220 | translation | ||
221 | of | ||
222 | a | ||
223 | translation | ||
224 | of | ||
225 | a | ||
226 | translation | ||
227 | i | ||
228 | knelt | ||
229 | next | ||
230 | to | ||
231 | charlie | ||
232 | cradled | ||
233 | his | ||
234 | head | ||
235 | in | ||
236 | my | ||
237 | lap | ||
238 | he | ||
239 | looked | ||
240 | up | ||
241 | at | ||
242 | me | ||
243 | with | ||
244 | a | ||
245 | stare | ||
246 | full | ||
247 | of | ||
248 | terror | ||
249 | i | ||
250 | returned | ||
251 | it | ||
252 | levelly | ||
253 | making | ||
254 | cooing | ||
255 | noises | ||
256 | at | ||
257 | him | ||
258 | until | ||
259 | he | ||
260 | calmed | ||
261 | down | ||
262 | when | ||
263 | he | ||
264 | was | ||
265 | calm | ||
266 | he | ||
267 | excused | ||
268 | himself | ||
269 | to | ||
270 | be | ||
271 | sick | ||
272 | on | ||
273 | my | ||
274 | toilet | ||
275 | he | ||
276 | wouldn't | ||
277 | let | ||
278 | me | ||
279 | follow | ||
280 | but | ||
281 | said | ||
282 | he | ||
283 | would | ||
284 | sign | ||
285 | whatever | ||
286 | i | ||
287 | liked | ||
288 | when | ||
289 | he | ||
290 | got | ||
291 | back | ||
292 | after | ||
293 | half | ||
294 | an | ||
295 | hour | ||
296 | passed | ||
297 | and | ||
298 | all | ||
299 | i'd | ||
300 | had | ||
301 | for | ||
302 | company | ||
303 | was | ||
304 | the | ||
305 | ticking | ||
306 | of | ||
307 | the | ||
308 | clock | ||
309 | i | ||
310 | went | ||
311 | to | ||
312 | the | ||
313 | bathroom | ||
314 | door | ||
315 | i | ||
316 | knocked | ||
317 | carefully | ||
318 | once | ||
319 | then | ||
320 | twice | ||
321 | to | ||
322 | no | ||
323 | beaming | ||
324 | face | ||
325 | no | ||
326 | flowers | ||
327 | i | ||
328 | opened | ||
329 | the | ||
330 | door | ||
331 | there | ||
332 | was | ||
333 | shit | ||
334 | on | ||
335 | the | ||
336 | floor | ||
337 | and | ||
338 | the | ||
339 | window | ||
340 | was | ||
341 | open | ||
342 | there | ||
343 | was | ||
344 | a | ||
345 | breeze | ||
346 | blowing | ||
diff --git a/river/finding-the-lion.river b/river/finding-the-lion.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7e86394 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/finding-the-lion.river | |||
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1 | finding | ||
2 | the | ||
3 | lion | ||
4 | tonight | ||
5 | as | ||
6 | i | ||
7 | look | ||
8 | up | ||
9 | the | ||
10 | stars | ||
11 | hide | ||
12 | themselves | ||
13 | in | ||
14 | shame | ||
15 | there | ||
16 | is | ||
17 | no | ||
18 | moon | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | sky | ||
21 | is | ||
22 | black | ||
23 | like | ||
24 | my | ||
25 | desk | ||
26 | nothing | ||
27 | like | ||
28 | a | ||
29 | raven | ||
30 | the | ||
31 | streetlights | ||
32 | look | ||
33 | on | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | scene | ||
36 | disinterested | ||
37 | they | ||
38 | have | ||
39 | their | ||
40 | own | ||
41 | small | ||
42 | gossips | ||
43 | of | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | dark | ||
46 | i | ||
47 | came | ||
48 | here | ||
49 | to | ||
50 | find | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | lion | ||
53 | old | ||
54 | friend | ||
55 | but | ||
56 | he | ||
57 | will | ||
58 | not | ||
59 | show | ||
60 | his | ||
61 | flanks | ||
62 | his | ||
63 | paws | ||
64 | his | ||
65 | shoulders | ||
66 | his | ||
67 | mane | ||
68 | i | ||
69 | can | ||
70 | hear | ||
71 | him | ||
72 | laughing | ||
73 | from | ||
74 | his | ||
75 | hiding-place | ||
76 | behind | ||
77 | the | ||
78 | moon | ||
79 | nonexistent | ||
80 | under | ||
81 | the | ||
82 | cold | ||
83 | dead | ||
84 | earth | ||
85 | the | ||
86 | mountain | ||
87 | is | ||
88 | in | ||
89 | front | ||
90 | of | ||
91 | me | ||
92 | now | ||
93 | a | ||
94 | hole | ||
95 | of | ||
96 | stars | ||
97 | daring | ||
98 | me | ||
99 | to | ||
100 | pierce | ||
101 | it | ||
102 | with | ||
103 | my | ||
104 | sight | ||
105 | the | ||
106 | lion's | ||
107 | still | ||
108 | laughing | ||
109 | the | ||
110 | streetlamps | ||
111 | talk | ||
112 | about | ||
113 | me | ||
114 | amongst | ||
115 | themselves | ||
116 | and | ||
117 | go | ||
118 | out | ||
119 | there | ||
120 | never | ||
121 | was | ||
122 | any | ||
123 | lion | ||
124 | they | ||
125 | tell | ||
126 | me | ||
127 | you | ||
128 | only | ||
129 | hear | ||
130 | the | ||
131 | wind | ||
132 | on | ||
133 | the | ||
134 | mountain | ||
diff --git a/river/fire.river b/river/fire.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2046523 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/fire.river | |||
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1 | fire | ||
2 | his | ||
3 | mother | ||
4 | ran | ||
5 | out | ||
6 | of | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | house | ||
9 | in | ||
10 | her | ||
11 | nightgown | ||
12 | what | ||
13 | the | ||
14 | hell | ||
15 | do | ||
16 | you | ||
17 | think | ||
18 | you're | ||
19 | doing | ||
20 | she | ||
21 | hollered | ||
22 | as | ||
23 | paul | ||
24 | watched | ||
25 | the | ||
26 | shed | ||
27 | i'm | ||
28 | burning | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | shed | ||
31 | down | ||
32 | he | ||
33 | said | ||
34 | smiling | ||
35 | isn't | ||
36 | it | ||
37 | warm | ||
38 | it's | ||
39 | warm | ||
40 | enough | ||
41 | out | ||
42 | here | ||
43 | without | ||
44 | that | ||
45 | burning | ||
46 | down | ||
47 | she | ||
48 | said | ||
49 | go | ||
50 | get | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | hose | ||
53 | and | ||
54 | put | ||
55 | this | ||
56 | thing | ||
57 | out | ||
58 | but | ||
59 | mom | ||
60 | do | ||
61 | it | ||
62 | she | ||
63 | said | ||
64 | in | ||
65 | the | ||
66 | tone | ||
67 | of | ||
68 | voice | ||
69 | that | ||
70 | meant | ||
71 | do | ||
72 | it | ||
73 | now | ||
74 | he | ||
75 | went | ||
76 | around | ||
77 | the | ||
78 | side | ||
79 | of | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | house | ||
82 | screwed | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | nozzle | ||
85 | on | ||
86 | grabbed | ||
87 | the | ||
88 | end | ||
89 | of | ||
90 | the | ||
91 | hose | ||
92 | pulled | ||
93 | it | ||
94 | around | ||
95 | the | ||
96 | house | ||
97 | and | ||
98 | waited | ||
99 | for | ||
100 | water | ||
101 | to | ||
102 | come | ||
103 | out | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | end | ||
106 | when | ||
107 | it | ||
108 | did | ||
109 | it | ||
110 | was | ||
111 | not | ||
112 | in | ||
113 | a | ||
114 | very | ||
115 | strong | ||
116 | stream | ||
117 | i | ||
118 | don't | ||
119 | think | ||
120 | this | ||
121 | is | ||
122 | going | ||
123 | to | ||
124 | work | ||
125 | paul | ||
126 | said | ||
127 | to | ||
128 | his | ||
129 | mother | ||
130 | god | ||
131 | damn | ||
132 | it | ||
133 | i | ||
134 | have | ||
135 | to | ||
136 | call | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | fire | ||
139 | department | ||
140 | she | ||
141 | said | ||
142 | and | ||
143 | went | ||
144 | inside | ||
145 | the | ||
146 | house | ||
147 | the | ||
148 | shed | ||
149 | continued | ||
150 | in | ||
151 | its | ||
152 | burning | ||
153 | after | ||
154 | the | ||
155 | fire | ||
156 | department | ||
157 | put | ||
158 | out | ||
159 | the | ||
160 | fire | ||
161 | one | ||
162 | of | ||
163 | the | ||
164 | men | ||
165 | said | ||
166 | your | ||
167 | mother | ||
168 | says | ||
169 | you | ||
170 | set | ||
171 | this | ||
172 | building | ||
173 | on | ||
174 | fire | ||
175 | you | ||
176 | know | ||
177 | arson | ||
178 | is | ||
179 | a | ||
180 | major | ||
181 | offense | ||
182 | i | ||
183 | set | ||
184 | it | ||
185 | on | ||
186 | fire | ||
187 | paul | ||
188 | said | ||
189 | why | ||
190 | because | ||
191 | art | ||
192 | wants | ||
193 | to | ||
194 | be | ||
195 | random | ||
196 | it | ||
197 | wants | ||
198 | to | ||
199 | be | ||
200 | natural | ||
201 | but | ||
202 | it | ||
203 | isn't | ||
204 | humans | ||
205 | create | ||
206 | art | ||
207 | because | ||
208 | we | ||
209 | can't | ||
210 | help | ||
211 | but | ||
212 | see | ||
213 | patterns | ||
214 | in | ||
215 | randomness | ||
216 | but | ||
217 | we | ||
218 | feel | ||
219 | guilty | ||
220 | about | ||
221 | it | ||
222 | the | ||
223 | man | ||
224 | nodded | ||
225 | to | ||
226 | another | ||
227 | man | ||
228 | in | ||
229 | a | ||
230 | blue | ||
231 | uniform | ||
232 | we | ||
233 | want | ||
234 | the | ||
235 | art | ||
236 | to | ||
237 | feel | ||
238 | natural | ||
239 | to | ||
240 | feel | ||
241 | random | ||
242 | but | ||
243 | we | ||
244 | can't | ||
245 | stop | ||
246 | seeing | ||
247 | the | ||
248 | patterns | ||
249 | as | ||
250 | the | ||
251 | man | ||
252 | in | ||
253 | blue | ||
254 | walked | ||
255 | over | ||
256 | and | ||
257 | put | ||
258 | a | ||
259 | hand | ||
260 | on | ||
261 | paul's | ||
262 | shoulder | ||
263 | art | ||
264 | is | ||
265 | unnatural | ||
266 | by | ||
267 | its | ||
268 | very | ||
269 | nature | ||
270 | i | ||
271 | took | ||
272 | my | ||
273 | art | ||
274 | and | ||
275 | gave | ||
276 | it | ||
277 | back | ||
278 | to | ||
279 | nature | ||
280 | as | ||
281 | the | ||
282 | man | ||
283 | led | ||
284 | him | ||
285 | over | ||
286 | to | ||
287 | a | ||
288 | black | ||
289 | and | ||
290 | white | ||
291 | car | ||
292 | and | ||
293 | put | ||
294 | him | ||
295 | inside | ||
296 | he | ||
297 | was | ||
298 | saying | ||
299 | something | ||
300 | about | ||
301 | paul's | ||
302 | right | ||
303 | no | ||
304 | it's | ||
305 | my | ||
306 | left | ||
307 | that | ||
308 | was | ||
309 | hurt | ||
310 | said | ||
311 | paul | ||
312 | but | ||
313 | it's | ||
314 | all | ||
315 | better | ||
316 | now | ||
diff --git a/river/found-typewriter-poem.river b/river/found-typewriter-poem.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..af62201 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/found-typewriter-poem.river | |||
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1 | look | ||
2 | a | ||
3 | found | ||
4 | typewriter | ||
5 | poem | ||
6 | look | ||
7 | i | ||
8 | say | ||
9 | look | ||
10 | here | ||
11 | at | ||
12 | this | ||
13 | old | ||
14 | place | ||
15 | where | ||
16 | nothing | ||
17 | changes | ||
18 | look | ||
19 | at | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | people | ||
22 | who | ||
23 | pass | ||
24 | by | ||
25 | look | ||
26 | at | ||
27 | the | ||
28 | trees | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | flowers | ||
31 | full | ||
32 | of | ||
33 | wanting | ||
34 | look | ||
35 | how | ||
36 | full | ||
37 | they | ||
38 | are | ||
39 | with | ||
40 | color | ||
41 | look | ||
42 | how | ||
43 | they | ||
44 | mock | ||
45 | us | ||
46 | empty | ||
47 | people | ||
48 | who | ||
49 | must | ||
50 | fill | ||
51 | themselves | ||
52 | with | ||
53 | changes | ||
54 | emptiness | ||
55 | there | ||
56 | is | ||
57 | nothing | ||
58 | to | ||
59 | be | ||
60 | but | ||
61 | happy | ||
62 | there | ||
63 | is | ||
64 | no | ||
65 | sadness | ||
66 | to | ||
67 | fall | ||
68 | down | ||
69 | like | ||
70 | cherry | ||
71 | petals | ||
72 | the | ||
73 | trees | ||
74 | don't | ||
75 | under | ||
76 | stand | ||
77 | they | ||
78 | are | ||
79 | too | ||
80 | tall | ||
81 | to | ||
82 | see | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | germ | ||
85 | of | ||
86 | discontent | ||
87 | in | ||
88 | us | ||
diff --git a/river/hands.river b/river/hands.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb43904 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/hands.river | |||
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1 | hands | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | looked | ||
4 | down | ||
5 | at | ||
6 | his | ||
7 | hands | ||
8 | idly | ||
9 | while | ||
10 | he | ||
11 | was | ||
12 | typing | ||
13 | they | ||
14 | were | ||
15 | dry | ||
16 | and | ||
17 | cracked | ||
18 | in | ||
19 | places | ||
20 | he | ||
21 | thought | ||
22 | he | ||
23 | might | ||
24 | start | ||
25 | bleeding | ||
26 | so | ||
27 | he | ||
28 | went | ||
29 | inside | ||
30 | for | ||
31 | some | ||
32 | lotion | ||
33 | do | ||
34 | we | ||
35 | have | ||
36 | any | ||
37 | lotion | ||
38 | he | ||
39 | asked | ||
40 | his | ||
41 | mother | ||
42 | in | ||
43 | the | ||
44 | medicine | ||
45 | cabinet | ||
46 | she | ||
47 | said | ||
48 | without | ||
49 | looking | ||
50 | up | ||
51 | from | ||
52 | the | ||
53 | tv | ||
54 | he | ||
55 | walked | ||
56 | into | ||
57 | the | ||
58 | bathroom | ||
59 | and | ||
60 | looked | ||
61 | at | ||
62 | himself | ||
63 | in | ||
64 | the | ||
65 | mirror | ||
66 | i | ||
67 | look | ||
68 | strange | ||
69 | he | ||
70 | said | ||
71 | to | ||
72 | himself | ||
73 | i | ||
74 | look | ||
75 | like | ||
76 | a | ||
77 | teenager | ||
78 | he | ||
79 | stared | ||
80 | into | ||
81 | his | ||
82 | right | ||
83 | eye | ||
84 | then | ||
85 | his | ||
86 | left | ||
87 | he | ||
88 | saw | ||
89 | nothing | ||
90 | but | ||
91 | his | ||
92 | own | ||
93 | reflection | ||
94 | fish-eyed | ||
95 | in | ||
96 | his | ||
97 | pupils | ||
98 | he | ||
99 | opened | ||
100 | the | ||
101 | medicine | ||
102 | cabinet | ||
103 | back | ||
104 | in | ||
105 | his | ||
106 | writing | ||
107 | shack | ||
108 | he | ||
109 | started | ||
110 | to | ||
111 | type | ||
112 | what | ||
113 | is | ||
114 | it | ||
115 | about | ||
116 | hands | ||
117 | that | ||
118 | gives | ||
119 | them | ||
120 | such | ||
121 | power | ||
122 | it | ||
123 | is | ||
124 | that | ||
125 | their | ||
126 | power | ||
127 | is | ||
128 | hidden | ||
129 | in | ||
130 | the | ||
131 | arm | ||
132 | push | ||
133 | on | ||
134 | the | ||
135 | inside | ||
136 | of | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | wrist | ||
139 | the | ||
140 | hand | ||
141 | closes | ||
142 | reach | ||
143 | under | ||
144 | the | ||
145 | skin | ||
146 | and | ||
147 | pull | ||
148 | on | ||
149 | the | ||
150 | outside | ||
151 | tendons | ||
152 | the | ||
153 | hand | ||
154 | opens | ||
155 | again | ||
156 | hands | ||
157 | are | ||
158 | only | ||
159 | machines | ||
160 | for | ||
161 | grasping | ||
162 | controlled | ||
163 | by | ||
164 | the | ||
165 | arm | ||
166 | not | ||
167 | the | ||
168 | mind | ||
diff --git a/river/hard-game.river b/river/hard-game.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..df79b26 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/hard-game.river | |||
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1 | a | ||
2 | hard | ||
3 | game | ||
4 | you | ||
5 | think | ||
6 | building | ||
7 | hoggle's | ||
8 | a | ||
9 | hard | ||
10 | game | ||
11 | you | ||
12 | know | ||
13 | bunk | ||
14 | writing | ||
15 | a | ||
16 | ghazal's | ||
17 | a | ||
18 | hard | ||
19 | game | ||
20 | let's | ||
21 | meet | ||
22 | in | ||
23 | a | ||
24 | place | ||
25 | where | ||
26 | words | ||
27 | & | ||
28 | fabric | ||
29 | play | ||
30 | but | ||
31 | not | ||
32 | plastic | ||
33 | words | ||
34 | boggle's | ||
35 | a | ||
36 | hard | ||
37 | game | ||
38 | a | ||
39 | cookout | ||
40 | where | ||
41 | we | ||
42 | can | ||
43 | hash | ||
44 | our | ||
45 | differences | ||
46 | over | ||
47 | steak | ||
48 | though | ||
49 | making | ||
50 | it | ||
51 | sizzle's | ||
52 | a | ||
53 | hard | ||
54 | game | ||
55 | let's | ||
56 | go | ||
57 | to | ||
58 | a | ||
59 | brothel | ||
60 | rub | ||
61 | shoulders | ||
62 | with | ||
63 | bare | ||
64 | shoulders | ||
65 | or | ||
66 | a | ||
67 | bar | ||
68 | being | ||
69 | wastrel's | ||
70 | a | ||
71 | hard | ||
72 | game | ||
73 | maybe | ||
74 | we | ||
75 | could | ||
76 | switch | ||
77 | professions | ||
78 | you | ||
79 | and | ||
80 | i | ||
81 | you | ||
82 | write | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | poems | ||
85 | i'll | ||
86 | puppet | ||
87 | fozzie | ||
88 | a | ||
89 | hard | ||
90 | game | ||
91 | when | ||
92 | you | ||
93 | call | ||
94 | me | ||
95 | you | ||
96 | never | ||
97 | say | ||
98 | my | ||
99 | name | ||
100 | creativity's | ||
101 | a | ||
102 | hose | ||
103 | shutting | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | nozzle's | ||
106 | the | ||
107 | hard | ||
108 | game | ||
diff --git a/river/hardware.river b/river/hardware.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c4bca9 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/hardware.river | |||
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1 | hardware | ||
2 | his | ||
3 | mother | ||
4 | drove | ||
5 | him | ||
6 | to | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | hardware | ||
9 | store | ||
10 | on | ||
11 | a | ||
12 | tuesday | ||
13 | i'm | ||
14 | glad | ||
15 | to | ||
16 | see | ||
17 | you've | ||
18 | taken | ||
19 | my | ||
20 | advice | ||
21 | for | ||
22 | once | ||
23 | she | ||
24 | said | ||
25 | what | ||
26 | do | ||
27 | you | ||
28 | mean | ||
29 | applying | ||
30 | to | ||
31 | work | ||
32 | at | ||
33 | the | ||
34 | hardware | ||
35 | store | ||
36 | i'm | ||
37 | proud | ||
38 | of | ||
39 | you | ||
40 | paul | ||
41 | oh | ||
42 | right | ||
43 | sure | ||
44 | thing | ||
45 | they | ||
46 | pulled | ||
47 | into | ||
48 | the | ||
49 | parking | ||
50 | lot | ||
51 | just | ||
52 | be | ||
53 | a | ||
54 | minute | ||
55 | he | ||
56 | said | ||
57 | as | ||
58 | he | ||
59 | opened | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | car | ||
62 | door | ||
63 | he | ||
64 | walked | ||
65 | under | ||
66 | the | ||
67 | door | ||
68 | resplendent | ||
69 | in | ||
70 | its | ||
71 | king | ||
72 | william | ||
73 | orange | ||
74 | and | ||
75 | white | ||
76 | he | ||
77 | saw | ||
78 | the | ||
79 | towering | ||
80 | rows | ||
81 | of | ||
82 | shelves | ||
83 | like | ||
84 | mountain | ||
85 | ridges | ||
86 | in | ||
87 | hell | ||
88 | he | ||
89 | strolled | ||
90 | among | ||
91 | the | ||
92 | fixtures | ||
93 | pipes | ||
94 | planks | ||
95 | sheets | ||
96 | plants | ||
97 | why | ||
98 | plants | ||
99 | he | ||
100 | thought | ||
101 | switches | ||
102 | he | ||
103 | realized | ||
104 | he | ||
105 | didn't | ||
106 | know | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | first | ||
109 | thing | ||
110 | about | ||
111 | building | ||
112 | furniture | ||
113 | i | ||
114 | don't | ||
115 | know | ||
116 | the | ||
117 | first | ||
118 | thing | ||
119 | he | ||
120 | muttered | ||
121 | to | ||
122 | himself | ||
123 | about | ||
124 | building | ||
125 | furniture | ||
126 | i | ||
127 | know | ||
128 | the | ||
129 | last | ||
130 | thing | ||
131 | would | ||
132 | be | ||
133 | a | ||
134 | couch | ||
135 | or | ||
136 | chair | ||
137 | or | ||
138 | stool | ||
139 | but | ||
140 | the | ||
141 | first | ||
142 | thing | ||
143 | is | ||
144 | a | ||
145 | mystery | ||
146 | he | ||
147 | turned | ||
148 | around | ||
149 | and | ||
150 | walked | ||
151 | straight | ||
152 | out | ||
153 | of | ||
154 | the | ||
155 | store | ||
156 | and | ||
157 | to | ||
158 | his | ||
159 | mother's | ||
160 | car | ||
161 | without | ||
162 | looking | ||
163 | up | ||
164 | how'd | ||
165 | it | ||
166 | go | ||
167 | she | ||
168 | asked | ||
169 | starting | ||
170 | the | ||
171 | car | ||
172 | great | ||
173 | he | ||
174 | said | ||
diff --git a/river/howithappened.river b/river/howithappened.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..039faf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/howithappened.river | |||
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1 | how | ||
2 | it | ||
3 | happened | ||
4 | i | ||
5 | was | ||
6 | away | ||
7 | on | ||
8 | vacation | ||
9 | when | ||
10 | i | ||
11 | heard | ||
12 | someone | ||
13 | sat | ||
14 | at | ||
15 | my | ||
16 | desk | ||
17 | while | ||
18 | i | ||
19 | was | ||
20 | away | ||
21 | they | ||
22 | took | ||
23 | my | ||
24 | pen | ||
25 | while | ||
26 | i | ||
27 | was | ||
28 | taking | ||
29 | surf | ||
30 | lessons | ||
31 | and | ||
32 | wrote | ||
33 | the | ||
34 | sun | ||
35 | into | ||
36 | the | ||
37 | sky | ||
38 | they | ||
39 | pre-approved | ||
40 | the | ||
41 | earth | ||
42 | and | ||
43 | the | ||
44 | waters | ||
45 | and | ||
46 | all | ||
47 | of | ||
48 | the | ||
49 | living | ||
50 | things | ||
51 | without | ||
52 | even | ||
53 | having | ||
54 | the | ||
55 | decency | ||
56 | to | ||
57 | text | ||
58 | me | ||
59 | it | ||
60 | was | ||
61 | not | ||
62 | i | ||
63 | who | ||
64 | was | ||
65 | behind | ||
66 | the | ||
67 | phrase | ||
68 | creeping | ||
69 | things | ||
70 | when | ||
71 | i | ||
72 | got | ||
73 | back | ||
74 | of | ||
75 | course | ||
76 | i | ||
77 | was | ||
78 | pissed | ||
79 | but | ||
80 | it | ||
81 | was | ||
82 | already | ||
83 | written | ||
84 | into | ||
85 | the | ||
86 | policy | ||
87 | i'm | ||
88 | just | ||
89 | saying | ||
90 | don't | ||
91 | blame | ||
92 | me | ||
93 | for | ||
94 | cain | ||
95 | killing | ||
96 | abel | ||
97 | that | ||
98 | was | ||
99 | a | ||
100 | murder | ||
101 | i'm | ||
102 | not | ||
103 | a | ||
104 | cop | ||
105 | the | ||
106 | tower | ||
107 | of | ||
108 | babel | ||
109 | fell | ||
110 | on | ||
111 | its | ||
112 | own | ||
113 | the | ||
114 | ark | ||
115 | never | ||
116 | saw | ||
117 | a | ||
118 | single | ||
119 | drop | ||
120 | of | ||
121 | rain | ||
122 | i'm | ||
123 | the | ||
124 | drunk | ||
125 | sitting | ||
126 | on | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | curb | ||
129 | who | ||
130 | just | ||
131 | pissed | ||
132 | his | ||
133 | pants | ||
134 | holding | ||
135 | up | ||
136 | a | ||
137 | sign | ||
138 | asking | ||
139 | where | ||
140 | i | ||
141 | am | ||
diff --git a/river/howtoread.river b/river/howtoread.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4b48b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/howtoread.river | |||
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1 | how | ||
2 | to | ||
3 | read | ||
4 | this | ||
5 | this | ||
6 | book | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | an | ||
9 | exploration | ||
10 | of | ||
11 | life | ||
12 | of | ||
13 | all | ||
14 | possible | ||
15 | lives | ||
16 | that | ||
17 | could | ||
18 | be | ||
19 | lived | ||
20 | each | ||
21 | of | ||
22 | the | ||
23 | poems | ||
24 | contained | ||
25 | herein | ||
26 | have | ||
27 | been | ||
28 | written | ||
29 | by | ||
30 | a | ||
31 | different | ||
32 | person | ||
33 | with | ||
34 | his | ||
35 | own | ||
36 | history | ||
37 | culture | ||
38 | and | ||
39 | emotions | ||
40 | true | ||
41 | they | ||
42 | are | ||
43 | all | ||
44 | related | ||
45 | but | ||
46 | no | ||
47 | more | ||
48 | than | ||
49 | any | ||
50 | of | ||
51 | us | ||
52 | is | ||
53 | related | ||
54 | through | ||
55 | our | ||
56 | genetics | ||
57 | our | ||
58 | shared | ||
59 | planet | ||
60 | or | ||
61 | our | ||
62 | yearnings | ||
63 | fernando | ||
64 | pessoa | ||
65 | wrote | ||
66 | poems | ||
67 | under | ||
68 | four | ||
69 | different | ||
70 | identities | ||
71 | he | ||
72 | called | ||
73 | them | ||
74 | heteronyms | ||
75 | that | ||
76 | were | ||
77 | known | ||
78 | during | ||
79 | his | ||
80 | lifetime | ||
81 | though | ||
82 | after | ||
83 | his | ||
84 | death | ||
85 | over | ||
86 | sixty | ||
87 | have | ||
88 | been | ||
89 | found | ||
90 | and | ||
91 | catalogued | ||
92 | he | ||
93 | called | ||
94 | them | ||
95 | heteronyms | ||
96 | as | ||
97 | opposed | ||
98 | to | ||
99 | pseudonyms | ||
100 | because | ||
101 | they | ||
102 | were | ||
103 | much | ||
104 | more | ||
105 | than | ||
106 | names | ||
107 | he | ||
108 | wrote | ||
109 | under | ||
110 | they | ||
111 | were | ||
112 | truly | ||
113 | different | ||
114 | writing | ||
115 | selves | ||
116 | concerned | ||
117 | with | ||
118 | different | ||
119 | ideas | ||
120 | and | ||
121 | writing | ||
122 | with | ||
123 | different | ||
124 | styles | ||
125 | alberto | ||
126 | caeiro | ||
127 | wrote | ||
128 | pastorals | ||
129 | ricardo | ||
130 | reis | ||
131 | wrote | ||
132 | more | ||
133 | formal | ||
134 | odes | ||
135 | lvaro | ||
136 | de | ||
137 | campos | ||
138 | wrote | ||
139 | these | ||
140 | long | ||
141 | whitman-esque | ||
142 | pieces | ||
143 | one | ||
144 | to | ||
145 | whitman | ||
146 | himself | ||
147 | and | ||
148 | pessoa's | ||
149 | own | ||
150 | name | ||
151 | was | ||
152 | used | ||
153 | for | ||
154 | poems | ||
155 | that | ||
156 | are | ||
157 | kind | ||
158 | of | ||
159 | similar | ||
160 | to | ||
161 | all | ||
162 | the | ||
163 | others | ||
164 | it | ||
165 | seems | ||
166 | as | ||
167 | though | ||
168 | pessoa | ||
169 | found | ||
170 | it | ||
171 | inefficient | ||
172 | to | ||
173 | try | ||
174 | and | ||
175 | write | ||
176 | everything | ||
177 | he | ||
178 | wanted | ||
179 | only | ||
180 | in | ||
181 | his | ||
182 | own | ||
183 | self | ||
184 | rather | ||
185 | he | ||
186 | parceled | ||
187 | out | ||
188 | the | ||
189 | different | ||
190 | pieces | ||
191 | and | ||
192 | developed | ||
193 | them | ||
194 | into | ||
195 | full | ||
196 | identities | ||
197 | at | ||
198 | the | ||
199 | cost | ||
200 | of | ||
201 | his | ||
202 | own | ||
203 | i | ||
204 | subsist | ||
205 | as | ||
206 | a | ||
207 | kind | ||
208 | of | ||
209 | medium | ||
210 | of | ||
211 | myself | ||
212 | but | ||
213 | i'm | ||
214 | less | ||
215 | real | ||
216 | than | ||
217 | the | ||
218 | others | ||
219 | less | ||
220 | substantial | ||
221 | less | ||
222 | personal | ||
223 | and | ||
224 | easily | ||
225 | influenced | ||
226 | by | ||
227 | them | ||
228 | all | ||
229 | de | ||
230 | campos | ||
231 | said | ||
232 | of | ||
233 | him | ||
234 | at | ||
235 | one | ||
236 | point | ||
237 | fernando | ||
238 | pessoa | ||
239 | strictly | ||
240 | speaking | ||
241 | doesn't | ||
242 | exist | ||
243 | it's | ||
244 | not | ||
245 | just | ||
246 | pessoa | ||
247 | i | ||
248 | strictly | ||
249 | speaking | ||
250 | don't | ||
251 | exist | ||
252 | both | ||
253 | as | ||
254 | the | ||
255 | specific | ||
256 | me | ||
257 | that | ||
258 | writes | ||
259 | this | ||
260 | now | ||
261 | and | ||
262 | as | ||
263 | the | ||
264 | concept | ||
265 | of | ||
266 | selfhood | ||
267 | the | ||
268 | ego | ||
269 | heraclitus | ||
270 | famously | ||
271 | said | ||
272 | that | ||
273 | we | ||
274 | can't | ||
275 | step | ||
276 | into | ||
277 | the | ||
278 | same | ||
279 | river | ||
280 | twice | ||
281 | and | ||
282 | the | ||
283 | fact | ||
284 | of | ||
285 | the | ||
286 | matter | ||
287 | is | ||
288 | that | ||
289 | we | ||
290 | can't | ||
291 | occupy | ||
292 | the | ||
293 | same | ||
294 | self | ||
295 | twice | ||
296 | it's | ||
297 | constantly | ||
298 | changing | ||
299 | and | ||
300 | adapting | ||
301 | to | ||
302 | new | ||
303 | stimuli | ||
304 | from | ||
305 | the | ||
306 | environment | ||
307 | from | ||
308 | other | ||
309 | selves | ||
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1397 | voluminous | ||
1398 | a | ||
1399 | poem | ||
1400 | is | ||
1401 | tightly | ||
1402 | packed | ||
1403 | meaning | ||
1404 | that | ||
1405 | commentators | ||
1406 | try | ||
1407 | to | ||
1408 | unpack | ||
1409 | to | ||
1410 | get | ||
1411 | at | ||
1412 | that | ||
1413 | universality | ||
1414 | inside | ||
1415 | it | ||
1416 | a | ||
1417 | fortress | ||
1418 | of | ||
1419 | dialectic | ||
1420 | is | ||
1421 | constructed | ||
1422 | that | ||
1423 | ultimately | ||
1424 | obstructs | ||
1425 | the | ||
1426 | meaning | ||
1427 | behind | ||
1428 | the | ||
1429 | poem | ||
1430 | it | ||
1431 | becomes | ||
1432 | the | ||
1433 | foreground | ||
1434 | in | ||
1435 | the | ||
1436 | photograph | ||
1437 | that | ||
1438 | disallows | ||
1439 | us | ||
1440 | to | ||
1441 | view | ||
1442 | the | ||
1443 | horizon | ||
1444 | beyond | ||
1445 | it | ||
1446 | with | ||
1447 | this | ||
1448 | in | ||
1449 | mind | ||
1450 | i | ||
1451 | collect | ||
1452 | these | ||
1453 | poems | ||
1454 | that | ||
1455 | were | ||
1456 | written | ||
1457 | over | ||
1458 | a | ||
1459 | period | ||
1460 | of | ||
1461 | four | ||
1462 | years | ||
1463 | into | ||
1464 | this | ||
1465 | book | ||
1466 | where | ||
1467 | i | ||
1468 | can | ||
1469 | i | ||
1470 | insert | ||
1471 | cross-references | ||
1472 | like | ||
1473 | the | ||
1474 | one | ||
1475 | above | ||
1476 | in | ||
1477 | the | ||
1478 | margin | ||
1479 | to | ||
1480 | other | ||
1481 | pieces | ||
1482 | in | ||
1483 | the | ||
1484 | text | ||
1485 | where | ||
1486 | i | ||
1487 | think | ||
1488 | the | ||
1489 | two | ||
1490 | resonate | ||
1491 | in | ||
1492 | some | ||
1493 | way | ||
1494 | you | ||
1495 | can | ||
1496 | read | ||
1497 | this | ||
1498 | book | ||
1499 | in | ||
1500 | any | ||
1501 | way | ||
1502 | you'd | ||
1503 | like | ||
1504 | you | ||
1505 | can | ||
1506 | go | ||
1507 | front-to-back | ||
1508 | or | ||
1509 | back-to-front | ||
1510 | or | ||
1511 | you | ||
1512 | can | ||
1513 | follow | ||
1514 | the | ||
1515 | arrows | ||
1516 | around | ||
1517 | or | ||
1518 | you | ||
1519 | can | ||
1520 | work | ||
1521 | out | ||
1522 | a | ||
1523 | complex | ||
1524 | mathematical | ||
1525 | formula | ||
1526 | with | ||
1527 | merseinne | ||
1528 | primes | ||
1529 | and | ||
1530 | logarithms | ||
1531 | and | ||
1532 | the | ||
1533 | 2000 | ||
1534 | census | ||
1535 | information | ||
1536 | or | ||
1537 | you | ||
1538 | can | ||
1539 | go | ||
1540 | completely | ||
1541 | randomly | ||
1542 | through | ||
1543 | like | ||
1544 | a | ||
1545 | magazine | ||
1546 | or | ||
1547 | at | ||
1548 | least | ||
1549 | the | ||
1550 | way | ||
1551 | i | ||
1552 | flip | ||
1553 | through | ||
1554 | magazines | ||
1555 | i | ||
1556 | think | ||
1557 | writing | ||
1558 | is | ||
1559 | a | ||
1560 | communication | ||
1561 | of | ||
1562 | the | ||
1563 | self | ||
1564 | and | ||
1565 | i | ||
1566 | think | ||
1567 | this | ||
1568 | is | ||
1569 | the | ||
1570 | best | ||
1571 | way | ||
1572 | to | ||
1573 | communicate | ||
1574 | mine | ||
1575 | in | ||
1576 | all | ||
1577 | its | ||
1578 | multiversity | ||
diff --git a/river/hymnal.river b/river/hymnal.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d831851 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/hymnal.river | |||
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1 | hymnal | ||
2 | it's | ||
3 | all | ||
4 | jokes | ||
5 | paul | ||
6 | wrote | ||
7 | in | ||
8 | what | ||
9 | he | ||
10 | was | ||
11 | now | ||
12 | calling | ||
13 | his | ||
14 | hymnal | ||
15 | he | ||
16 | had | ||
17 | been | ||
18 | writing | ||
19 | non-stop | ||
20 | all | ||
21 | day | ||
22 | because | ||
23 | he | ||
24 | didn't | ||
25 | count | ||
26 | pee | ||
27 | or | ||
28 | cigarette | ||
29 | breaks | ||
30 | all | ||
31 | art | ||
32 | is | ||
33 | an | ||
34 | inside | ||
35 | joke | ||
36 | the | ||
37 | symbology | ||
38 | involved | ||
39 | must | ||
40 | be | ||
41 | and | ||
42 | here | ||
43 | he | ||
44 | put | ||
45 | down | ||
46 | his | ||
47 | pen | ||
48 | and | ||
49 | held | ||
50 | his | ||
51 | head | ||
52 | in | ||
53 | his | ||
54 | hands | ||
55 | he | ||
56 | could | ||
57 | never | ||
58 | think | ||
59 | of | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | word | ||
62 | he | ||
63 | said | ||
64 | often | ||
65 | that | ||
66 | he | ||
67 | had | ||
68 | no | ||
69 | words | ||
70 | he | ||
71 | opened | ||
72 | to | ||
73 | a | ||
74 | new | ||
75 | page | ||
76 | in | ||
77 | his | ||
78 | hymnal | ||
79 | on | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | top | ||
82 | of | ||
83 | it | ||
84 | was | ||
85 | written | ||
86 | in | ||
87 | bold | ||
88 | script | ||
89 | hymn | ||
90 | 386 | ||
91 | jokes | ||
92 | paul | ||
93 | scowled | ||
94 | who | ||
95 | had | ||
96 | written | ||
97 | in | ||
98 | his | ||
99 | hymnal | ||
100 | he | ||
101 | wondered | ||
102 | he | ||
103 | said | ||
104 | it | ||
105 | out | ||
106 | loud | ||
107 | a | ||
108 | moment | ||
109 | after | ||
110 | who | ||
111 | has | ||
112 | written | ||
113 | in | ||
114 | my | ||
115 | hymnal | ||
116 | he | ||
117 | realized | ||
118 | he | ||
119 | was | ||
120 | alone | ||
121 | in | ||
122 | his | ||
123 | writing | ||
124 | shack | ||
125 | which | ||
126 | was | ||
127 | really | ||
128 | a | ||
129 | shed | ||
130 | in | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | back | ||
133 | of | ||
134 | his | ||
135 | mother's | ||
136 | garden | ||
137 | he | ||
138 | wondered | ||
139 | why | ||
140 | he | ||
141 | had | ||
142 | to | ||
143 | say | ||
144 | his | ||
145 | thoughts | ||
146 | before | ||
147 | they | ||
148 | became | ||
149 | real | ||
150 | to | ||
151 | him | ||
152 | if | ||
153 | this | ||
154 | was | ||
155 | a | ||
156 | habit | ||
157 | or | ||
158 | an | ||
159 | inborn | ||
160 | trait | ||
161 | he | ||
162 | realized | ||
163 | simultaneously | ||
164 | that | ||
165 | he | ||
166 | could | ||
167 | ask | ||
168 | someone | ||
169 | and | ||
170 | that | ||
171 | this | ||
172 | was | ||
173 | something | ||
174 | he | ||
175 | wondered | ||
176 | every | ||
177 | time | ||
178 | he | ||
179 | spoke | ||
180 | his | ||
181 | thoughts | ||
182 | out | ||
183 | loud | ||
184 | he | ||
185 | resolved | ||
186 | to | ||
187 | put | ||
188 | the | ||
189 | issue | ||
190 | to | ||
191 | rest | ||
192 | by | ||
193 | asking | ||
194 | someone | ||
diff --git a/river/i-am.river b/river/i-am.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8295a11 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/i-am.river | |||
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1 | i | ||
2 | am | ||
3 | i | ||
4 | am | ||
5 | a | ||
6 | great | ||
7 | pillar | ||
8 | of | ||
9 | white | ||
10 | smoke | ||
11 | i | ||
12 | am | ||
13 | lot's | ||
14 | nameless | ||
15 | wife | ||
16 | encased | ||
17 | in | ||
18 | salt | ||
19 | i | ||
20 | am | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | wound | ||
23 | on | ||
24 | christ's | ||
25 | back | ||
26 | as | ||
27 | he | ||
28 | moans | ||
29 | with | ||
30 | the | ||
31 | pounding | ||
32 | of | ||
33 | a | ||
34 | hammer | ||
35 | on | ||
36 | his | ||
37 | wrist | ||
38 | i | ||
39 | am | ||
40 | the | ||
41 | nail | ||
42 | that | ||
43 | holds | ||
44 | my | ||
45 | house | ||
46 | together | ||
47 | it | ||
48 | is | ||
49 | a | ||
50 | strong | ||
51 | house | ||
52 | built | ||
53 | on | ||
54 | a | ||
55 | good | ||
56 | foundation | ||
57 | in | ||
58 | the | ||
59 | winter | ||
60 | it | ||
61 | is | ||
62 | warm | ||
63 | and | ||
64 | crawling | ||
65 | things | ||
66 | cannot | ||
67 | get | ||
68 | in | ||
69 | this | ||
70 | house | ||
71 | will | ||
72 | never | ||
73 | burn | ||
74 | down | ||
75 | it | ||
76 | is | ||
77 | the | ||
78 | house | ||
79 | that | ||
80 | i | ||
81 | built | ||
82 | with | ||
83 | my | ||
84 | body | ||
85 | and | ||
86 | with | ||
87 | my | ||
88 | strength | ||
89 | i | ||
90 | am | ||
91 | the | ||
92 | only | ||
93 | one | ||
94 | who | ||
95 | lives | ||
96 | here | ||
97 | i | ||
98 | am | ||
99 | both | ||
100 | father | ||
101 | and | ||
102 | mother | ||
103 | to | ||
104 | a | ||
105 | race | ||
106 | of | ||
107 | dust | ||
108 | motes | ||
109 | that | ||
110 | worship | ||
111 | me | ||
112 | as | ||
113 | a | ||
114 | god | ||
115 | i | ||
116 | have | ||
117 | monuments | ||
118 | built | ||
119 | daily | ||
120 | in | ||
121 | my | ||
122 | honor | ||
123 | in | ||
124 | dark | ||
125 | corners | ||
126 | around | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | house | ||
129 | i | ||
130 | destroy | ||
131 | all | ||
132 | of | ||
133 | them | ||
134 | before | ||
135 | i | ||
136 | go | ||
137 | to | ||
138 | bed | ||
139 | but | ||
140 | in | ||
141 | the | ||
142 | morning | ||
143 | there | ||
144 | are | ||
145 | still | ||
146 | more | ||
147 | i | ||
148 | don't | ||
149 | think | ||
150 | i | ||
151 | know | ||
152 | where | ||
153 | all | ||
154 | of | ||
155 | them | ||
156 | are | ||
157 | i | ||
158 | don't | ||
159 | think | ||
160 | i | ||
161 | can | ||
162 | get | ||
163 | to | ||
164 | all | ||
165 | of | ||
166 | them | ||
167 | anymore | ||
168 | there | ||
169 | are | ||
170 | too | ||
171 | many | ||
diff --git a/river/i-think-its-you.river b/river/i-think-its-you.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..63f640b --- /dev/null +++ b/river/i-think-its-you.river | |||
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1 | i | ||
2 | think | ||
3 | it's | ||
4 | you | ||
5 | but | ||
6 | it's | ||
7 | not | ||
8 | i | ||
9 | thought | ||
10 | i | ||
11 | saw | ||
12 | you | ||
13 | walking | ||
14 | to | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | bus | ||
17 | stop | ||
18 | but | ||
19 | it | ||
20 | was | ||
21 | only | ||
22 | a | ||
23 | raven | ||
24 | his | ||
25 | croaks | ||
26 | sounded | ||
27 | nothing | ||
28 | like | ||
29 | your | ||
30 | footsteps | ||
31 | as | ||
32 | they | ||
33 | pound | ||
34 | down | ||
35 | the | ||
36 | hallway | ||
37 | toward | ||
38 | my | ||
39 | bedroom | ||
40 | his | ||
41 | wings | ||
42 | looked | ||
43 | nothing | ||
44 | like | ||
45 | your | ||
46 | legs | ||
47 | running | ||
48 | on | ||
49 | the | ||
50 | wrong | ||
51 | side | ||
52 | of | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | road | ||
55 | away | ||
56 | from | ||
57 | my | ||
58 | house | ||
59 | i | ||
60 | think | ||
61 | the | ||
62 | one | ||
63 | resemblance | ||
64 | was | ||
65 | the | ||
66 | eyes | ||
67 | but | ||
68 | that's | ||
69 | too | ||
70 | easy | ||
71 | it's | ||
72 | just | ||
73 | that | ||
74 | i | ||
75 | was | ||
76 | thinking | ||
77 | of | ||
78 | you | ||
79 | and | ||
80 | a | ||
81 | raven | ||
82 | flew | ||
83 | by | ||
84 | maybe | ||
85 | it | ||
86 | was | ||
87 | a | ||
88 | crow | ||
diff --git a/river/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.river b/river/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9e76558 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.river | |||
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1 | i | ||
2 | wanted | ||
3 | to | ||
4 | tell | ||
5 | you | ||
6 | something | ||
7 | i | ||
8 | wanted | ||
9 | to | ||
10 | tell | ||
11 | you | ||
12 | something | ||
13 | in | ||
14 | order | ||
15 | to | ||
16 | explain | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | way | ||
19 | i | ||
20 | feel | ||
21 | about | ||
22 | the | ||
23 | universe | ||
24 | its | ||
25 | workings | ||
26 | etc | ||
27 | but | ||
28 | i | ||
29 | couldn't | ||
30 | yesterday | ||
31 | i'm | ||
32 | sorry | ||
33 | i | ||
34 | wanted | ||
35 | only | ||
36 | to | ||
37 | ball | ||
38 | myself | ||
39 | up | ||
40 | and | ||
41 | cry | ||
42 | all | ||
43 | day | ||
44 | it | ||
45 | was | ||
46 | the | ||
47 | sixteenth | ||
48 | day | ||
49 | in | ||
50 | a | ||
51 | row | ||
52 | this | ||
53 | happened | ||
54 | to | ||
55 | me | ||
56 | and | ||
57 | to | ||
58 | be | ||
59 | more | ||
60 | than | ||
61 | two | ||
62 | weeks | ||
63 | waiting | ||
64 | to | ||
65 | cry | ||
66 | is | ||
67 | especially | ||
68 | when | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | whole | ||
71 | time | ||
72 | i | ||
73 | wasn't | ||
74 | able | ||
75 | to | ||
76 | absolutely | ||
77 | horrible | ||
78 | it | ||
79 | was | ||
80 | no | ||
81 | sweet | ||
82 | sixteen | ||
83 | i'll | ||
84 | tell | ||
85 | you | ||
86 | that | ||
87 | much | ||
88 | unless | ||
89 | at | ||
90 | yours | ||
91 | the | ||
92 | universe | ||
93 | kept | ||
94 | telling | ||
95 | you | ||
96 | to | ||
97 | quit | ||
98 | having | ||
99 | such | ||
100 | a | ||
101 | ball | ||
102 | and | ||
103 | that | ||
104 | you | ||
105 | should | ||
106 | have | ||
107 | died | ||
108 | like | ||
109 | yesterday | ||
110 | at | ||
111 | first | ||
112 | it | ||
113 | feels | ||
114 | like | ||
115 | you're | ||
116 | winning | ||
117 | that | ||
118 | yesterday | ||
119 | you | ||
120 | really | ||
121 | were | ||
122 | meant | ||
123 | to | ||
124 | die | ||
125 | but | ||
126 | since | ||
127 | you | ||
128 | still | ||
129 | are | ||
130 | you | ||
131 | beat | ||
132 | the | ||
133 | system | ||
134 | somehow | ||
135 | but | ||
136 | the | ||
137 | universe | ||
138 | bawls | ||
139 | no | ||
140 | i | ||
141 | meant | ||
142 | you | ||
143 | should've | ||
144 | crawled | ||
145 | into | ||
146 | a | ||
147 | hole | ||
148 | and | ||
149 | fucking | ||
150 | died | ||
151 | and | ||
152 | then | ||
153 | the | ||
154 | universe | ||
155 | punches | ||
156 | you | ||
157 | right | ||
158 | in | ||
159 | the | ||
160 | gut | ||
161 | something | ||
162 | like | ||
163 | sixteen | ||
164 | times | ||
165 | and | ||
166 | all | ||
167 | you | ||
168 | can | ||
169 | think | ||
170 | is | ||
171 | some | ||
172 | sixteenth | ||
173 | birthday | ||
174 | maybe | ||
175 | i | ||
176 | will | ||
177 | go | ||
178 | die | ||
179 | in | ||
180 | a | ||
181 | hole | ||
182 | yesterday | ||
183 | at | ||
184 | times | ||
185 | like | ||
186 | this | ||
187 | is | ||
188 | a | ||
189 | luxury | ||
190 | the | ||
191 | cruel | ||
192 | universe | ||
193 | refuses | ||
194 | to | ||
195 | give | ||
196 | you | ||
197 | this | ||
198 | is | ||
199 | when | ||
200 | it's | ||
201 | a | ||
202 | pain | ||
203 | just | ||
204 | to | ||
205 | be | ||
206 | when | ||
207 | that | ||
208 | marvell | ||
209 | line | ||
210 | about | ||
211 | rolling | ||
212 | our | ||
213 | stuff | ||
214 | into | ||
215 | one | ||
216 | ball | ||
217 | just | ||
218 | seems | ||
219 | glib | ||
220 | when | ||
221 | you | ||
222 | don't | ||
223 | want | ||
224 | one | ||
225 | body | ||
226 | let | ||
227 | alone | ||
228 | two | ||
229 | something | ||
230 | else | ||
231 | that | ||
232 | may | ||
233 | come | ||
234 | as | ||
235 | a | ||
236 | surprise | ||
237 | to | ||
238 | you | ||
239 | over | ||
240 | the | ||
241 | past | ||
242 | more-than-a-fortnight | ||
243 | these | ||
244 | sixteen | ||
245 | days | ||
246 | i've | ||
247 | had | ||
248 | nothing | ||
249 | to | ||
250 | eat | ||
251 | but | ||
252 | crackers | ||
253 | and | ||
254 | a | ||
255 | cheese | ||
256 | ball | ||
257 | that's | ||
258 | not | ||
259 | entirely | ||
260 | true | ||
261 | yesterday | ||
262 | i | ||
263 | had | ||
264 | some | ||
265 | candy | ||
266 | peppermints | ||
267 | and | ||
268 | jujubes | ||
269 | maybe | ||
270 | this | ||
271 | is | ||
272 | why | ||
273 | i'm | ||
274 | so | ||
275 | mad | ||
276 | at | ||
277 | the | ||
278 | universe | ||
279 | because | ||
280 | all | ||
281 | it | ||
282 | has | ||
283 | ever | ||
284 | wanted | ||
285 | this | ||
286 | universe | ||
287 | that | ||
288 | gave | ||
289 | me | ||
290 | life | ||
291 | fed | ||
292 | me | ||
293 | from | ||
294 | its | ||
295 | breast | ||
296 | til | ||
297 | i | ||
298 | was | ||
299 | two | ||
300 | and | ||
301 | even | ||
302 | before | ||
303 | that | ||
304 | made | ||
305 | a | ||
306 | place | ||
307 | in | ||
308 | which | ||
309 | i | ||
310 | could | ||
311 | be | ||
312 | all | ||
313 | it's | ||
314 | wanted | ||
315 | was | ||
316 | for | ||
317 | me | ||
318 | to | ||
319 | take | ||
320 | the | ||
321 | sixteen | ||
322 | steps | ||
323 | to | ||
324 | sobriety | ||
325 | fold | ||
326 | the | ||
327 | eight-fold | ||
328 | path | ||
329 | over | ||
330 | yesterday | ||
331 | and | ||
332 | step | ||
333 | around | ||
334 | it | ||
335 | lightly | ||
336 | as | ||
337 | i | ||
338 | would | ||
339 | an | ||
340 | exercise | ||
341 | ball | ||
342 | but | ||
343 | the | ||
344 | problem | ||
345 | is | ||
346 | dear | ||
347 | universe | ||
348 | there's | ||
349 | no | ||
350 | way | ||
351 | i | ||
352 | could | ||
353 | be | ||
354 | something | ||
355 | as | ||
356 | hard | ||
357 | as | ||
358 | all | ||
359 | that | ||
360 | to | ||
361 | wake | ||
362 | up | ||
363 | yesterday | ||
364 | morning | ||
365 | stretch | ||
366 | over | ||
367 | my | ||
368 | sixteen | ||
369 | selves | ||
370 | bound | ||
371 | out | ||
372 | like | ||
373 | a | ||
374 | ball | ||
diff --git a/river/in-bed.river b/river/in-bed.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3b9fdd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/in-bed.river | |||
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1 | in | ||
2 | bed | ||
3 | i | ||
4 | i | ||
5 | hear | ||
6 | the | ||
7 | rats | ||
8 | run | ||
9 | in | ||
10 | the | ||
11 | walls | ||
12 | like | ||
13 | water | ||
14 | through | ||
15 | a | ||
16 | tree | ||
17 | my | ||
18 | blood | ||
19 | thickens | ||
20 | as | ||
21 | i | ||
22 | dream | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | masturbation | ||
25 | dream | ||
26 | the | ||
27 | shelf | ||
28 | above | ||
29 | my | ||
30 | bed | ||
31 | falls | ||
32 | covering | ||
33 | me | ||
34 | in | ||
35 | dirt | ||
36 | and | ||
37 | decaying | ||
38 | beetles | ||
39 | i | ||
40 | see | ||
41 | my | ||
42 | reflection | ||
43 | is | ||
44 | headless | ||
45 | ii | ||
46 | when | ||
47 | the | ||
48 | waves | ||
49 | stop | ||
50 | and | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | moon | ||
53 | grins | ||
54 | down | ||
55 | to | ||
56 | overtake | ||
57 | me | ||
58 | the | ||
59 | car | ||
60 | ran | ||
61 | up | ||
62 | the | ||
63 | street | ||
64 | that | ||
65 | night | ||
66 | when | ||
67 | you | ||
68 | were | ||
69 | nearly | ||
70 | molested | ||
71 | in | ||
72 | your | ||
73 | neighbor's | ||
74 | house | ||
75 | is | ||
76 | this | ||
77 | why | ||
78 | we | ||
79 | don't | ||
80 | have | ||
81 | neighbors | ||
82 | for | ||
83 | this | ||
84 | the | ||
85 | trees | ||
86 | rot | ||
87 | only | ||
88 | for | ||
89 | us | ||
90 | iii | ||
91 | i | ||
92 | woke | ||
93 | screaming | ||
94 | and | ||
95 | you | ||
96 | came | ||
97 | to | ||
98 | sit | ||
99 | next | ||
100 | to | ||
101 | me | ||
102 | i | ||
103 | felt | ||
104 | my | ||
105 | eyes | ||
106 | were | ||
107 | open | ||
108 | too | ||
109 | wide | ||
110 | that | ||
111 | i | ||
112 | could | ||
113 | not | ||
114 | shut | ||
115 | them | ||
116 | from | ||
117 | the | ||
118 | horror | ||
119 | movie | ||
120 | sitting | ||
121 | on | ||
122 | your | ||
123 | lap | ||
124 | in | ||
125 | the | ||
126 | easy | ||
127 | chair | ||
128 | in | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | dream | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | other | ||
133 | dream | ||
134 | in | ||
135 | the | ||
136 | living | ||
137 | room | ||
138 | under | ||
139 | the | ||
140 | tree | ||
141 | why | ||
142 | do | ||
143 | i | ||
144 | feel | ||
145 | guilty | ||
146 | iv | ||
147 | i | ||
148 | wake | ||
149 | up | ||
150 | in | ||
151 | a | ||
152 | pool | ||
153 | of | ||
154 | water | ||
155 | closed | ||
156 | over | ||
157 | me | ||
158 | like | ||
159 | an | ||
160 | eyelid | ||
161 | there | ||
162 | is | ||
163 | no | ||
164 | longer | ||
165 | comfort | ||
166 | in | ||
167 | staring | ||
168 | at | ||
169 | the | ||
170 | ceiling | ||
171 | its | ||
172 | pitch | ||
173 | blackness | ||
174 | beckons | ||
175 | into | ||
176 | a | ||
177 | future | ||
178 | of | ||
179 | blankness | ||
180 | my | ||
181 | body | ||
182 | lay | ||
183 | still | ||
184 | quaking | ||
185 | my | ||
186 | mind | ||
187 | is | ||
188 | chained | ||
189 | fast | ||
190 | to | ||
191 | the | ||
192 | beating | ||
193 | of | ||
194 | my | ||
195 | heart | ||
196 | v | ||
197 | i | ||
198 | sit | ||
199 | up | ||
200 | slowly | ||
201 | creaking | ||
202 | i | ||
203 | find | ||
204 | myself | ||
205 | alone | ||
206 | buried | ||
207 | in | ||
208 | an | ||
209 | ocean | ||
210 | far | ||
211 | off | ||
212 | there | ||
213 | is | ||
214 | an | ||
215 | eagle | ||
216 | flying | ||
217 | toward | ||
218 | me | ||
219 | she | ||
220 | lands | ||
221 | on | ||
222 | my | ||
223 | knee | ||
224 | and | ||
225 | lays | ||
226 | an | ||
227 | egg | ||
228 | i | ||
229 | think | ||
230 | not | ||
231 | this | ||
232 | again | ||
233 | something | ||
234 | i've | ||
235 | never | ||
236 | thought | ||
237 | in | ||
238 | my | ||
239 | life | ||
240 | vi | ||
241 | i | ||
242 | think | ||
243 | not | ||
244 | this | ||
245 | again | ||
246 | something | ||
247 | i've | ||
248 | never | ||
249 | thought | ||
250 | in | ||
251 | my | ||
252 | life | ||
253 | not | ||
254 | after | ||
255 | losing | ||
256 | my | ||
257 | car | ||
258 | keys | ||
259 | in | ||
260 | the | ||
261 | easy | ||
262 | chair | ||
263 | not | ||
264 | after | ||
265 | scratching | ||
266 | myself | ||
267 | on | ||
268 | a | ||
269 | branch | ||
270 | not | ||
271 | after | ||
272 | finding | ||
273 | the | ||
274 | thing | ||
275 | in | ||
276 | your | ||
277 | dresser | ||
278 | drawer | ||
279 | that | ||
280 | night | ||
281 | i | ||
282 | remember | ||
283 | you | ||
284 | suddenly | ||
285 | vii | ||
286 | you | ||
287 | run | ||
288 | through | ||
289 | me | ||
290 | like | ||
291 | rats | ||
292 | down | ||
293 | an | ||
294 | alley | ||
295 | you | ||
296 | are | ||
297 | in | ||
298 | my | ||
299 | blood | ||
300 | you | ||
301 | scared | ||
302 | me | ||
303 | once | ||
304 | remember | ||
305 | jumped | ||
306 | out | ||
307 | of | ||
308 | the | ||
309 | bathroom | ||
310 | door | ||
311 | i | ||
312 | fell | ||
313 | screaming | ||
314 | onto | ||
315 | the | ||
316 | linoleum | ||
317 | did | ||
318 | you | ||
319 | apologize | ||
320 | did | ||
321 | you | ||
322 | need | ||
323 | to | ||
324 | viii | ||
325 | the | ||
326 | ocean | ||
327 | that | ||
328 | surrounds | ||
329 | me | ||
330 | creaks | ||
331 | like | ||
332 | a | ||
333 | rocking | ||
334 | cradle | ||
335 | your | ||
336 | face | ||
337 | bright | ||
338 | as | ||
339 | the | ||
340 | moon | ||
341 | at | ||
342 | eclipse | ||
343 | and | ||
344 | as | ||
345 | red | ||
346 | low | ||
347 | song | ||
348 | my | ||
349 | tide | ||
350 | stretching | ||
351 | to | ||
352 | the | ||
353 | horizon | ||
354 | ripples | ||
355 | on | ||
356 | the | ||
357 | surface | ||
358 | belie | ||
359 | something | ||
360 | bigger | ||
361 | beneath | ||
362 | ix | ||
363 | in | ||
364 | bed | ||
365 | i | ||
366 | am | ||
367 | alone | ||
368 | for | ||
369 | the | ||
370 | only | ||
371 | time | ||
372 | in | ||
373 | bed | ||
374 | i | ||
375 | am | ||
376 | a | ||
377 | grown | ||
378 | man | ||
379 | below | ||
380 | the | ||
381 | blankets | ||
382 | i | ||
383 | know | ||
384 | you | ||
385 | for | ||
386 | who | ||
387 | you | ||
388 | are | ||
389 | in | ||
390 | bed | ||
391 | i | ||
392 | see | ||
393 | your | ||
394 | face | ||
395 | pressed | ||
396 | against | ||
397 | the | ||
398 | window | ||
399 | i | ||
400 | look | ||
401 | out | ||
402 | and | ||
403 | see | ||
404 | you | ||
405 | and | ||
406 | i | ||
407 | am | ||
408 | not | ||
409 | afraid | ||
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diff --git a/river/initial-conditions.river b/river/initial-conditions.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1095c17 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/initial-conditions.river | |||
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1 | initial | ||
2 | conditions | ||
3 | there | ||
4 | is | ||
5 | a | ||
6 | theory | ||
7 | which | ||
8 | states | ||
9 | the | ||
10 | universe | ||
11 | if | ||
12 | it | ||
13 | began | ||
14 | with | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | same | ||
17 | initial | ||
18 | conditions | ||
19 | same | ||
20 | gravity | ||
21 | same | ||
22 | strong | ||
23 | weak | ||
24 | nuclear | ||
25 | force | ||
26 | same | ||
27 | size | ||
28 | and | ||
29 | shape | ||
30 | would | ||
31 | unfold | ||
32 | in | ||
33 | exactly | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | way | ||
36 | it | ||
37 | has | ||
38 | with | ||
39 | the | ||
40 | same | ||
41 | planets | ||
42 | orbiting | ||
43 | suns | ||
44 | same | ||
45 | people | ||
46 | making | ||
47 | same | ||
48 | mistakes | ||
49 | like | ||
50 | this | ||
51 | morning | ||
52 | it's | ||
53 | actually | ||
54 | past | ||
55 | two | ||
56 | but | ||
57 | i | ||
58 | will | ||
59 | call | ||
60 | it | ||
61 | morning | ||
62 | while | ||
63 | turning | ||
64 | on | ||
65 | the | ||
66 | shower | ||
67 | i | ||
68 | as | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | universe | ||
71 | intended | ||
72 | although | ||
73 | i | ||
74 | was | ||
75 | expecting | ||
76 | the | ||
77 | heat | ||
78 | of | ||
79 | suns | ||
80 | had | ||
81 | the | ||
82 | ice | ||
83 | of | ||
84 | inner | ||
85 | space | ||
86 | those | ||
87 | pre | ||
88 | existing | ||
89 | conditions | ||
90 | before | ||
91 | the | ||
92 | big | ||
93 | bang | ||
94 | the | ||
95 | shower | ||
96 | was | ||
97 | almost | ||
98 | exactly | ||
99 | freezing | ||
100 | for | ||
101 | a | ||
102 | split | ||
103 | second | ||
104 | every | ||
105 | day | ||
106 | it's | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | same | ||
109 | i | ||
110 | turn | ||
111 | on | ||
112 | the | ||
113 | tap | ||
114 | hop | ||
115 | in | ||
116 | pull | ||
117 | the | ||
118 | knob | ||
119 | have | ||
120 | the | ||
121 | same | ||
122 | moment | ||
123 | of | ||
124 | utter | ||
125 | panic | ||
126 | then | ||
127 | pain | ||
128 | then | ||
129 | a | ||
130 | relaxing | ||
131 | morning | ||
132 | shower | ||
133 | where | ||
134 | i | ||
135 | spend | ||
136 | between | ||
137 | five | ||
138 | to | ||
139 | ten | ||
140 | i'm | ||
141 | not | ||
142 | sure | ||
143 | exactly | ||
144 | minutes | ||
145 | i | ||
146 | have | ||
147 | good | ||
148 | thoughts | ||
149 | this | ||
150 | poem | ||
151 | about | ||
152 | the | ||
153 | universe | ||
154 | for | ||
155 | example | ||
156 | i | ||
157 | had | ||
158 | the | ||
159 | idea | ||
160 | while | ||
161 | i | ||
162 | was | ||
163 | conditioning | ||
164 | my | ||
165 | hair | ||
166 | it | ||
167 | came | ||
168 | to | ||
169 | me | ||
170 | like | ||
171 | accidentally | ||
172 | looking | ||
173 | at | ||
174 | the | ||
175 | sun | ||
176 | the | ||
177 | pain | ||
178 | and | ||
179 | the | ||
180 | wonder | ||
181 | that | ||
182 | something | ||
183 | as | ||
184 | large | ||
185 | as | ||
186 | suns | ||
187 | could | ||
188 | appear | ||
189 | so | ||
190 | small | ||
191 | and | ||
192 | yet | ||
193 | so | ||
194 | hot | ||
195 | all | ||
196 | at | ||
197 | the | ||
198 | same | ||
199 | time | ||
200 | so | ||
201 | hot | ||
202 | in | ||
203 | the | ||
204 | summer | ||
205 | we | ||
206 | require | ||
207 | air | ||
208 | conditioning | ||
209 | although | ||
210 | now | ||
211 | in | ||
212 | the | ||
213 | winter | ||
214 | it's | ||
215 | cold | ||
216 | in | ||
217 | the | ||
218 | morning | ||
219 | and | ||
220 | i | ||
221 | can't | ||
222 | wait | ||
223 | to | ||
224 | hop | ||
225 | in | ||
226 | the | ||
227 | shower | ||
228 | that | ||
229 | tiny | ||
230 | universe | ||
231 | of | ||
232 | water | ||
233 | and | ||
234 | steam | ||
235 | and | ||
236 | soap | ||
237 | and | ||
238 | body | ||
239 | that | ||
240 | and | ||
241 | only | ||
242 | that | ||
243 | exactly | ||
244 | or | ||
245 | rather | ||
246 | exclusively | ||
247 | it's | ||
248 | hard | ||
249 | to | ||
250 | get | ||
251 | the | ||
252 | words | ||
253 | exactly | ||
254 | right | ||
255 | the | ||
256 | meanings | ||
257 | bleed | ||
258 | into | ||
259 | each | ||
260 | other | ||
261 | like | ||
262 | the | ||
263 | sun's | ||
264 | shadows | ||
265 | on | ||
266 | pavement | ||
267 | ready | ||
268 | for | ||
269 | me | ||
270 | to | ||
271 | dream | ||
272 | another | ||
273 | universe | ||
274 | into | ||
275 | it | ||
276 | on | ||
277 | top | ||
278 | of | ||
279 | it | ||
280 | again | ||
281 | and | ||
282 | again | ||
283 | until | ||
284 | they | ||
285 | all | ||
286 | look | ||
287 | the | ||
288 | same | ||
289 | i | ||
290 | can't | ||
291 | tell | ||
292 | whether | ||
293 | it's | ||
294 | my | ||
295 | morning | ||
296 | or | ||
297 | the | ||
298 | shower's | ||
299 | morning | ||
300 | or | ||
301 | where | ||
302 | i | ||
303 | put | ||
304 | the | ||
305 | conditioner | ||
306 | or | ||
307 | what | ||
308 | the | ||
309 | initial | ||
310 | conditions | ||
311 | could | ||
312 | have | ||
313 | been | ||
314 | that | ||
315 | decided | ||
316 | i | ||
317 | would | ||
318 | misplace | ||
319 | my | ||
320 | conditioner | ||
321 | today | ||
322 | and | ||
323 | why | ||
324 | and | ||
325 | how | ||
326 | much | ||
327 | planning | ||
328 | was | ||
329 | involved | ||
330 | exactly | ||
331 | that | ||
332 | would | ||
333 | cause | ||
334 | so | ||
335 | far | ||
336 | down | ||
337 | the | ||
338 | production | ||
339 | line | ||
340 | of | ||
341 | this | ||
342 | morning | ||
343 | me | ||
344 | to | ||
345 | wake | ||
346 | up | ||
347 | so | ||
348 | long | ||
349 | after | ||
350 | the | ||
351 | rising | ||
352 | of | ||
353 | the | ||
354 | sun | ||
355 | me | ||
356 | to | ||
357 | stay | ||
358 | inside | ||
359 | all | ||
360 | day | ||
361 | even | ||
362 | after | ||
363 | showering | ||
364 | to | ||
365 | look | ||
366 | at | ||
367 | the | ||
368 | same | ||
369 | computer | ||
370 | screen | ||
371 | to | ||
372 | give | ||
373 | up | ||
374 | the | ||
375 | actual | ||
376 | universe | ||
377 | to | ||
378 | the | ||
379 | universe | ||
380 | in | ||
381 | there | ||
382 | with | ||
383 | its | ||
384 | conditions | ||
385 | where | ||
386 | the | ||
387 | screen | ||
388 | serves | ||
389 | as | ||
390 | sickly | ||
391 | sun | ||
392 | where | ||
393 | there | ||
394 | is | ||
395 | apparently | ||
396 | exactly | ||
397 | what | ||
398 | i | ||
399 | need | ||
400 | no | ||
401 | more | ||
402 | the | ||
403 | same | ||
404 | three | ||
405 | sites | ||
406 | i | ||
407 | visited | ||
408 | this | ||
409 | morning | ||
410 | comprising | ||
411 | my | ||
412 | entire | ||
413 | universe | ||
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1 | january | ||
2 | january | ||
3 | it's | ||
4 | cold | ||
5 | and | ||
6 | i | ||
7 | don't | ||
8 | like | ||
9 | it | ||
10 | i | ||
11 | prefer | ||
12 | warm | ||
13 | weather | ||
14 | although | ||
15 | i | ||
16 | like | ||
17 | sweaters | ||
18 | they | ||
19 | are | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | one | ||
22 | warm | ||
23 | spot | ||
24 | in | ||
25 | an | ||
26 | otherwise | ||
27 | shitty | ||
28 | season | ||
29 | but | ||
30 | fall | ||
31 | is | ||
32 | better | ||
33 | sweater | ||
34 | weather | ||
35 | so | ||
36 | be | ||
37 | patient | ||
38 | patient | ||
39 | while | ||
40 | waiting | ||
41 | for | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | end | ||
44 | of | ||
45 | january | ||
46 | a | ||
47 | change | ||
48 | of | ||
49 | season | ||
50 | brings | ||
51 | a | ||
52 | change | ||
53 | of | ||
54 | mood | ||
55 | along | ||
56 | with | ||
57 | it | ||
58 | although | ||
59 | i | ||
60 | never | ||
61 | thought | ||
62 | i'd | ||
63 | be | ||
64 | one | ||
65 | to | ||
66 | believe | ||
67 | that | ||
68 | sad | ||
69 | junk | ||
70 | about | ||
71 | effects | ||
72 | of | ||
73 | weather | ||
74 | weather | ||
75 | on | ||
76 | a | ||
77 | person | ||
78 | who | ||
79 | becomes | ||
80 | a | ||
81 | patient | ||
82 | just | ||
83 | because | ||
84 | of | ||
85 | one | ||
86 | month | ||
87 | of | ||
88 | snow | ||
89 | i | ||
90 | did | ||
91 | say | ||
92 | of | ||
93 | january | ||
94 | it's | ||
95 | cold | ||
96 | and | ||
97 | i | ||
98 | don't | ||
99 | like | ||
100 | it | ||
101 | but | ||
102 | i | ||
103 | hardly | ||
104 | think | ||
105 | it's | ||
106 | fair | ||
107 | knocking | ||
108 | whole | ||
109 | seasons | ||
110 | seasoning | ||
111 | your | ||
112 | conversation | ||
113 | with | ||
114 | demands | ||
115 | for | ||
116 | better | ||
117 | weather | ||
118 | while | ||
119 | i | ||
120 | find | ||
121 | it | ||
122 | nearly | ||
123 | impossible | ||
124 | it's | ||
125 | my | ||
126 | mission | ||
127 | to | ||
128 | be | ||
129 | patient | ||
130 | while | ||
131 | waiting | ||
132 | for | ||
133 | the | ||
134 | end | ||
135 | of | ||
136 | january | ||
137 | oh | ||
138 | but | ||
139 | how | ||
140 | the | ||
141 | long | ||
142 | nights | ||
143 | do | ||
144 | so | ||
145 | tax | ||
146 | one | ||
147 | one | ||
148 | warm | ||
149 | spot | ||
150 | in | ||
151 | an | ||
152 | otherwise | ||
153 | shitty | ||
154 | season | ||
155 | all | ||
156 | i | ||
157 | ask | ||
158 | january | ||
159 | is | ||
160 | one | ||
161 | warm | ||
162 | day | ||
163 | do | ||
164 | you | ||
165 | care | ||
166 | whether | ||
167 | i'm | ||
168 | a | ||
169 | person | ||
170 | who | ||
171 | becomes | ||
172 | a | ||
173 | patient | ||
174 | in | ||
175 | some | ||
176 | psych | ||
177 | ward | ||
178 | this | ||
179 | just | ||
180 | about | ||
181 | does | ||
182 | it | ||
183 | i | ||
184 | t | ||
185 | although | ||
186 | i | ||
187 | never | ||
188 | thought | ||
189 | i'd | ||
190 | call | ||
191 | one | ||
192 | is | ||
193 | fair | ||
194 | and | ||
195 | patient | ||
196 | when | ||
197 | i | ||
198 | call | ||
199 | they | ||
200 | talk | ||
201 | with | ||
202 | me | ||
203 | season | ||
204 | my | ||
205 | conversation | ||
206 | of | ||
207 | demands | ||
208 | for | ||
209 | better | ||
210 | weather | ||
211 | with | ||
212 | an | ||
213 | argument | ||
214 | for | ||
215 | the | ||
216 | white | ||
217 | beauty | ||
218 | of | ||
219 | january | ||
220 | they | ||
221 | know | ||
222 | it's | ||
223 | hard | ||
224 | they | ||
225 | say | ||
226 | each | ||
227 | season | ||
228 | has | ||
229 | its | ||
230 | detractors | ||
231 | one | ||
232 | day | ||
233 | they | ||
234 | say | ||
235 | the | ||
236 | weather | ||
237 | will | ||
238 | be | ||
239 | controlled | ||
240 | until | ||
241 | then | ||
242 | patience | ||
243 | in | ||
244 | january | ||
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1 | joke | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | wrote | ||
4 | jokes | ||
5 | on | ||
6 | the | ||
7 | top | ||
8 | of | ||
9 | a | ||
10 | page | ||
11 | in | ||
12 | his | ||
13 | notebook | ||
14 | he | ||
15 | had | ||
16 | run | ||
17 | out | ||
18 | of | ||
19 | notecards | ||
20 | and | ||
21 | hadn't | ||
22 | been | ||
23 | able | ||
24 | to | ||
25 | convince | ||
26 | his | ||
27 | mother | ||
28 | to | ||
29 | go | ||
30 | to | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | office | ||
33 | supply | ||
34 | store | ||
35 | for | ||
36 | him | ||
37 | he | ||
38 | left | ||
39 | a | ||
40 | space | ||
41 | underneath | ||
42 | it | ||
43 | and | ||
44 | wrote | ||
45 | tell | ||
46 | us | ||
47 | a | ||
48 | joke | ||
49 | the | ||
50 | listeners | ||
51 | say | ||
52 | to | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | clown | ||
55 | they | ||
56 | have | ||
57 | gather | ||
58 | together | ||
59 | in | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | clearing | ||
62 | because | ||
63 | they | ||
64 | have | ||
65 | heard | ||
66 | he | ||
67 | would | ||
68 | be | ||
69 | there | ||
70 | and | ||
71 | they | ||
72 | have | ||
73 | heard | ||
74 | he | ||
75 | knew | ||
76 | very | ||
77 | funny | ||
78 | jokes | ||
79 | that | ||
80 | were | ||
81 | also | ||
82 | true | ||
83 | tell | ||
84 | us | ||
85 | a | ||
86 | joke | ||
87 | that | ||
88 | is | ||
89 | true | ||
90 | they | ||
91 | say | ||
92 | the | ||
93 | clown | ||
94 | does | ||
95 | not | ||
96 | move | ||
97 | from | ||
98 | the | ||
99 | stump | ||
100 | he | ||
101 | doesn't | ||
102 | move | ||
103 | at | ||
104 | all | ||
105 | the | ||
106 | listeners | ||
107 | watch | ||
108 | gap-mouthed | ||
109 | as | ||
110 | a | ||
111 | butterfly | ||
112 | lands | ||
113 | on | ||
114 | his | ||
115 | hat | ||
116 | a | ||
117 | breeze | ||
118 | ruffles | ||
119 | his | ||
120 | coat | ||
121 | and | ||
122 | the | ||
123 | butterfly | ||
124 | flies | ||
125 | away | ||
126 | hours | ||
127 | pass | ||
128 | the | ||
129 | listeners | ||
130 | grow | ||
131 | impatient | ||
132 | some | ||
133 | begin | ||
134 | yelling | ||
135 | insults | ||
136 | at | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | clown | ||
139 | eventually | ||
140 | they | ||
141 | begin | ||
142 | to | ||
143 | walk | ||
144 | away | ||
145 | into | ||
146 | the | ||
147 | woods | ||
148 | the | ||
149 | moon | ||
150 | rises | ||
151 | on | ||
152 | the | ||
153 | clearing | ||
154 | the | ||
155 | only | ||
156 | people | ||
157 | left | ||
158 | are | ||
159 | the | ||
160 | clown | ||
161 | and | ||
162 | a | ||
163 | listener | ||
164 | the | ||
165 | last | ||
166 | listener | ||
167 | she | ||
168 | has | ||
169 | been | ||
170 | waiting | ||
171 | for | ||
172 | the | ||
173 | joke | ||
174 | a | ||
175 | long | ||
176 | time | ||
177 | the | ||
178 | clown | ||
179 | opens | ||
180 | his | ||
181 | mouth | ||
182 | and | ||
183 | she | ||
184 | leans | ||
185 | in | ||
186 | closer | ||
187 | to | ||
188 | hear | ||
189 | he | ||
190 | closes | ||
191 | it | ||
192 | as | ||
193 | a | ||
194 | tear | ||
195 | falls | ||
196 | onto | ||
197 | his | ||
198 | coat | ||
199 | then | ||
200 | another | ||
201 | he | ||
202 | opens | ||
203 | his | ||
204 | mouth | ||
205 | again | ||
206 | in | ||
207 | a | ||
208 | sob | ||
209 | the | ||
210 | listener | ||
211 | walks | ||
212 | over | ||
213 | to | ||
214 | him | ||
215 | and | ||
216 | puts | ||
217 | a | ||
218 | hand | ||
219 | on | ||
220 | his | ||
221 | shoulder | ||
222 | i'm | ||
223 | sorry | ||
224 | says | ||
225 | the | ||
226 | clown | ||
227 | sorry | ||
228 | for | ||
229 | what | ||
230 | she | ||
231 | asks | ||
232 | i | ||
233 | don't | ||
234 | know | ||
235 | i | ||
236 | don't | ||
237 | know | ||
238 | any | ||
239 | jokes | ||
240 | he | ||
241 | disappears | ||
242 | the | ||
243 | last | ||
244 | listener | ||
245 | sits | ||
246 | on | ||
247 | the | ||
248 | log | ||
249 | and | ||
250 | looks | ||
251 | at | ||
252 | the | ||
253 | sky | ||
254 | there | ||
255 | are | ||
256 | no | ||
257 | stars | ||
diff --git a/river/lappel-du-vide.river b/river/lappel-du-vide.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e0950f --- /dev/null +++ b/river/lappel-du-vide.river | |||
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1 | l'appel | ||
2 | du | ||
3 | vide | ||
4 | i | ||
5 | walter | ||
6 | walter | ||
7 | rides | ||
8 | the | ||
9 | bus | ||
10 | into | ||
11 | work | ||
12 | on | ||
13 | wednesday | ||
14 | morning | ||
15 | when | ||
16 | he | ||
17 | realizes | ||
18 | with | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | force | ||
21 | and | ||
22 | surprise | ||
23 | of | ||
24 | a | ||
25 | rogue | ||
26 | current | ||
27 | that | ||
28 | he | ||
29 | is | ||
30 | in | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | home-for-death | ||
33 | phase | ||
34 | of | ||
35 | life | ||
36 | that | ||
37 | era | ||
38 | in | ||
39 | which | ||
40 | the | ||
41 | next | ||
42 | time | ||
43 | he | ||
44 | goes | ||
45 | under | ||
46 | to | ||
47 | the | ||
48 | fields | ||
49 | of | ||
50 | seaweed | ||
51 | waving | ||
52 | gently | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | anemones | ||
55 | slowly | ||
56 | filtering | ||
57 | seawater | ||
58 | it | ||
59 | will | ||
60 | most | ||
61 | likely | ||
62 | be | ||
63 | for | ||
64 | a | ||
65 | death | ||
66 | in | ||
67 | the | ||
68 | family | ||
69 | he | ||
70 | is | ||
71 | able | ||
72 | to | ||
73 | idly | ||
74 | speculate | ||
75 | on | ||
76 | who | ||
77 | it | ||
78 | might | ||
79 | be | ||
80 | and | ||
81 | this | ||
82 | surprises | ||
83 | him | ||
84 | not | ||
85 | much | ||
86 | does | ||
87 | surprise | ||
88 | him | ||
89 | after | ||
90 | these | ||
91 | few | ||
92 | months | ||
93 | above | ||
94 | the | ||
95 | waves | ||
96 | because | ||
97 | so | ||
98 | many | ||
99 | things | ||
100 | did | ||
101 | surprise | ||
102 | him | ||
103 | those | ||
104 | first | ||
105 | few | ||
106 | months | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | plants | ||
109 | standing | ||
110 | still | ||
111 | the | ||
112 | quickness | ||
113 | of | ||
114 | the | ||
115 | fluid | ||
116 | these | ||
117 | creatures | ||
118 | walk | ||
119 | in | ||
120 | the | ||
121 | lack | ||
122 | of | ||
123 | pressure | ||
124 | that | ||
125 | still | ||
126 | makes | ||
127 | him | ||
128 | feel | ||
129 | so | ||
130 | alone | ||
131 | and | ||
132 | cold | ||
133 | as | ||
134 | if | ||
135 | all | ||
136 | of | ||
137 | his | ||
138 | life | ||
139 | he | ||
140 | had | ||
141 | been | ||
142 | in | ||
143 | an | ||
144 | embrace | ||
145 | by | ||
146 | the | ||
147 | ocean | ||
148 | and | ||
149 | now | ||
150 | for | ||
151 | some | ||
152 | reason | ||
153 | it's | ||
154 | pulled | ||
155 | away | ||
156 | from | ||
157 | him | ||
158 | and | ||
159 | it | ||
160 | doesn't | ||
161 | love | ||
162 | him | ||
163 | anymore | ||
164 | his | ||
165 | speculations | ||
166 | lead | ||
167 | him | ||
168 | to | ||
169 | picture | ||
170 | his | ||
171 | grandmother | ||
172 | small | ||
173 | and | ||
174 | frail | ||
175 | and | ||
176 | forgetful | ||
177 | he | ||
178 | always | ||
179 | assumed | ||
180 | she'd | ||
181 | be | ||
182 | next | ||
183 | since | ||
184 | last | ||
185 | year | ||
186 | when | ||
187 | the | ||
188 | other | ||
189 | one | ||
190 | died | ||
191 | and | ||
192 | gina | ||
193 | said | ||
194 | i | ||
195 | wonder | ||
196 | who'll | ||
197 | be | ||
198 | next | ||
199 | she | ||
200 | said | ||
201 | what | ||
202 | they'd | ||
203 | both | ||
204 | been | ||
205 | thinking | ||
206 | soon | ||
207 | after | ||
208 | that | ||
209 | he'd | ||
210 | come | ||
211 | up | ||
212 | to | ||
213 | land | ||
214 | to | ||
215 | the | ||
216 | mountains | ||
217 | of | ||
218 | all | ||
219 | places | ||
220 | the | ||
221 | most | ||
222 | land-like | ||
223 | land | ||
224 | and | ||
225 | started | ||
226 | a | ||
227 | job | ||
228 | with | ||
229 | an | ||
230 | accounting | ||
231 | firm | ||
232 | while | ||
233 | it | ||
234 | was | ||
235 | challenging | ||
236 | to | ||
237 | adjust | ||
238 | to | ||
239 | the | ||
240 | change | ||
241 | in | ||
242 | pressure | ||
243 | and | ||
244 | movement | ||
245 | to | ||
246 | people | ||
247 | staring | ||
248 | at | ||
249 | him | ||
250 | on | ||
251 | the | ||
252 | bus | ||
253 | in | ||
254 | the | ||
255 | supermarket | ||
256 | at | ||
257 | the | ||
258 | job | ||
259 | him | ||
260 | with | ||
261 | his | ||
262 | scales | ||
263 | and | ||
264 | fins | ||
265 | and | ||
266 | breathing | ||
267 | machine | ||
268 | he'd | ||
269 | always | ||
270 | made | ||
271 | a | ||
272 | point | ||
273 | to | ||
274 | make | ||
275 | the | ||
276 | best | ||
277 | out | ||
278 | of | ||
279 | a | ||
280 | situation | ||
281 | the | ||
282 | problem | ||
283 | was | ||
284 | that | ||
285 | the | ||
286 | best | ||
287 | wasn't | ||
288 | good | ||
289 | enough | ||
290 | ii | ||
291 | l'appel | ||
292 | du | ||
293 | vide | ||
294 | and | ||
295 | i'll | ||
296 | get | ||
297 | in | ||
298 | my | ||
299 | car | ||
300 | and | ||
301 | drive | ||
302 | and | ||
303 | i'll | ||
304 | want | ||
305 | to | ||
306 | keep | ||
307 | driving | ||
308 | straight | ||
309 | into | ||
310 | the | ||
311 | next | ||
312 | state | ||
313 | or | ||
314 | even | ||
315 | the | ||
316 | next | ||
317 | country | ||
318 | or | ||
319 | even | ||
320 | even | ||
321 | the | ||
322 | ocean | ||
323 | and | ||
324 | go | ||
325 | down | ||
326 | deeper | ||
327 | keep | ||
328 | exploring | ||
329 | forever | ||
330 | find | ||
331 | out | ||
332 | what's | ||
333 | down | ||
334 | there | ||
335 | go | ||
336 | to | ||
337 | the | ||
338 | marianas | ||
339 | trench | ||
340 | miss | ||
341 | the | ||
342 | air | ||
343 | world | ||
344 | and | ||
345 | come | ||
346 | back | ||
347 | up | ||
348 | itself | ||
349 | a | ||
350 | kind | ||
351 | of | ||
352 | unknown | ||
353 | the | ||
354 | homecoming | ||
355 | after | ||
356 | what | ||
357 | happened | ||
358 | to | ||
359 | the | ||
360 | home | ||
361 | i | ||
362 | was | ||
diff --git a/river/largest-asteroid.river b/river/largest-asteroid.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..02c836c --- /dev/null +++ b/river/largest-asteroid.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | largest | ||
3 | asteroid | ||
4 | in | ||
5 | the | ||
6 | asteroid | ||
7 | belt | ||
8 | what | ||
9 | secrets | ||
10 | does | ||
11 | it | ||
12 | hold | ||
13 | can | ||
14 | it | ||
15 | tell | ||
16 | us | ||
17 | who | ||
18 | kissed | ||
19 | sara | ||
20 | that | ||
21 | night | ||
22 | on | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | veranda | ||
25 | or | ||
26 | who | ||
27 | joey | ||
28 | is | ||
29 | really | ||
30 | in | ||
31 | love | ||
32 | with | ||
33 | we | ||
34 | all | ||
35 | know | ||
36 | it | ||
37 | isn't | ||
38 | sara | ||
39 | we | ||
40 | mean | ||
41 | look | ||
42 | at | ||
43 | them | ||
44 | christmas | ||
45 | eve | ||
46 | and | ||
47 | he's | ||
48 | staring | ||
49 | whistfully | ||
50 | at | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | stars | ||
53 | or | ||
54 | the | ||
55 | largest | ||
56 | asteroid | ||
57 | in | ||
58 | the | ||
59 | asteroid | ||
60 | belt | ||
61 | she's | ||
62 | staring | ||
63 | at | ||
64 | him | ||
65 | sure | ||
66 | but | ||
67 | she | ||
68 | sees | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | twinkle | ||
71 | in | ||
72 | his | ||
73 | eye | ||
74 | is | ||
75 | not | ||
76 | aimed | ||
77 | in | ||
78 | her | ||
79 | direction | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | reflection | ||
82 | of | ||
83 | that | ||
84 | reflection | ||
85 | will | ||
86 | beam | ||
87 | into | ||
88 | space | ||
89 | lightyears | ||
90 | of | ||
91 | space | ||
92 | dimming | ||
93 | slowly | ||
94 | each | ||
95 | second | ||
96 | until | ||
97 | it | ||
98 | dies | ||
99 | out | ||
100 | like | ||
101 | all | ||
102 | of | ||
103 | sara's | ||
104 | hopes | ||
105 | for | ||
106 | something | ||
107 | resembling | ||
108 | love | ||
109 | in | ||
110 | this | ||
111 | life | ||
112 | real | ||
113 | love | ||
114 | that | ||
115 | takes | ||
116 | hold | ||
117 | of | ||
118 | her | ||
119 | by | ||
120 | the | ||
121 | throat | ||
122 | and | ||
123 | refuses | ||
124 | to | ||
125 | let | ||
126 | go | ||
127 | love | ||
128 | that | ||
129 | makes | ||
130 | men | ||
131 | travel | ||
132 | for | ||
133 | her | ||
134 | and | ||
135 | only | ||
136 | for | ||
137 | her | ||
138 | love | ||
139 | that | ||
140 | launches | ||
141 | space | ||
142 | ships | ||
143 | to | ||
144 | that | ||
145 | asteroid | ||
146 | the | ||
147 | largest | ||
148 | in | ||
149 | the | ||
150 | asteroid | ||
151 | belt | ||
152 | that | ||
153 | jewel | ||
154 | of | ||
155 | dead | ||
156 | rock | ||
157 | and | ||
158 | ice | ||
159 | harboring | ||
160 | something | ||
161 | that | ||
162 | could've | ||
163 | been | ||
164 | life | ||
165 | and | ||
166 | nothing | ||
167 | that | ||
168 | actually | ||
169 | is | ||
diff --git a/river/last-bastion.river b/river/last-bastion.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b34223 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/last-bastion.river | |||
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1 | last | ||
2 | bastion | ||
3 | dimly | ||
4 | remembered | ||
5 | celebrity | ||
6 | chefs | ||
7 | shuffle | ||
8 | down | ||
9 | the | ||
10 | cold | ||
11 | and | ||
12 | darkened | ||
13 | highways | ||
14 | of | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | heart | ||
17 | they | ||
18 | are | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | last | ||
21 | personality | ||
22 | left | ||
23 | they | ||
24 | are | ||
25 | the | ||
26 | meek | ||
27 | who | ||
28 | inherited | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | heart | ||
31 | what | ||
32 | was | ||
33 | left | ||
34 | of | ||
35 | it | ||
36 | without | ||
37 | food | ||
38 | to | ||
39 | cook | ||
40 | in | ||
41 | new | ||
42 | or | ||
43 | exciting | ||
44 | ways | ||
45 | nor | ||
46 | audience | ||
47 | to | ||
48 | gasp | ||
49 | and | ||
50 | cackle | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | chefs | ||
53 | of | ||
54 | the | ||
55 | heart | ||
56 | quietly | ||
57 | waste | ||
58 | away | ||
59 | while | ||
60 | staring | ||
61 | doe-eyed | ||
62 | into | ||
63 | now-empty | ||
64 | safeway | ||
65 | windows | ||
66 | checking | ||
67 | under | ||
68 | the | ||
69 | dusty | ||
70 | produce | ||
71 | shelves | ||
72 | for | ||
73 | something | ||
74 | they | ||
75 | pray | ||
76 | the | ||
77 | rats | ||
78 | haven't | ||
79 | found | ||
80 | yet | ||
81 | years | ||
82 | ago | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | economy | ||
85 | of | ||
86 | the | ||
87 | heart | ||
88 | boomed | ||
89 | and | ||
90 | there | ||
91 | was | ||
92 | food | ||
93 | everywhere | ||
94 | produce | ||
95 | piled | ||
96 | high | ||
97 | in | ||
98 | pyramids | ||
99 | of | ||
100 | devotion | ||
101 | meat | ||
102 | in | ||
103 | gilded | ||
104 | glass | ||
105 | cases | ||
106 | opulent | ||
107 | under | ||
108 | fluorescence | ||
109 | dairy | ||
110 | which | ||
111 | ran | ||
112 | like | ||
113 | the | ||
114 | mythical | ||
115 | river | ||
116 | toward | ||
117 | cereals | ||
118 | hot | ||
119 | and | ||
120 | cold | ||
121 | under | ||
122 | it | ||
123 | all | ||
124 | thrumming | ||
125 | like | ||
126 | great | ||
127 | stone | ||
128 | wheels | ||
129 | on | ||
130 | sand | ||
131 | under | ||
132 | a | ||
133 | hot | ||
134 | sun | ||
135 | near | ||
136 | a | ||
137 | river | ||
138 | where | ||
139 | reeds | ||
140 | sang | ||
141 | in | ||
142 | the | ||
143 | wind | ||
144 | the | ||
145 | heart | ||
146 | produced | ||
147 | and | ||
148 | gave | ||
149 | reward | ||
150 | for | ||
151 | hard | ||
152 | labor | ||
153 | no | ||
154 | one | ||
155 | knows | ||
156 | when | ||
157 | it | ||
158 | all | ||
159 | ended | ||
160 | no | ||
161 | one | ||
162 | can | ||
163 | say | ||
164 | if | ||
165 | it | ||
166 | was | ||
167 | the | ||
168 | heart | ||
169 | that | ||
170 | dried | ||
171 | up | ||
172 | or | ||
173 | the | ||
174 | heart's | ||
175 | supply | ||
176 | either | ||
177 | way | ||
178 | food | ||
179 | of | ||
180 | the | ||
181 | heart | ||
182 | became | ||
183 | scarcer | ||
184 | and | ||
185 | scarcer | ||
186 | people | ||
187 | began | ||
188 | dying | ||
189 | not | ||
190 | of | ||
191 | starvation | ||
192 | but | ||
193 | of | ||
194 | a | ||
195 | certain | ||
196 | facial | ||
197 | expression | ||
198 | that | ||
199 | could | ||
200 | only | ||
201 | be | ||
202 | described | ||
203 | as | ||
204 | desperation | ||
205 | now | ||
206 | all | ||
207 | that | ||
208 | are | ||
209 | left | ||
210 | are | ||
211 | the | ||
212 | celebrity | ||
213 | chefs | ||
214 | last | ||
215 | bastion | ||
216 | of | ||
217 | a | ||
218 | once | ||
219 | mighty | ||
220 | empire | ||
221 | of | ||
222 | the | ||
223 | heart | ||
224 | are | ||
225 | reduced | ||
226 | to | ||
227 | husks | ||
228 | blown | ||
229 | dry | ||
230 | by | ||
231 | wind | ||
diff --git a/river/last-passenger.river b/river/last-passenger.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7a12de9 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/last-passenger.river | |||
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1 | last | ||
2 | passenger | ||
3 | memory | ||
4 | works | ||
5 | strangely | ||
6 | spooling | ||
7 | its | ||
8 | thread | ||
9 | over | ||
10 | the | ||
11 | nails | ||
12 | of | ||
13 | events | ||
14 | barely | ||
15 | related | ||
16 | creating | ||
17 | finally | ||
18 | some | ||
19 | picture | ||
20 | if | ||
21 | we're | ||
22 | lucky | ||
23 | of | ||
24 | a | ||
25 | life | ||
26 | but | ||
27 | more | ||
28 | likely | ||
29 | it | ||
30 | knots | ||
31 | itself | ||
32 | catches | ||
33 | on | ||
34 | a | ||
35 | nail | ||
36 | or | ||
37 | in | ||
38 | our | ||
39 | throats | ||
40 | that | ||
41 | gasp | ||
42 | as | ||
43 | it | ||
44 | binds | ||
45 | our | ||
46 | necks | ||
47 | for | ||
48 | air | ||
49 | an | ||
50 | example | ||
51 | today | ||
52 | marks | ||
53 | one | ||
54 | hundred | ||
55 | years | ||
56 | since | ||
57 | your | ||
58 | namesake | ||
59 | the | ||
60 | last | ||
61 | living | ||
62 | passenger | ||
63 | pigeon | ||
64 | died | ||
65 | in | ||
66 | cincinnati | ||
67 | it | ||
68 | also | ||
69 | marks | ||
70 | a | ||
71 | year | ||
72 | since | ||
73 | we | ||
74 | last | ||
75 | spoke | ||
76 | although | ||
77 | around | ||
78 | the | ||
79 | world | ||
80 | zoos | ||
81 | mourn | ||
82 | her | ||
83 | loss | ||
84 | i'm | ||
85 | done | ||
86 | with | ||
87 | you | ||
88 | i | ||
89 | mourn | ||
90 | no | ||
91 | more | ||
92 | your | ||
93 | voice | ||
94 | the | ||
95 | first | ||
96 | sound | ||
97 | i | ||
98 | heard | ||
99 | outside | ||
100 | my | ||
101 | body | ||
102 | that | ||
103 | reached | ||
104 | into | ||
105 | my | ||
106 | throat | ||
107 | and | ||
108 | set | ||
109 | me | ||
110 | ringing | ||
111 | but | ||
112 | that | ||
113 | string | ||
114 | memory | ||
115 | that | ||
116 | feels | ||
117 | sometimes | ||
118 | more | ||
119 | like | ||
120 | a | ||
121 | tide | ||
122 | has | ||
123 | yoked | ||
124 | together | ||
125 | bound | ||
126 | your | ||
127 | voice | ||
128 | to | ||
129 | that | ||
130 | bird | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | frozen | ||
133 | stuffed | ||
134 | forgotten | ||
135 | pigeon | ||
136 | my | ||
137 | heart | ||
138 | is | ||
139 | too | ||
140 | easy | ||
141 | but | ||
142 | it | ||
143 | must | ||
144 | do | ||
145 | to | ||
146 | blink | ||
147 | to | ||
148 | flex | ||
149 | its | ||
150 | unused | ||
151 | toes | ||
152 | slowly | ||
153 | thaw | ||
154 | to | ||
155 | the | ||
156 | wetness | ||
157 | of | ||
158 | beating | ||
159 | wings | ||
160 | fly | ||
161 | to | ||
162 | me | ||
163 | again | ||
164 | and | ||
165 | alight | ||
166 | singing | ||
167 | full-throated | ||
168 | on | ||
169 | my | ||
170 | broken | ||
171 | shoulder | ||
diff --git a/river/leaf.river b/river/leaf.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..535ede5 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/leaf.river | |||
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1 | leaf | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | shrugged | ||
4 | the | ||
5 | wood | ||
6 | off | ||
7 | his | ||
8 | shoulder | ||
9 | letting | ||
10 | it | ||
11 | fall | ||
12 | with | ||
13 | a | ||
14 | clog | ||
15 | onto | ||
16 | the | ||
17 | earth | ||
18 | floor | ||
19 | of | ||
20 | his | ||
21 | writing | ||
22 | shack | ||
23 | he | ||
24 | exhaled | ||
25 | looking | ||
26 | out | ||
27 | of | ||
28 | the | ||
29 | window | ||
30 | he | ||
31 | hoped | ||
32 | to | ||
33 | see | ||
34 | a | ||
35 | bird | ||
36 | fly | ||
37 | by | ||
38 | maybe | ||
39 | a | ||
40 | blue | ||
41 | jay | ||
42 | or | ||
43 | raven | ||
44 | no | ||
45 | bird | ||
46 | did | ||
47 | he | ||
48 | inhaled | ||
49 | he | ||
50 | exhaled | ||
51 | again | ||
52 | in | ||
53 | a | ||
54 | way | ||
55 | that | ||
56 | could | ||
57 | only | ||
58 | be | ||
59 | classified | ||
60 | as | ||
61 | a | ||
62 | sigh | ||
63 | he | ||
64 | sat | ||
65 | down | ||
66 | at | ||
67 | his | ||
68 | writing | ||
69 | desk | ||
70 | he | ||
71 | began | ||
72 | shuffling | ||
73 | through | ||
74 | what | ||
75 | he'd | ||
76 | written | ||
77 | trying | ||
78 | to | ||
79 | find | ||
80 | some | ||
81 | sort | ||
82 | of | ||
83 | pattern | ||
84 | each | ||
85 | piece | ||
86 | of | ||
87 | paper | ||
88 | each | ||
89 | leaf | ||
90 | at | ||
91 | this | ||
92 | he | ||
93 | smiled | ||
94 | is | ||
95 | like | ||
96 | a | ||
97 | tree | ||
98 | in | ||
99 | the | ||
100 | forest | ||
101 | he | ||
102 | was | ||
103 | writing | ||
104 | as | ||
105 | he | ||
106 | thought | ||
107 | aloud | ||
108 | i | ||
109 | as | ||
110 | the | ||
111 | artist | ||
112 | as | ||
113 | the | ||
114 | writer | ||
115 | must | ||
116 | select | ||
117 | which | ||
118 | to | ||
119 | use | ||
120 | chop | ||
121 | down | ||
122 | those | ||
123 | trees | ||
124 | bring | ||
125 | them | ||
126 | back | ||
127 | to | ||
128 | my | ||
129 | shed | ||
130 | and | ||
131 | and | ||
132 | he | ||
133 | frowned | ||
134 | as | ||
135 | he | ||
136 | realized | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | only | ||
139 | end | ||
140 | to | ||
141 | this | ||
142 | metaphor | ||
143 | was | ||
144 | fire | ||
145 | he | ||
146 | ran | ||
147 | his | ||
148 | fingers | ||
149 | through | ||
150 | his | ||
151 | hair | ||
152 | in | ||
153 | a | ||
154 | self-soothing | ||
155 | gesture | ||
156 | i | ||
157 | need | ||
158 | to | ||
159 | build | ||
160 | some | ||
161 | furniture | ||
162 | he | ||
163 | thought | ||
diff --git a/river/leg.river b/river/leg.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..94bf4a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/leg.river | |||
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1 | leg | ||
2 | his | ||
3 | first | ||
4 | chair | ||
5 | was | ||
6 | a | ||
7 | stool | ||
8 | it | ||
9 | was | ||
10 | an | ||
11 | uneven | ||
12 | wobbly | ||
13 | stool | ||
14 | that | ||
15 | would | ||
16 | not | ||
17 | support | ||
18 | even | ||
19 | forty | ||
20 | pounds | ||
21 | so | ||
22 | my | ||
23 | first | ||
24 | chair | ||
25 | is | ||
26 | a | ||
27 | broken | ||
28 | stool | ||
29 | he | ||
30 | said | ||
31 | after | ||
32 | nearly | ||
33 | breaking | ||
34 | his | ||
35 | tailbone | ||
36 | on | ||
37 | the | ||
38 | dirt | ||
39 | floor | ||
40 | maybe | ||
41 | i | ||
42 | should | ||
43 | start | ||
44 | again | ||
45 | but | ||
46 | this | ||
47 | time | ||
48 | only | ||
49 | with | ||
50 | legs | ||
51 | he | ||
52 | began | ||
53 | again | ||
54 | but | ||
55 | this | ||
56 | time | ||
57 | only | ||
58 | with | ||
59 | legs | ||
60 | he | ||
61 | built | ||
62 | one | ||
63 | leg | ||
64 | which | ||
65 | means | ||
66 | he | ||
67 | cut | ||
68 | a | ||
69 | straight | ||
70 | piece | ||
71 | of | ||
72 | wood | ||
73 | down | ||
74 | to | ||
75 | four | ||
76 | feet | ||
77 | in | ||
78 | length | ||
79 | whittled | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | bark | ||
82 | off | ||
83 | and | ||
84 | sanded | ||
85 | it | ||
86 | down | ||
87 | smooth | ||
88 | in | ||
89 | what | ||
90 | he | ||
91 | was | ||
92 | now | ||
93 | calling | ||
94 | his | ||
95 | woodworking | ||
96 | shack | ||
97 | he | ||
98 | typed | ||
99 | up | ||
100 | a | ||
101 | note | ||
102 | on | ||
103 | how | ||
104 | to | ||
105 | make | ||
106 | chair | ||
107 | legs | ||
108 | making | ||
109 | chair | ||
110 | legs | ||
111 | get | ||
112 | longish | ||
113 | piece | ||
114 | of | ||
115 | wood | ||
116 | cut | ||
117 | it | ||
118 | to | ||
119 | length | ||
120 | 4 | ||
121 | feet | ||
122 | i'd | ||
123 | recommend | ||
124 | whittle | ||
125 | off | ||
126 | bark | ||
127 | sand | ||
128 | smooth | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | leg | ||
131 | after | ||
132 | he | ||
133 | tried | ||
134 | remembered | ||
135 | tried | ||
136 | standing | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | leg | ||
139 | up | ||
140 | failing | ||
141 | and | ||
142 | after | ||
143 | much | ||
144 | thought | ||
145 | realizing | ||
146 | that | ||
147 | the | ||
148 | ends | ||
149 | needed | ||
150 | to | ||
151 | be | ||
152 | flat | ||
153 | he | ||
154 | typed | ||
155 | one | ||
156 | more | ||
157 | line | ||
158 | on | ||
159 | his | ||
160 | notecard | ||
161 | make | ||
162 | ends | ||
163 | flat | ||
164 | he | ||
165 | had | ||
166 | no | ||
167 | tools | ||
168 | with | ||
169 | which | ||
170 | to | ||
171 | flatten | ||
172 | the | ||
173 | ends | ||
174 | of | ||
175 | his | ||
176 | leg | ||
diff --git a/river/likingthings.river b/river/likingthings.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..262efc0 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/likingthings.river | |||
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1 | liking | ||
2 | things | ||
3 | the | ||
4 | definition | ||
5 | of | ||
6 | happiness | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | doing | ||
9 | stuff | ||
10 | that | ||
11 | you | ||
12 | really | ||
13 | like | ||
14 | that | ||
15 | stuff | ||
16 | can | ||
17 | be | ||
18 | eating | ||
19 | soup | ||
20 | going | ||
21 | to | ||
22 | the | ||
23 | bathroom | ||
24 | walking | ||
25 | the | ||
26 | dog | ||
27 | playing | ||
28 | dungeons | ||
29 | and | ||
30 | dragons | ||
31 | whatever | ||
32 | keeps | ||
33 | your | ||
34 | mind | ||
35 | off | ||
36 | the | ||
37 | fact | ||
38 | that | ||
39 | you're | ||
40 | so | ||
41 | goddamn | ||
42 | unhappy | ||
43 | all | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | time | ||
46 | that | ||
47 | incidentally | ||
48 | is | ||
49 | the | ||
50 | definition | ||
51 | of | ||
52 | like | ||
53 | that | ||
54 | feeling | ||
55 | you | ||
56 | get | ||
57 | when | ||
58 | you | ||
59 | forget | ||
60 | how | ||
61 | miserable | ||
62 | you | ||
63 | are | ||
64 | for | ||
65 | just | ||
66 | a | ||
67 | little | ||
68 | bit | ||
69 | thus | ||
70 | people | ||
71 | like | ||
72 | doing | ||
73 | stuff | ||
74 | they | ||
75 | like | ||
76 | all | ||
77 | the | ||
78 | time | ||
79 | as | ||
80 | often | ||
81 | as | ||
82 | possible | ||
83 | because | ||
84 | if | ||
85 | they | ||
86 | remember | ||
87 | how | ||
88 | horrible | ||
89 | they | ||
90 | really | ||
91 | feel | ||
92 | at | ||
93 | not | ||
94 | having | ||
95 | a | ||
96 | background | ||
97 | to | ||
98 | put | ||
99 | themselves | ||
100 | against | ||
101 | they | ||
102 | will | ||
103 | want | ||
104 | to | ||
105 | hurt | ||
106 | themselves | ||
107 | and | ||
108 | those | ||
109 | around | ||
110 | them | ||
111 | the | ||
112 | funny | ||
113 | thing | ||
114 | is | ||
115 | that | ||
116 | something | ||
117 | we | ||
118 | people | ||
119 | really | ||
120 | like | ||
121 | to | ||
122 | do | ||
123 | is | ||
124 | hurt | ||
125 | ourselves | ||
126 | and | ||
127 | those | ||
128 | around | ||
129 | us | ||
130 | we | ||
131 | do | ||
132 | this | ||
133 | by | ||
134 | thinking | ||
135 | other | ||
136 | people | ||
137 | are | ||
138 | more | ||
139 | unhappy | ||
140 | than | ||
141 | we | ||
142 | are | ||
143 | we | ||
144 | convince | ||
145 | themselves | ||
146 | that | ||
147 | we | ||
148 | are | ||
149 | truly | ||
150 | happy | ||
151 | ecstatic | ||
152 | even | ||
153 | while | ||
154 | they | ||
155 | merely | ||
156 | plod | ||
157 | around | ||
158 | life | ||
159 | half-heartedly | ||
160 | or | ||
161 | if | ||
162 | they're | ||
163 | lucky | ||
164 | incorrectly | ||
165 | we | ||
166 | take | ||
167 | it | ||
168 | upon | ||
169 | ourselves | ||
170 | seeing | ||
171 | as | ||
172 | we | ||
173 | are | ||
174 | so | ||
175 | happy | ||
176 | and | ||
177 | can | ||
178 | spare | ||
179 | a | ||
180 | little | ||
181 | bit | ||
182 | of | ||
183 | happiness | ||
184 | to | ||
185 | help | ||
186 | them | ||
187 | become | ||
188 | happy | ||
189 | as | ||
190 | well | ||
191 | we | ||
192 | fail | ||
193 | to | ||
194 | realize | ||
195 | that | ||
196 | the | ||
197 | people | ||
198 | will | ||
199 | probably | ||
200 | not | ||
201 | appreciate | ||
202 | our | ||
203 | thinking | ||
204 | that | ||
205 | we're | ||
206 | better | ||
207 | than | ||
208 | they | ||
209 | are | ||
210 | somehow | ||
211 | for | ||
212 | that | ||
213 | is | ||
214 | what | ||
215 | we | ||
216 | do | ||
217 | even | ||
218 | if | ||
219 | we | ||
220 | don't | ||
221 | mean | ||
222 | it | ||
223 | we | ||
224 | forget | ||
225 | that | ||
226 | we | ||
227 | are | ||
228 | also | ||
229 | unhappy | ||
230 | and | ||
231 | that | ||
232 | we | ||
233 | are | ||
234 | just | ||
235 | doing | ||
236 | things | ||
237 | we | ||
238 | like | ||
239 | in | ||
240 | order | ||
241 | to | ||
242 | cheer | ||
243 | ourselves | ||
244 | up | ||
245 | a | ||
246 | little | ||
247 | bit | ||
248 | which | ||
249 | really | ||
250 | means | ||
251 | that | ||
252 | this | ||
253 | cheering | ||
254 | is | ||
255 | working | ||
256 | but | ||
257 | there | ||
258 | is | ||
259 | such | ||
260 | a | ||
261 | thing | ||
262 | as | ||
263 | working | ||
264 | too | ||
265 | well | ||
266 | so | ||
267 | in | ||
268 | a | ||
269 | sense | ||
270 | what | ||
271 | i'm | ||
272 | doing | ||
273 | here | ||
274 | is | ||
275 | cheering | ||
276 | myself | ||
277 | up | ||
278 | by | ||
279 | reminding | ||
280 | you | ||
281 | that | ||
282 | you | ||
283 | are | ||
284 | unhappy | ||
285 | i'm | ||
286 | trying | ||
287 | to | ||
288 | keep | ||
289 | you | ||
290 | honest | ||
291 | in | ||
292 | your | ||
293 | unhappiness | ||
294 | and | ||
295 | i | ||
296 | admit | ||
297 | this | ||
298 | is | ||
299 | usually | ||
300 | called | ||
301 | a | ||
302 | dick | ||
303 | move | ||
304 | in | ||
305 | fact | ||
306 | the | ||
307 | best | ||
308 | way | ||
309 | to | ||
310 | overcome | ||
311 | happy-hungering | ||
312 | this | ||
313 | is | ||
314 | the | ||
315 | term | ||
316 | as | ||
317 | i | ||
318 | dub | ||
319 | it | ||
320 | is | ||
321 | commit | ||
322 | as | ||
323 | many | ||
324 | dick | ||
325 | moves | ||
326 | as | ||
327 | possible | ||
328 | to | ||
329 | keep | ||
330 | people | ||
331 | remembering | ||
332 | that | ||
333 | unhappiness | ||
334 | abounds | ||
335 | if | ||
336 | you | ||
337 | see | ||
338 | someone | ||
339 | smiling | ||
340 | like | ||
341 | a | ||
342 | little | ||
343 | dog | ||
344 | who | ||
345 | knows | ||
346 | it's | ||
347 | about | ||
348 | to | ||
349 | get | ||
350 | pet | ||
351 | or | ||
352 | get | ||
353 | a | ||
354 | treat | ||
355 | or | ||
356 | go | ||
357 | to | ||
358 | the | ||
359 | vet | ||
360 | to | ||
361 | donate | ||
362 | doggy | ||
363 | sperm | ||
364 | smile | ||
365 | back | ||
366 | grin | ||
367 | toothily | ||
368 | a | ||
369 | little | ||
370 | too | ||
371 | toothily | ||
372 | for | ||
373 | a | ||
374 | little | ||
375 | too | ||
376 | long | ||
377 | their | ||
378 | smile | ||
379 | will | ||
380 | start | ||
381 | to | ||
382 | fade | ||
383 | if | ||
384 | you're | ||
385 | doing | ||
386 | it | ||
387 | right | ||
388 | saunter | ||
389 | to | ||
390 | them | ||
391 | slide | ||
392 | as | ||
393 | if | ||
394 | you're | ||
395 | an | ||
396 | olympic | ||
397 | quality | ||
398 | ice-skater | ||
399 | as | ||
400 | if | ||
401 | you're | ||
402 | a | ||
403 | really | ||
404 | good | ||
405 | bowler | ||
406 | who | ||
407 | knows | ||
408 | he's | ||
409 | playing | ||
410 | against | ||
411 | twelve | ||
412 | year | ||
413 | olds | ||
414 | and'll | ||
415 | win | ||
416 | by | ||
417 | a | ||
418 | hundred | ||
419 | get | ||
420 | really | ||
421 | close | ||
422 | far | ||
423 | too | ||
424 | close | ||
425 | for | ||
426 | what | ||
427 | most | ||
428 | people | ||
429 | would | ||
430 | call | ||
431 | comfort | ||
432 | and | ||
433 | remind | ||
434 | them | ||
435 | of | ||
436 | how | ||
437 | awful | ||
438 | life | ||
439 | can | ||
440 | be | ||
441 | i | ||
442 | really | ||
443 | like | ||
444 | your | ||
445 | shirt | ||
446 | really | ||
447 | only | ||
448 | children | ||
449 | chained | ||
450 | to | ||
451 | looms | ||
452 | can | ||
453 | get | ||
454 | that | ||
455 | tight | ||
456 | of | ||
457 | a | ||
458 | weave | ||
459 | you | ||
460 | can | ||
461 | say | ||
462 | or | ||
463 | you're | ||
464 | not | ||
465 | really | ||
466 | going | ||
467 | to | ||
468 | recycle | ||
469 | that | ||
470 | coffee | ||
471 | cup | ||
472 | are | ||
473 | you | ||
474 | they | ||
475 | will | ||
476 | probably | ||
477 | get | ||
478 | angry | ||
479 | but | ||
480 | that's | ||
481 | what's | ||
482 | supposed | ||
483 | to | ||
484 | happen | ||
485 | by | ||
486 | making | ||
487 | dick | ||
488 | moves | ||
489 | you | ||
490 | can | ||
491 | overcome | ||
492 | what | ||
493 | may | ||
494 | be | ||
495 | the | ||
496 | biggest | ||
497 | evil | ||
498 | on | ||
499 | this | ||
500 | earth | ||
501 | happy-hungering | ||
diff --git a/river/listen.river b/river/listen.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b40f24 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/listen.river | |||
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1 | listen | ||
2 | if | ||
3 | you | ||
4 | swallow | ||
5 | hard | ||
6 | enough | ||
7 | you'll | ||
8 | feel | ||
9 | the | ||
10 | stone | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | one | ||
13 | we | ||
14 | all | ||
15 | have | ||
16 | waiting | ||
17 | once | ||
18 | i | ||
19 | found | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | stone | ||
22 | in | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | sea | ||
25 | it | ||
26 | kissed | ||
27 | me | ||
28 | as | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | sea | ||
31 | pawed | ||
32 | at | ||
33 | my | ||
34 | back | ||
diff --git a/river/love-as-god.river b/river/love-as-god.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d2363ff --- /dev/null +++ b/river/love-as-god.river | |||
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1 | love | ||
2 | as | ||
3 | god | ||
4 | god | ||
5 | is | ||
6 | love | ||
7 | they | ||
8 | say | ||
9 | but | ||
10 | there | ||
11 | is | ||
12 | no | ||
13 | god | ||
14 | therefore | ||
15 | how | ||
16 | can | ||
17 | there | ||
18 | be | ||
19 | love | ||
20 | and | ||
21 | if | ||
22 | there | ||
23 | is | ||
24 | no | ||
25 | love | ||
26 | how | ||
27 | can | ||
28 | there | ||
29 | be | ||
30 | god | ||
31 | there | ||
32 | are | ||
33 | things | ||
34 | in | ||
35 | life | ||
36 | i | ||
37 | suppose | ||
38 | that | ||
39 | are | ||
40 | simply | ||
41 | unanswerable | ||
42 | mysteries | ||
43 | of | ||
44 | existence | ||
45 | maybe | ||
46 | this | ||
47 | god | ||
48 | and | ||
49 | love | ||
50 | are | ||
51 | one | ||
52 | maybe | ||
53 | there | ||
54 | are | ||
55 | many | ||
56 | loves | ||
57 | instead | ||
58 | of | ||
59 | one | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | difference | ||
62 | between | ||
63 | what | ||
64 | isn't | ||
65 | and | ||
66 | what | ||
67 | is | ||
68 | could | ||
69 | merely | ||
70 | be | ||
71 | one | ||
72 | of | ||
73 | scope | ||
74 | the | ||
75 | mystery | ||
76 | is | ||
77 | how | ||
78 | we | ||
79 | speak | ||
80 | only | ||
81 | of | ||
82 | one | ||
83 | love | ||
84 | to | ||
85 | act | ||
86 | as | ||
87 | though | ||
88 | we | ||
89 | know | ||
90 | we | ||
91 | are | ||
92 | supposed | ||
93 | to | ||
94 | love | ||
95 | only | ||
96 | one | ||
97 | other | ||
98 | or | ||
99 | that | ||
100 | one | ||
101 | other | ||
102 | and | ||
103 | god | ||
104 | but | ||
105 | supposing | ||
106 | that | ||
107 | one | ||
108 | other | ||
109 | is | ||
110 | god | ||
111 | what | ||
112 | then | ||
113 | is | ||
114 | the | ||
115 | god-lover | ||
116 | to | ||
117 | walk | ||
118 | alone | ||
119 | supported | ||
120 | by | ||
121 | god | ||
122 | only | ||
123 | when | ||
124 | he | ||
125 | feels | ||
126 | he | ||
127 | is | ||
128 | supposed | ||
129 | to | ||
130 | support | ||
131 | her | ||
132 | what | ||
133 | kind | ||
134 | of | ||
135 | love | ||
136 | is | ||
137 | this | ||
138 | i | ||
139 | would | ||
140 | argue | ||
141 | in | ||
142 | fact | ||
143 | this | ||
144 | isn't | ||
145 | love | ||
146 | this | ||
147 | one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand | ||
148 | mystery | ||
149 | how | ||
150 | to | ||
151 | define | ||
152 | two | ||
153 | loves | ||
154 | as | ||
155 | one | ||
156 | is | ||
157 | the | ||
158 | mystery | ||
159 | it's | ||
160 | obvious | ||
161 | to | ||
162 | many | ||
163 | there | ||
164 | is | ||
165 | a | ||
166 | thing | ||
167 | called | ||
168 | god | ||
169 | and | ||
170 | just | ||
171 | as | ||
172 | obvious | ||
173 | that | ||
174 | there | ||
175 | is | ||
176 | one | ||
177 | called | ||
178 | love | ||
179 | maybe | ||
180 | we | ||
181 | fool | ||
182 | ourselves | ||
183 | we | ||
184 | who | ||
185 | can't | ||
186 | be | ||
187 | alone | ||
188 | maybe | ||
189 | we | ||
190 | don't | ||
191 | know | ||
192 | what | ||
193 | either | ||
194 | god | ||
195 | or | ||
196 | love | ||
197 | is | ||
198 | maybe | ||
199 | and | ||
200 | perhaps | ||
201 | but | ||
202 | i | ||
203 | for | ||
204 | one | ||
205 | propose | ||
206 | that | ||
207 | we | ||
208 | as | ||
209 | only | ||
210 | humans | ||
211 | are | ||
212 | not | ||
213 | supposed | ||
214 | to | ||
215 | know | ||
216 | or | ||
217 | understand | ||
218 | capital-l | ||
219 | life | ||
220 | that | ||
221 | mystery | ||
222 | isn't | ||
223 | it | ||
224 | enough | ||
225 | to | ||
226 | know | ||
227 | that | ||
228 | god | ||
229 | is | ||
230 | love | ||
231 | and | ||
232 | love | ||
233 | is | ||
234 | god | ||
235 | no | ||
236 | matter | ||
237 | which | ||
238 | one | ||
239 | does | ||
240 | or | ||
241 | does | ||
242 | not | ||
243 | exist | ||
244 | what | ||
245 | is | ||
246 | life | ||
247 | if | ||
248 | no | ||
249 | love | ||
250 | if | ||
251 | no | ||
252 | god | ||
253 | maybe | ||
254 | this | ||
255 | saying | ||
256 | god | ||
257 | is | ||
258 | love | ||
259 | is | ||
260 | less | ||
261 | a | ||
262 | definition | ||
263 | of | ||
264 | god | ||
265 | what | ||
266 | what | ||
267 | love | ||
268 | is | ||
269 | supposed | ||
270 | to | ||
271 | be | ||
272 | of | ||
273 | these | ||
274 | two | ||
275 | terms | ||
276 | maybe2 | ||
277 | the | ||
278 | one | ||
279 | we | ||
280 | should | ||
281 | capitalize | ||
282 | is | ||
283 | love | ||
284 | that | ||
285 | great | ||
286 | mystery | ||
287 | of | ||
288 | chemistry | ||
289 | and | ||
290 | longing | ||
291 | maybe | ||
292 | love | ||
293 | is | ||
294 | god | ||
295 | is | ||
296 | a | ||
297 | more | ||
298 | fitting | ||
299 | epigraph | ||
300 | for | ||
301 | what | ||
302 | life | ||
303 | is | ||
304 | made | ||
305 | of | ||
306 | love | ||
307 | that | ||
308 | most | ||
309 | delicate | ||
310 | most | ||
311 | misty | ||
312 | of | ||
313 | all | ||
314 | emotions | ||
315 | is | ||
316 | supposed | ||
317 | to | ||
318 | be | ||
319 | their | ||
320 | god | ||
321 | as | ||
322 | the | ||
323 | one | ||
324 | that | ||
325 | binds | ||
326 | us | ||
327 | that | ||
328 | was | ||
329 | that | ||
330 | will | ||
331 | be | ||
332 | that | ||
333 | is | ||
diff --git a/river/lovesong.river b/river/lovesong.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..740a7ea --- /dev/null +++ b/river/lovesong.river | |||
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1 | love | ||
2 | song | ||
3 | walking | ||
4 | along | ||
5 | in | ||
6 | the | ||
7 | dark | ||
8 | is | ||
9 | a | ||
10 | good | ||
11 | way | ||
12 | to | ||
13 | begin | ||
14 | a | ||
15 | song | ||
16 | walking | ||
17 | home | ||
18 | in | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | dark | ||
21 | after | ||
22 | a | ||
23 | long | ||
24 | day | ||
25 | chasing | ||
26 | criminals | ||
27 | is | ||
28 | another | ||
29 | running | ||
30 | away | ||
31 | from | ||
32 | an | ||
33 | imagined | ||
34 | evil | ||
35 | is | ||
36 | no | ||
37 | way | ||
38 | to | ||
39 | begin | ||
40 | a | ||
41 | story | ||
42 | i | ||
43 | am | ||
44 | telling | ||
45 | you | ||
46 | this | ||
47 | because | ||
48 | you | ||
49 | wanted | ||
50 | to | ||
51 | know | ||
52 | what | ||
53 | it's | ||
54 | like | ||
55 | to | ||
56 | tell | ||
57 | something | ||
58 | so | ||
59 | beautiful | ||
60 | everyone | ||
61 | will | ||
62 | cry | ||
63 | i | ||
64 | am | ||
65 | telling | ||
66 | you | ||
67 | because | ||
68 | i | ||
69 | want | ||
70 | you | ||
71 | to | ||
72 | know | ||
73 | what | ||
74 | it | ||
75 | is | ||
76 | to | ||
77 | keep | ||
78 | everything | ||
79 | inside | ||
80 | of | ||
81 | you | ||
82 | i | ||
83 | am | ||
84 | telling | ||
85 | you | ||
86 | can | ||
87 | you | ||
88 | see | ||
89 | can | ||
90 | you | ||
91 | see | ||
92 | into | ||
93 | me | ||
94 | and | ||
95 | reach | ||
96 | in | ||
97 | your | ||
98 | hand | ||
99 | and | ||
100 | pull | ||
101 | me | ||
102 | inside | ||
103 | out | ||
104 | like | ||
105 | an | ||
106 | old | ||
107 | shirt | ||
108 | will | ||
109 | you | ||
110 | wear | ||
111 | me | ||
112 | until | ||
113 | i | ||
114 | unravel | ||
115 | on | ||
116 | your | ||
117 | shoulders | ||
118 | will | ||
119 | you | ||
120 | cut | ||
121 | me | ||
122 | apart | ||
123 | and | ||
124 | use | ||
125 | my | ||
126 | skin | ||
127 | to | ||
128 | clean | ||
129 | up | ||
130 | the | ||
131 | cola | ||
132 | you | ||
133 | spill | ||
134 | on | ||
135 | the | ||
136 | floor | ||
137 | when | ||
138 | you're | ||
139 | drunk | ||
140 | i | ||
141 | want | ||
142 | you | ||
143 | to | ||
144 | know | ||
145 | that | ||
146 | i | ||
147 | want | ||
148 | you | ||
149 | to | ||
150 | know | ||
151 | do | ||
152 | you | ||
153 | want | ||
154 | me | ||
155 | to | ||
156 | know | ||
157 | is | ||
158 | to | ||
159 | know | ||
160 | i | ||
161 | you | ||
162 | want | ||
163 | we | ||
164 | we | ||
165 | want | ||
166 | that | ||
167 | is | ||
168 | why | ||
169 | we're | ||
170 | here | ||
171 | to | ||
172 | want | ||
173 | is | ||
174 | to | ||
175 | be | ||
176 | is | ||
177 | to | ||
178 | want | ||
179 | and | ||
180 | i | ||
181 | want | ||
182 | you | ||
183 | do | ||
184 | you | ||
185 | also | ||
186 | check | ||
187 | yes | ||
188 | or | ||
189 | no | ||
190 | there | ||
191 | is | ||
192 | a | ||
193 | way | ||
194 | to | ||
195 | end | ||
196 | every | ||
197 | story | ||
198 | every | ||
199 | song | ||
200 | every | ||
201 | criminal | ||
202 | must | ||
203 | be | ||
204 | caught | ||
205 | even | ||
206 | those | ||
207 | who | ||
208 | cry | ||
209 | dry | ||
210 | their | ||
211 | tears | ||
212 | i | ||
213 | cannot | ||
214 | tell | ||
215 | you | ||
216 | all | ||
217 | i | ||
218 | want | ||
219 | because | ||
220 | i | ||
221 | want | ||
222 | to | ||
223 | tell | ||
224 | you | ||
225 | everything | ||
226 | there | ||
227 | is | ||
228 | no | ||
229 | art | ||
230 | because | ||
231 | there | ||
232 | is | ||
233 | no | ||
234 | mirror | ||
235 | big | ||
236 | enough | ||
237 | we | ||
238 | wake | ||
239 | up | ||
240 | every | ||
241 | day | ||
242 | sometimes | ||
243 | we | ||
244 | sleep | ||
diff --git a/river/man.river b/river/man.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..37274bb --- /dev/null +++ b/river/man.river | |||
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1 | man | ||
2 | this | ||
3 | man | ||
4 | refused | ||
5 | to | ||
6 | open | ||
7 | his | ||
8 | eyes | ||
9 | paul | ||
10 | read | ||
11 | this | ||
12 | on | ||
13 | an | ||
14 | old | ||
15 | mugshot | ||
16 | in | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | library | ||
19 | he | ||
20 | had | ||
21 | taken | ||
22 | the | ||
23 | bus | ||
24 | into | ||
25 | town | ||
26 | to | ||
27 | check | ||
28 | out | ||
29 | a | ||
30 | few | ||
31 | books | ||
32 | on | ||
33 | woodworking | ||
34 | and | ||
35 | got | ||
36 | distracted | ||
37 | by | ||
38 | the | ||
39 | true | ||
40 | crime | ||
41 | section | ||
42 | he | ||
43 | found | ||
44 | this | ||
45 | mugshot | ||
46 | in | ||
47 | a | ||
48 | book | ||
49 | titled | ||
50 | crooks | ||
51 | like | ||
52 | us | ||
53 | that | ||
54 | was | ||
55 | published | ||
56 | in | ||
57 | sydney | ||
58 | he | ||
59 | liked | ||
60 | how | ||
61 | cities | ||
62 | were | ||
63 | named | ||
64 | after | ||
65 | women | ||
66 | or | ||
67 | how | ||
68 | women | ||
69 | were | ||
70 | named | ||
71 | after | ||
72 | cities | ||
73 | whichever | ||
74 | was | ||
75 | true | ||
76 | the | ||
77 | man | ||
78 | in | ||
79 | the | ||
80 | picture's | ||
81 | eyes | ||
82 | were | ||
83 | tightly | ||
84 | shut | ||
85 | as | ||
86 | though | ||
87 | he'd | ||
88 | just | ||
89 | come | ||
90 | into | ||
91 | the | ||
92 | brightness | ||
93 | of | ||
94 | day | ||
95 | after | ||
96 | being | ||
97 | dark | ||
98 | inside | ||
99 | for | ||
100 | a | ||
101 | long | ||
102 | time | ||
103 | his | ||
104 | head | ||
105 | was | ||
106 | tilted | ||
107 | up | ||
108 | and | ||
109 | slightly | ||
110 | to | ||
111 | the | ||
112 | right | ||
113 | he | ||
114 | was | ||
115 | wearing | ||
116 | a | ||
117 | short | ||
118 | light | ||
119 | tie | ||
120 | with | ||
121 | hash | ||
122 | marks | ||
123 | and | ||
124 | a | ||
125 | pinstripe | ||
126 | suit | ||
127 | paul | ||
128 | wished | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | photograph | ||
131 | was | ||
132 | in | ||
133 | color | ||
134 | he | ||
135 | was | ||
136 | standing | ||
137 | in | ||
138 | front | ||
139 | of | ||
140 | a | ||
141 | plain | ||
142 | brown | ||
143 | wall | ||
144 | covered | ||
145 | in | ||
146 | fabric | ||
147 | the | ||
148 | man's | ||
149 | eyes | ||
150 | were | ||
151 | not | ||
152 | so | ||
153 | tightly | ||
154 | shut | ||
155 | as | ||
156 | paul | ||
157 | first | ||
158 | thought | ||
159 | his | ||
160 | eyebrows | ||
161 | lifted | ||
162 | away | ||
163 | from | ||
164 | the | ||
165 | eyes | ||
166 | giving | ||
167 | the | ||
168 | man | ||
169 | a | ||
170 | bemused | ||
171 | look | ||
172 | his | ||
173 | mouth | ||
174 | was | ||
175 | slightly | ||
176 | opened | ||
177 | in | ||
178 | what | ||
179 | seemed | ||
180 | to | ||
181 | paul | ||
182 | like | ||
183 | a | ||
184 | grin | ||
185 | this | ||
186 | was | ||
187 | accentuated | ||
188 | by | ||
189 | the | ||
190 | man's | ||
191 | ears | ||
192 | which | ||
193 | were | ||
194 | large | ||
195 | paul | ||
196 | wasn't | ||
197 | sure | ||
198 | why | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | ears | ||
201 | made | ||
202 | the | ||
203 | man | ||
204 | look | ||
205 | happier | ||
206 | he | ||
207 | wondered | ||
208 | what | ||
209 | crime | ||
210 | he | ||
211 | had | ||
212 | committed | ||
213 | above | ||
214 | the | ||
215 | man's | ||
216 | head | ||
217 | was | ||
218 | written | ||
219 | t | ||
220 | bede | ||
221 | 22 | ||
222 | 11 | ||
223 | 28 | ||
224 | / | ||
225 | 203 | ||
226 | a | ||
227 | this | ||
228 | man | ||
229 | refused | ||
230 | to | ||
231 | open | ||
232 | his | ||
233 | eyes | ||
234 | was | ||
235 | written | ||
236 | over | ||
237 | his | ||
238 | suit | ||
239 | directly | ||
240 | below | ||
241 | his | ||
242 | ribcage | ||
diff --git a/river/moon-drowning.river b/river/moon-drowning.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d03b60d --- /dev/null +++ b/river/moon-drowning.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | moon | ||
3 | is | ||
4 | drowning | ||
5 | the | ||
6 | moon | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | drowning | ||
9 | the | ||
10 | stars | ||
11 | it | ||
12 | pushes | ||
13 | them | ||
14 | under | ||
15 | into | ||
16 | the | ||
17 | darkness | ||
18 | they | ||
19 | cannot | ||
20 | breathe | ||
21 | they | ||
22 | are | ||
23 | flailing | ||
24 | the | ||
25 | moon | ||
26 | boasts | ||
27 | to | ||
28 | my | ||
29 | shadow | ||
30 | how | ||
31 | powerful | ||
32 | is | ||
33 | the | ||
34 | moon | ||
35 | how | ||
36 | great | ||
37 | its | ||
38 | light | ||
39 | my | ||
40 | shadow | ||
41 | nods | ||
42 | and | ||
43 | calls | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | moon | ||
46 | father | ||
47 | though | ||
48 | it | ||
49 | acknowledges | ||
50 | also | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | existence | ||
53 | of | ||
54 | others | ||
55 | headlights | ||
56 | are | ||
57 | like | ||
58 | little | ||
59 | moons | ||
60 | father | ||
61 | my | ||
62 | shadow | ||
63 | says | ||
64 | they | ||
65 | pass | ||
66 | like | ||
67 | waves | ||
68 | in | ||
69 | a | ||
70 | dark | ||
71 | ocean | ||
72 | father | ||
73 | moon | ||
74 | becomes | ||
75 | angry | ||
76 | and | ||
77 | threatens | ||
78 | i | ||
79 | can | ||
80 | maroon | ||
81 | you | ||
82 | shadow | ||
83 | i | ||
84 | can | ||
85 | trap | ||
86 | you | ||
87 | in | ||
88 | darkness | ||
89 | your | ||
90 | strength | ||
91 | comes | ||
92 | from | ||
93 | my | ||
94 | own | ||
95 | the | ||
96 | little | ||
97 | moons | ||
98 | are | ||
99 | fleeting | ||
100 | like | ||
101 | foam | ||
102 | on | ||
103 | a | ||
104 | darkened | ||
105 | sea | ||
106 | my | ||
107 | shadow | ||
108 | fears | ||
109 | the | ||
110 | night | ||
111 | as | ||
112 | it | ||
113 | fears | ||
114 | death | ||
115 | but | ||
116 | it | ||
117 | remembers | ||
118 | the | ||
119 | moon's | ||
120 | strength | ||
121 | is | ||
122 | from | ||
123 | another | ||
124 | my | ||
125 | shadow | ||
126 | wants | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | headlights | ||
129 | like | ||
130 | an | ||
131 | ocean | ||
132 | might | ||
133 | want | ||
134 | the | ||
135 | moon | ||
136 | as | ||
137 | a | ||
138 | seducer | ||
139 | as | ||
140 | a | ||
141 | lover | ||
diff --git a/river/moongone.river b/river/moongone.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc2e312 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/moongone.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | moon | ||
3 | is | ||
4 | gone | ||
5 | and | ||
6 | in | ||
7 | its | ||
8 | place | ||
9 | a | ||
10 | mirror | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | moon | ||
13 | is | ||
14 | gone | ||
15 | and | ||
16 | in | ||
17 | its | ||
18 | place | ||
19 | a | ||
20 | mirror | ||
21 | looking | ||
22 | at | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | night | ||
25 | sky | ||
26 | now | ||
27 | yields | ||
28 | nothing | ||
29 | but | ||
30 | the | ||
31 | viewer's | ||
32 | own | ||
33 | face | ||
34 | as | ||
35 | viewed | ||
36 | from | ||
37 | a | ||
38 | million | ||
39 | miles | ||
40 | surrounded | ||
41 | by | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | landscape | ||
44 | he | ||
45 | is | ||
46 | only | ||
47 | vaguely | ||
48 | aware | ||
49 | of | ||
50 | being | ||
51 | surrounded | ||
52 | by | ||
53 | he | ||
54 | believes | ||
55 | that | ||
56 | he | ||
57 | is | ||
58 | alone | ||
59 | surrounded | ||
60 | by | ||
61 | desert | ||
62 | and | ||
63 | mountain | ||
64 | but | ||
65 | behind | ||
66 | him | ||
67 | he | ||
68 | now | ||
69 | sees | ||
70 | it | ||
71 | someone | ||
72 | is | ||
73 | sneaking | ||
74 | up | ||
75 | on | ||
76 | him | ||
77 | he | ||
78 | spins | ||
79 | around | ||
80 | fast | ||
81 | but | ||
82 | no | ||
83 | one | ||
84 | is | ||
85 | there | ||
86 | on | ||
87 | earth | ||
88 | he | ||
89 | looks | ||
90 | back | ||
91 | up | ||
92 | and | ||
93 | they | ||
94 | are | ||
95 | yet | ||
96 | closer | ||
97 | in | ||
98 | the | ||
99 | night | ||
100 | sky | ||
101 | again | ||
102 | he | ||
103 | looks | ||
104 | over | ||
105 | his | ||
106 | shoulder | ||
107 | but | ||
108 | there | ||
109 | is | ||
110 | nothing | ||
111 | not | ||
112 | even | ||
113 | a | ||
114 | desert | ||
115 | mouse | ||
116 | as | ||
117 | he | ||
118 | looks | ||
119 | up | ||
120 | again | ||
121 | he | ||
122 | realizes | ||
123 | it's | ||
124 | a | ||
125 | cloud | ||
126 | above | ||
127 | him | ||
128 | which | ||
129 | due | ||
130 | to | ||
131 | optics | ||
132 | has | ||
133 | looked | ||
134 | like | ||
135 | someone | ||
136 | else | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | cloud | ||
139 | blocks | ||
140 | out | ||
141 | the | ||
142 | moon | ||
143 | which | ||
144 | is | ||
145 | now | ||
146 | a | ||
147 | mirror | ||
148 | and | ||
149 | the | ||
150 | viewer | ||
151 | is | ||
152 | completely | ||
153 | alone | ||
diff --git a/river/mountain.river b/river/mountain.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..78d9850 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/mountain.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | mountain | ||
3 | the | ||
4 | other | ||
5 | side | ||
6 | of | ||
7 | this | ||
8 | mountain | ||
9 | is | ||
10 | not | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | mountain | ||
13 | this | ||
14 | side | ||
15 | is | ||
16 | honey-golden | ||
17 | sticky-sweet | ||
18 | full | ||
19 | of | ||
20 | phone | ||
21 | conversations | ||
22 | with | ||
23 | mother | ||
24 | the | ||
25 | other | ||
26 | side | ||
27 | is | ||
28 | a | ||
29 | bell | ||
30 | ringing | ||
31 | in | ||
32 | the | ||
33 | church-steeple | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | day | ||
36 | mother | ||
37 | died | ||
38 | the | ||
39 | other | ||
40 | side | ||
41 | of | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | mountain | ||
44 | is | ||
45 | not | ||
46 | a | ||
47 | mountain | ||
48 | it | ||
49 | is | ||
50 | a | ||
51 | dark | ||
52 | valley | ||
53 | crossed | ||
54 | by | ||
55 | a | ||
56 | river | ||
57 | there | ||
58 | is | ||
59 | a | ||
60 | ferry | ||
61 | at | ||
62 | the | ||
63 | bottom | ||
64 | this | ||
65 | mountain | ||
66 | is | ||
67 | not | ||
68 | a | ||
69 | mountain | ||
70 | i | ||
71 | walked | ||
72 | to | ||
73 | the | ||
74 | top | ||
75 | but | ||
76 | it | ||
77 | turned | ||
78 | and | ||
79 | was | ||
80 | only | ||
81 | a | ||
82 | shelf | ||
83 | halfway | ||
84 | up | ||
85 | i | ||
86 | felt | ||
87 | like | ||
88 | an | ||
89 | unused | ||
90 | bible | ||
91 | sitting | ||
92 | on | ||
93 | a | ||
94 | dusty | ||
95 | pew | ||
96 | a | ||
97 | hawk | ||
98 | soars | ||
99 | over | ||
100 | the | ||
101 | mountain | ||
102 | she | ||
103 | is | ||
104 | looking | ||
105 | for | ||
106 | home | ||
diff --git a/river/movingsideways.river b/river/movingsideways.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..17edefa --- /dev/null +++ b/river/movingsideways.river | |||
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1 | moving | ||
2 | sideways | ||
3 | a | ||
4 | dog | ||
5 | moving | ||
6 | sideways | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | sick | ||
9 | a | ||
10 | man | ||
11 | moving | ||
12 | sideways | ||
13 | is | ||
14 | drunk | ||
15 | thus | ||
16 | if | ||
17 | you | ||
18 | want | ||
19 | to | ||
20 | be | ||
21 | mindful | ||
22 | of | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | movings | ||
25 | of | ||
26 | the | ||
27 | universe | ||
28 | sideways | ||
29 | become | ||
30 | either | ||
31 | drunk | ||
32 | or | ||
33 | sick | ||
34 | by | ||
35 | doing | ||
36 | this | ||
37 | you | ||
38 | remove | ||
39 | yourself | ||
40 | from | ||
41 | the | ||
42 | equation | ||
43 | and | ||
44 | are | ||
45 | able | ||
46 | to | ||
47 | observe | ||
48 | without | ||
49 | being | ||
50 | observed | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | universe | ||
53 | as | ||
54 | it | ||
55 | dances | ||
56 | sideways | ||
57 | drunkenly | ||
58 | shit | ||
59 | wait | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | problem | ||
62 | is | ||
63 | not | ||
64 | that | ||
65 | by | ||
66 | observing | ||
67 | you | ||
68 | are | ||
69 | observed | ||
70 | although | ||
71 | quantum | ||
72 | mechanics | ||
73 | may | ||
74 | disagreequantum | ||
75 | mechanics | ||
76 | as | ||
77 | is | ||
78 | well | ||
79 | known | ||
80 | are | ||
81 | the | ||
82 | most | ||
83 | hornery | ||
84 | and | ||
85 | least | ||
86 | agreeable | ||
87 | of | ||
88 | all | ||
89 | mechanics | ||
90 | the | ||
91 | cost | ||
92 | to | ||
93 | get | ||
94 | one | ||
95 | quantum | ||
96 | serviced | ||
97 | is | ||
98 | usually | ||
99 | at | ||
100 | least | ||
101 | eight | ||
102 | times | ||
103 | more | ||
104 | expensive | ||
105 | than | ||
106 | the | ||
107 | cost | ||
108 | of | ||
109 | an | ||
110 | average | ||
111 | automobile | ||
112 | tune-up | ||
113 | for | ||
114 | reasons | ||
115 | not | ||
116 | clearly | ||
117 | known | ||
118 | the | ||
119 | quantum | ||
120 | mechanics | ||
121 | themselves | ||
122 | claim | ||
123 | it's | ||
124 | the | ||
125 | smallness | ||
126 | of | ||
127 | their | ||
128 | work | ||
129 | that | ||
130 | justifies | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | price | ||
133 | but | ||
134 | it | ||
135 | doesn't | ||
136 | really | ||
137 | look | ||
138 | like | ||
139 | they're | ||
140 | doing | ||
141 | anything | ||
142 | and | ||
143 | besides | ||
144 | my | ||
145 | quantum | ||
146 | always | ||
147 | seems | ||
148 | to | ||
149 | break | ||
150 | again | ||
151 | within | ||
152 | six | ||
153 | months | ||
154 | maybe | ||
155 | i'm | ||
156 | just | ||
157 | driving | ||
158 | it | ||
159 | too | ||
160 | hard | ||
161 | because | ||
162 | obviously | ||
163 | dogs | ||
164 | don't | ||
165 | know | ||
166 | we're | ||
167 | observing | ||
168 | them | ||
169 | when | ||
170 | we | ||
171 | watch | ||
172 | them | ||
173 | through | ||
174 | cameras | ||
175 | in | ||
176 | their | ||
177 | little | ||
178 | yard | ||
179 | while | ||
180 | they | ||
181 | play | ||
182 | and | ||
183 | eat | ||
184 | and | ||
185 | poop | ||
186 | who | ||
187 | poops | ||
188 | knowingly | ||
189 | on | ||
190 | camera | ||
191 | the | ||
192 | problem | ||
193 | is | ||
194 | the | ||
195 | actual | ||
196 | act | ||
197 | of | ||
198 | observing | ||
199 | that | ||
200 | distorts | ||
201 | the | ||
202 | world | ||
203 | into | ||
204 | what | ||
205 | we | ||
206 | want | ||
207 | it | ||
208 | to | ||
209 | be | ||
210 | what | ||
211 | i | ||
212 | want | ||
213 | to | ||
214 | know | ||
215 | is | ||
216 | this | ||
217 | why | ||
218 | is | ||
219 | this | ||
220 | necessarily | ||
221 | a | ||
222 | problem | ||
223 | the | ||
224 | dog | ||
225 | is | ||
226 | made | ||
227 | by | ||
228 | mankind | ||
229 | to | ||
230 | frolic | ||
231 | and | ||
232 | poop | ||
233 | and | ||
234 | sniff | ||
235 | and | ||
236 | growl | ||
237 | and | ||
238 | dig | ||
239 | why | ||
240 | cannot | ||
241 | the | ||
242 | man | ||
243 | be | ||
244 | made | ||
245 | to | ||
246 | observe | ||
247 | the | ||
248 | world | ||
249 | incorrectly | ||
250 | around | ||
251 | him | ||
252 | and | ||
253 | worry | ||
254 | about | ||
255 | it | ||
256 | men | ||
257 | have | ||
258 | always | ||
259 | wandered | ||
260 | about | ||
261 | the | ||
262 | earth | ||
263 | does | ||
264 | it | ||
265 | not | ||
266 | make | ||
267 | sense | ||
268 | that | ||
269 | also | ||
270 | they | ||
271 | should | ||
272 | wonder | ||
273 | in | ||
274 | their | ||
275 | minds | ||
276 | what | ||
277 | makes | ||
278 | it | ||
279 | all | ||
280 | work | ||
281 | i | ||
282 | attempted | ||
283 | to | ||
284 | strike | ||
285 | this | ||
286 | terrible | ||
287 | pun | ||
288 | from | ||
289 | the | ||
290 | account | ||
291 | but | ||
292 | hezekiah | ||
293 | demanded | ||
294 | i | ||
295 | keep | ||
296 | it | ||
297 | if | ||
298 | he | ||
299 | were | ||
300 | to | ||
301 | continue | ||
302 | the | ||
303 | relation | ||
304 | of | ||
305 | his | ||
306 | prophecy-slash-advice | ||
307 | column | ||
308 | in | ||
309 | fact | ||
310 | this | ||
311 | is | ||
312 | the | ||
313 | very | ||
314 | center | ||
315 | of | ||
316 | the | ||
317 | creative | ||
318 | being | ||
319 | the | ||
320 | ability | ||
321 | to | ||
322 | move | ||
323 | sideways | ||
324 | to | ||
325 | dance | ||
326 | with | ||
327 | reality | ||
328 | and | ||
329 | judge | ||
330 | it | ||
331 | as | ||
332 | it | ||
333 | judges | ||
334 | you | ||
335 | much | ||
336 | like | ||
337 | teenagers | ||
338 | at | ||
339 | the | ||
340 | junior | ||
341 | prom | ||
342 | of | ||
343 | course | ||
344 | reality | ||
345 | doesn't | ||
346 | judge | ||
347 | us | ||
348 | back | ||
349 | but | ||
350 | that | ||
351 | doesn't | ||
352 | mean | ||
353 | that | ||
354 | it | ||
355 | doesn't | ||
356 | if | ||
357 | you | ||
358 | think | ||
359 | it's | ||
360 | judging | ||
361 | you | ||
362 | then | ||
363 | observe | ||
364 | in | ||
365 | your | ||
366 | surroundings | ||
367 | your | ||
368 | own | ||
369 | insecurities | ||
370 | it | ||
371 | is | ||
372 | obvious | ||
373 | that | ||
374 | this | ||
375 | way | ||
376 | of | ||
377 | doing | ||
378 | things | ||
379 | is | ||
380 | far | ||
381 | from | ||
382 | vogue | ||
383 | usually | ||
384 | projecting | ||
385 | inner | ||
386 | pain | ||
387 | onto | ||
388 | the | ||
389 | outer | ||
390 | world | ||
391 | is | ||
392 | classified | ||
393 | as | ||
394 | pathology | ||
395 | however | ||
396 | this | ||
397 | is | ||
398 | because | ||
399 | it | ||
400 | is | ||
401 | assumed | ||
402 | that | ||
403 | the | ||
404 | outer | ||
405 | world | ||
406 | is | ||
407 | on | ||
408 | its | ||
409 | own | ||
410 | terms | ||
411 | which | ||
412 | it | ||
413 | obviously | ||
414 | isn't | ||
415 | as | ||
416 | far | ||
417 | as | ||
418 | we | ||
419 | know | ||
420 | it | ||
421 | follows | ||
422 | that | ||
423 | as | ||
424 | there | ||
425 | is | ||
426 | no | ||
427 | backdrop | ||
428 | against | ||
429 | which | ||
430 | to | ||
431 | judge | ||
432 | our | ||
433 | quirks | ||
434 | the | ||
435 | quirks | ||
436 | must | ||
437 | not | ||
438 | exist | ||
439 | thus | ||
440 | all | ||
441 | is | ||
442 | right | ||
443 | with | ||
444 | the | ||
445 | world | ||
diff --git a/river/music-433.river b/river/music-433.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/music-433.river | |||
diff --git a/river/no-nothing.river b/river/no-nothing.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/no-nothing.river | |||
diff --git a/river/notes.river b/river/notes.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9fa6de7 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/notes.river | |||
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1 | notes | ||
2 | paul | ||
3 | began | ||
4 | typing | ||
5 | on | ||
6 | notecards | ||
7 | somehow | ||
8 | this | ||
9 | felt | ||
10 | right | ||
11 | to | ||
12 | his | ||
13 | sensibilities | ||
14 | it | ||
15 | was | ||
16 | difficult | ||
17 | to | ||
18 | get | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | little | ||
21 | cards | ||
22 | into | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | typewriter | ||
25 | it | ||
26 | was | ||
27 | a | ||
28 | pain | ||
29 | to | ||
30 | readjust | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | typewriter | ||
33 | for | ||
34 | regular | ||
35 | paper | ||
36 | when | ||
37 | he | ||
38 | wasn't | ||
39 | writing | ||
40 | he | ||
41 | started | ||
42 | typing | ||
43 | everything | ||
44 | on | ||
45 | those | ||
46 | little | ||
47 | notecards | ||
48 | grocery | ||
49 | lists | ||
50 | letters | ||
51 | to | ||
52 | his | ||
53 | grandmother | ||
54 | even | ||
55 | reports | ||
56 | for | ||
57 | work | ||
58 | which | ||
59 | is | ||
60 | what | ||
61 | got | ||
62 | him | ||
63 | in | ||
64 | trouble | ||
65 | but | ||
66 | this | ||
67 | was | ||
68 | all | ||
69 | later | ||
70 | for | ||
71 | now | ||
72 | he | ||
73 | was | ||
74 | writing | ||
75 | his | ||
76 | ideas | ||
77 | notes | ||
78 | he | ||
79 | now | ||
80 | called | ||
81 | them | ||
82 | something | ||
83 | for | ||
84 | him | ||
85 | to | ||
86 | combine | ||
87 | later | ||
88 | into | ||
89 | something | ||
90 | he | ||
91 | didn't | ||
92 | like | ||
93 | to | ||
94 | think | ||
95 | about | ||
96 | it | ||
97 | on | ||
98 | this | ||
99 | particular | ||
100 | cold | ||
101 | winter | ||
102 | morning | ||
103 | he | ||
104 | wrote | ||
105 | woke | ||
106 | up | ||
107 | from | ||
108 | a | ||
109 | dream | ||
110 | i | ||
111 | was | ||
112 | famous | ||
113 | one | ||
114 | of | ||
115 | the | ||
116 | more | ||
117 | famous | ||
118 | people | ||
119 | in | ||
120 | fact | ||
121 | i | ||
122 | had | ||
123 | written | ||
124 | something | ||
125 | everyone | ||
126 | could | ||
127 | relate | ||
128 | to | ||
129 | and | ||
130 | at | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | same | ||
133 | time | ||
134 | proved | ||
135 | my | ||
136 | parents | ||
137 | wrong | ||
138 | because | ||
139 | i | ||
140 | made | ||
141 | a | ||
142 | lot | ||
143 | of | ||
144 | money | ||
145 | or | ||
146 | not | ||
147 | a | ||
148 | lot | ||
149 | but | ||
150 | enough | ||
151 | and | ||
152 | more | ||
153 | than | ||
154 | they | ||
155 | thought | ||
156 | i | ||
157 | would | ||
158 | it | ||
159 | was | ||
160 | a | ||
161 | good | ||
162 | day | ||
163 | woke | ||
164 | up | ||
165 | this | ||
166 | morning | ||
167 | and | ||
168 | i | ||
169 | was | ||
170 | still | ||
171 | cold | ||
172 | still | ||
173 | paul | ||
174 | still | ||
175 | not | ||
176 | good | ||
177 | at | ||
178 | furniture | ||
diff --git a/river/nothing-is-ever-over.river b/river/nothing-is-ever-over.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..962762d --- /dev/null +++ b/river/nothing-is-ever-over.river | |||
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1 | nothing | ||
2 | is | ||
3 | ever | ||
4 | over | ||
5 | nothing | ||
6 | is | ||
7 | ever | ||
8 | over | ||
9 | nothing | ||
10 | is | ||
11 | ever | ||
12 | even | ||
13 | begun | ||
14 | the | ||
15 | foundation | ||
16 | hasn't | ||
17 | been | ||
18 | laid | ||
19 | how | ||
20 | can | ||
21 | we | ||
22 | hope | ||
23 | to | ||
24 | put | ||
25 | in | ||
26 | the | ||
27 | plumbing | ||
28 | the | ||
29 | bed | ||
30 | is | ||
31 | unmade | ||
32 | not | ||
33 | even | ||
34 | made | ||
35 | the | ||
36 | wood | ||
37 | hasn't | ||
38 | been | ||
39 | cleft | ||
40 | from | ||
41 | the | ||
42 | tree | ||
43 | the | ||
44 | seed | ||
45 | hasn't | ||
46 | been | ||
47 | cast | ||
48 | out | ||
49 | of | ||
50 | water | ||
51 | and | ||
52 | growth | ||
53 | and | ||
54 | sun | ||
55 | which | ||
56 | itself | ||
57 | hasn't | ||
58 | started | ||
59 | shining | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | cock | ||
62 | has | ||
63 | never | ||
64 | stopped | ||
65 | crowing | ||
66 | because | ||
67 | he | ||
68 | never | ||
69 | started | ||
70 | peter | ||
71 | betrays | ||
72 | us | ||
73 | again | ||
74 | and | ||
75 | again | ||
76 | with | ||
77 | silence | ||
78 | christ | ||
79 | wakes | ||
80 | up | ||
81 | at | ||
82 | night | ||
83 | choking | ||
84 | from | ||
85 | a | ||
86 | bad | ||
87 | dream | ||
88 | wrists | ||
89 | aching | ||
90 | from | ||
91 | a | ||
92 | dreamt | ||
93 | torturous | ||
94 | pain | ||
diff --git a/river/onformalpoetry.river b/river/onformalpoetry.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2c70736 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/onformalpoetry.river | |||
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1 | on | ||
2 | formal | ||
3 | poetry | ||
4 | i | ||
5 | think | ||
6 | that | ||
7 | i | ||
8 | could | ||
9 | write | ||
10 | formal | ||
11 | poems | ||
12 | exclusively | ||
13 | or | ||
14 | at | ||
15 | least | ||
16 | inclusive | ||
17 | with | ||
18 | all | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | other | ||
21 | stuff | ||
22 | i | ||
23 | write | ||
24 | i | ||
25 | guess | ||
26 | of | ||
27 | course | ||
28 | i've | ||
29 | already | ||
30 | written | ||
31 | a | ||
32 | few | ||
33 | this | ||
34 | one | ||
35 | included | ||
36 | though | ||
37 | formal | ||
38 | is | ||
39 | maybe | ||
40 | a | ||
41 | stretch | ||
42 | is | ||
43 | blank | ||
44 | verse | ||
45 | a | ||
46 | form | ||
47 | what | ||
48 | is | ||
49 | form | ||
50 | anyway | ||
51 | i | ||
52 | picture | ||
53 | old | ||
54 | women | ||
55 | counting | ||
56 | stitches | ||
57 | on | ||
58 | their | ||
59 | knitting | ||
60 | keeping | ||
61 | iambs | ||
62 | next | ||
63 | to | ||
64 | iambs | ||
65 | in | ||
66 | lines | ||
67 | as | ||
68 | straight | ||
69 | and | ||
70 | sure | ||
71 | as | ||
72 | arrows | ||
73 | but | ||
74 | my | ||
75 | sock | ||
76 | is | ||
77 | lumpy | ||
78 | poorly | ||
79 | made | ||
80 | it's | ||
81 | beginning | ||
82 | to | ||
83 | unravel | ||
84 | stresses | ||
85 | don't | ||
86 | line | ||
87 | up | ||
88 | syl | ||
89 | lables | ||
90 | forced | ||
91 | to | ||
92 | fit | ||
93 | like | ||
94 | mcnugget | ||
95 | molds | ||
96 | that | ||
97 | clich | ||
98 | on | ||
99 | the | ||
100 | arrow | ||
101 | i'm | ||
102 | aware | ||
103 | my | ||
104 | prepositions | ||
105 | too | ||
106 | god | ||
107 | where's | ||
108 | it | ||
109 | stop | ||
110 | the | ||
111 | answer | ||
112 | never | ||
113 | i | ||
114 | will | ||
115 | never | ||
116 | stop | ||
117 | writing | ||
118 | poems | ||
119 | or | ||
120 | hating | ||
121 | what | ||
122 | i | ||
123 | write | ||
diff --git a/river/options.river b/river/options.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..549b540 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/options.river | |||
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1 | options | ||
2 | what | ||
3 | did | ||
4 | he | ||
5 | do | ||
6 | when | ||
7 | he | ||
8 | was | ||
9 | in | ||
10 | the | ||
11 | woods | ||
12 | where | ||
13 | did | ||
14 | he | ||
15 | go | ||
16 | was | ||
17 | there | ||
18 | always | ||
19 | one | ||
20 | spot | ||
21 | one | ||
22 | clearing | ||
23 | deep | ||
24 | within | ||
25 | the | ||
26 | heart | ||
27 | of | ||
28 | them | ||
29 | that | ||
30 | he | ||
31 | would | ||
32 | visit | ||
33 | did | ||
34 | he | ||
35 | talk | ||
36 | to | ||
37 | the | ||
38 | trees | ||
39 | or | ||
40 | only | ||
41 | to | ||
42 | himself | ||
43 | when | ||
44 | he | ||
45 | chopped | ||
46 | down | ||
47 | trees | ||
48 | did | ||
49 | he | ||
50 | leave | ||
51 | them | ||
52 | there | ||
53 | to | ||
54 | rot | ||
55 | in | ||
56 | the | ||
57 | quiet | ||
58 | or | ||
59 | did | ||
60 | he | ||
61 | drag | ||
62 | them | ||
63 | out | ||
64 | of | ||
65 | the | ||
66 | woods | ||
67 | behind | ||
68 | his | ||
69 | shack | ||
70 | and | ||
71 | dismember | ||
72 | them | ||
73 | did | ||
74 | he | ||
75 | use | ||
76 | any | ||
77 | for | ||
78 | firewood | ||
79 | or | ||
80 | did | ||
81 | the | ||
82 | pieces | ||
83 | rot | ||
84 | behind | ||
85 | his | ||
86 | shack | ||
87 | forgotten | ||
88 | when | ||
89 | was | ||
90 | the | ||
91 | last | ||
92 | time | ||
93 | he | ||
94 | built | ||
95 | any | ||
96 | furniture | ||
97 | did | ||
98 | he | ||
99 | get | ||
100 | any | ||
101 | better | ||
102 | at | ||
103 | building | ||
104 | it | ||
105 | or | ||
106 | did | ||
107 | he | ||
108 | just | ||
109 | quit | ||
110 | at | ||
111 | some | ||
112 | point | ||
113 | let | ||
114 | the | ||
115 | desire | ||
116 | to | ||
117 | create | ||
118 | fall | ||
119 | behind | ||
120 | him | ||
121 | like | ||
122 | a | ||
123 | forgotten | ||
124 | felled | ||
125 | tree | ||
126 | a | ||
127 | tree | ||
128 | fell | ||
129 | in | ||
130 | the | ||
131 | forest | ||
132 | did | ||
133 | it | ||
134 | make | ||
135 | a | ||
136 | noise | ||
137 | paul | ||
138 | typed | ||
139 | his | ||
140 | thoughts | ||
141 | on | ||
142 | cards | ||
143 | or | ||
144 | wrote | ||
145 | them | ||
146 | in | ||
147 | a | ||
148 | book | ||
149 | did | ||
150 | anyone | ||
151 | read | ||
152 | it | ||
153 | if | ||
154 | anyone | ||
155 | did | ||
156 | was | ||
157 | his | ||
158 | life | ||
159 | changed | ||
160 | for | ||
161 | the | ||
162 | better | ||
163 | or | ||
164 | the | ||
165 | worse | ||
166 | did | ||
167 | he | ||
168 | glance | ||
169 | at | ||
170 | the | ||
171 | mess | ||
172 | in | ||
173 | the | ||
174 | top | ||
175 | drawer | ||
176 | of | ||
177 | his | ||
178 | writing | ||
179 | desk | ||
180 | as | ||
181 | he | ||
182 | cleaned | ||
183 | the | ||
184 | shack | ||
185 | out | ||
186 | long | ||
187 | after | ||
188 | paul | ||
189 | had | ||
190 | quit | ||
191 | using | ||
192 | it | ||
193 | did | ||
194 | he | ||
195 | put | ||
196 | tools | ||
197 | in | ||
198 | there | ||
199 | or | ||
200 | leave | ||
201 | it | ||
202 | empty | ||
203 | what | ||
204 | did | ||
205 | he | ||
206 | do | ||
207 | with | ||
208 | the | ||
209 | desk | ||
210 | did | ||
211 | he | ||
212 | add | ||
213 | it | ||
214 | to | ||
215 | the | ||
216 | pile | ||
217 | of | ||
218 | rotting | ||
219 | wood | ||
220 | out | ||
221 | back | ||
222 | or | ||
223 | did | ||
224 | he | ||
225 | chop | ||
226 | it | ||
227 | up | ||
228 | for | ||
229 | a | ||
230 | bonfire | ||
231 | with | ||
232 | friends | ||
233 | or | ||
234 | a | ||
235 | cozy | ||
236 | fire | ||
237 | with | ||
238 | his | ||
239 | wife | ||
240 | and | ||
241 | children | ||
242 | or | ||
243 | did | ||
244 | he | ||
245 | take | ||
246 | it | ||
247 | to | ||
248 | the | ||
249 | dump | ||
250 | three | ||
251 | miles | ||
252 | away | ||
253 | to | ||
254 | rot | ||
255 | there | ||
256 | are | ||
257 | these | ||
258 | all | ||
259 | the | ||
260 | options | ||
261 | did | ||
262 | paul | ||
263 | ever | ||
264 | think | ||
265 | about | ||
266 | any | ||
267 | of | ||
268 | this | ||
269 | walking | ||
270 | in | ||
271 | the | ||
272 | woods | ||
273 | one | ||
274 | afternoon | ||
275 | after | ||
276 | becoming | ||
277 | frustrated | ||
278 | with | ||
279 | his | ||
280 | writing | ||
281 | did | ||
282 | he | ||
283 | sit | ||
284 | on | ||
285 | a | ||
286 | stump | ||
287 | and | ||
288 | cry | ||
289 | did | ||
290 | he | ||
291 | wonder | ||
292 | whether | ||
293 | he | ||
294 | should | ||
295 | have | ||
296 | made | ||
297 | other | ||
298 | choices | ||
299 | did | ||
300 | he | ||
301 | consider | ||
302 | quitting | ||
303 | smoking | ||
diff --git a/river/ouroboros_memory.river b/river/ouroboros_memory.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ee99799 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/ouroboros_memory.river | |||
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1 | ouroboros | ||
2 | of | ||
3 | memory | ||
4 | he | ||
5 | said | ||
6 | at | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | beginning | ||
9 | it's | ||
10 | like | ||
11 | rolling | ||
12 | yarn | ||
13 | into | ||
14 | a | ||
15 | too-small | ||
16 | ball | ||
17 | sure | ||
18 | you | ||
19 | can | ||
20 | roll | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | memories | ||
23 | around | ||
24 | for | ||
25 | a | ||
26 | while | ||
27 | and | ||
28 | maybe | ||
29 | even | ||
30 | use | ||
31 | some | ||
32 | of | ||
33 | them | ||
34 | eventually | ||
35 | though | ||
36 | you'll | ||
37 | wind | ||
38 | them | ||
39 | all | ||
40 | the | ||
41 | way | ||
42 | out | ||
43 | and | ||
44 | you'll | ||
45 | be | ||
46 | left | ||
47 | with | ||
48 | nothing | ||
49 | but | ||
50 | a | ||
51 | small | ||
52 | loop | ||
53 | you | ||
54 | can | ||
55 | tie | ||
56 | this | ||
57 | loop | ||
58 | around | ||
59 | your | ||
60 | finger | ||
61 | and | ||
62 | start | ||
63 | wrapping | ||
64 | your | ||
65 | body | ||
66 | but | ||
67 | this | ||
68 | is | ||
69 | an | ||
70 | extension | ||
71 | of | ||
72 | the | ||
73 | same | ||
74 | problem | ||
75 | you'll | ||
76 | turn | ||
77 | into | ||
78 | a | ||
79 | mummy | ||
80 | of | ||
81 | memory | ||
82 | there'll | ||
83 | be | ||
84 | nothing | ||
85 | left | ||
86 | underneath | ||
87 | but | ||
88 | a | ||
89 | dead | ||
90 | body | ||
91 | but | ||
92 | what | ||
93 | does | ||
94 | it | ||
95 | mean | ||
96 | to | ||
97 | remember | ||
98 | the | ||
99 | body | ||
100 | with | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | body | ||
103 | i | ||
104 | imagine | ||
105 | a | ||
106 | creature | ||
107 | made | ||
108 | of | ||
109 | memory | ||
110 | putting | ||
111 | its | ||
112 | feet | ||
113 | in | ||
114 | its | ||
115 | mouth | ||
116 | turning | ||
117 | into | ||
118 | a | ||
119 | ball | ||
120 | in | ||
121 | this | ||
122 | way | ||
123 | it | ||
124 | could | ||
125 | roll | ||
126 | all | ||
127 | around | ||
128 | the | ||
129 | landscape | ||
130 | of | ||
131 | its | ||
132 | memory | ||
133 | i've | ||
134 | tried | ||
135 | explaining | ||
136 | this | ||
137 | to | ||
138 | other | ||
139 | people | ||
140 | but | ||
141 | it | ||
142 | doesn't | ||
143 | make | ||
144 | any | ||
145 | sense | ||
146 | to | ||
147 | them | ||
148 | the | ||
149 | task | ||
150 | of | ||
151 | eating | ||
152 | one's | ||
153 | feet | ||
154 | is | ||
155 | to | ||
156 | them | ||
157 | an | ||
158 | unsolvable | ||
159 | problem | ||
160 | they | ||
161 | seem | ||
162 | to | ||
163 | forgotten | ||
164 | that | ||
165 | as | ||
166 | babies | ||
167 | they | ||
168 | were | ||
169 | able | ||
170 | to | ||
171 | make | ||
172 | themselves | ||
173 | into | ||
174 | loops | ||
175 | so | ||
176 | i | ||
177 | increase | ||
178 | the | ||
179 | count | ||
180 | to | ||
181 | two | ||
182 | two | ||
183 | snakes | ||
184 | eating | ||
185 | each | ||
186 | other's | ||
187 | tales | ||
188 | forming | ||
189 | a | ||
190 | loop | ||
191 | in | ||
192 | this | ||
193 | way | ||
194 | they | ||
195 | are | ||
196 | able | ||
197 | to | ||
198 | put | ||
199 | two | ||
200 | heads | ||
201 | on | ||
202 | one | ||
203 | body | ||
204 | this | ||
205 | doubles | ||
206 | the | ||
207 | number | ||
208 | of | ||
209 | memories | ||
210 | which | ||
211 | really | ||
212 | only | ||
213 | exacerbates | ||
214 | the | ||
215 | problem | ||
216 | it's | ||
217 | like | ||
218 | trying | ||
219 | to | ||
220 | roll | ||
221 | two | ||
222 | different | ||
223 | materials | ||
224 | up | ||
225 | into | ||
226 | a | ||
227 | ball | ||
228 | the | ||
229 | people | ||
230 | i | ||
231 | tell | ||
232 | this | ||
233 | to | ||
234 | don't | ||
235 | understand | ||
236 | this | ||
237 | either | ||
238 | they | ||
239 | say | ||
240 | using | ||
241 | two | ||
242 | animals | ||
243 | makes | ||
244 | sense | ||
245 | to | ||
246 | them | ||
247 | they | ||
248 | say | ||
249 | there | ||
250 | must | ||
251 | be | ||
252 | different | ||
253 | types | ||
254 | of | ||
255 | memory | ||
256 | i | ||
257 | disagree | ||
258 | with | ||
259 | this | ||
260 | theory | ||
261 | of | ||
262 | memory | ||
263 | i | ||
264 | think | ||
265 | there | ||
266 | is | ||
267 | at | ||
268 | bottom | ||
269 | only | ||
270 | one | ||
271 | type | ||
272 | of | ||
273 | anything | ||
274 | with | ||
275 | subtypes | ||
276 | grouped | ||
277 | together | ||
278 | along | ||
279 | the | ||
280 | edge | ||
281 | of | ||
282 | a | ||
283 | loop | ||
284 | color | ||
285 | becomes | ||
286 | a | ||
287 | good | ||
288 | metaphor | ||
289 | look | ||
290 | how | ||
291 | many | ||
292 | of | ||
293 | them | ||
294 | yet | ||
295 | they | ||
296 | are | ||
297 | all | ||
298 | consumed | ||
299 | by | ||
300 | the | ||
301 | same | ||
302 | part | ||
303 | of | ||
304 | the | ||
305 | body | ||
306 | maybe | ||
307 | two | ||
308 | different | ||
309 | materials | ||
310 | are | ||
311 | still | ||
312 | made | ||
313 | of | ||
314 | material | ||
315 | and | ||
316 | maybe | ||
317 | they | ||
318 | can | ||
319 | be | ||
320 | rolled | ||
321 | into | ||
322 | a | ||
323 | ball | ||
324 | maybe | ||
325 | there | ||
326 | actually | ||
327 | never | ||
328 | was | ||
329 | a | ||
330 | problem | ||
331 | or | ||
332 | maybe | ||
333 | and | ||
334 | this | ||
335 | is | ||
336 | more | ||
337 | likely | ||
338 | i | ||
339 | need | ||
340 | to | ||
341 | restate | ||
342 | the | ||
343 | problem | ||
344 | i | ||
345 | think | ||
346 | it | ||
347 | all | ||
348 | boils | ||
349 | down | ||
350 | to | ||
351 | the | ||
352 | fact | ||
353 | that | ||
354 | i | ||
355 | have | ||
356 | a | ||
357 | truly | ||
358 | lousy | ||
359 | memory | ||
360 | i've | ||
361 | tried | ||
362 | different | ||
363 | mnemonic | ||
364 | devices | ||
365 | like | ||
366 | imagining | ||
367 | each | ||
368 | thing | ||
369 | i | ||
370 | need | ||
371 | to | ||
372 | remember | ||
373 | being | ||
374 | visited | ||
375 | by | ||
376 | a | ||
377 | bouncing | ||
378 | ball | ||
379 | i've | ||
380 | tried | ||
381 | trying | ||
382 | string | ||
383 | into | ||
384 | finger-loops | ||
385 | i've | ||
386 | even | ||
387 | tried | ||
388 | writing | ||
389 | the | ||
390 | things | ||
391 | i | ||
392 | need | ||
393 | to | ||
394 | remember | ||
395 | on | ||
396 | my | ||
397 | body | ||
398 | if | ||
399 | you | ||
400 | asked | ||
401 | me | ||
402 | do | ||
403 | any | ||
404 | of | ||
405 | these | ||
406 | work | ||
407 | i | ||
408 | would | ||
409 | have | ||
410 | to | ||
411 | answer | ||
412 | none | ||
413 | of | ||
414 | them | ||
415 | sometimes | ||
416 | in | ||
417 | the | ||
418 | morning | ||
419 | i | ||
420 | realize | ||
421 | dumbly | ||
422 | i've | ||
423 | forgotten | ||
424 | my | ||
425 | words | ||
426 | all | ||
427 | of | ||
428 | them | ||
429 | they | ||
430 | generally | ||
431 | come | ||
432 | back | ||
433 | by | ||
434 | around | ||
435 | ten | ||
436 | o'clock | ||
437 | but | ||
438 | the | ||
439 | frequency | ||
440 | with | ||
441 | which | ||
442 | this | ||
443 | is | ||
444 | occurring | ||
445 | is | ||
446 | becoming | ||
447 | a | ||
448 | problem | ||
449 | i | ||
450 | feel | ||
451 | that | ||
452 | my | ||
453 | brain | ||
454 | is | ||
455 | being | ||
456 | separated | ||
457 | from | ||
458 | my | ||
459 | body | ||
460 | is | ||
461 | there | ||
462 | a | ||
463 | place | ||
464 | in | ||
465 | the | ||
466 | universe | ||
467 | for | ||
468 | a | ||
469 | misplaced | ||
470 | memory | ||
471 | does | ||
472 | it | ||
473 | eat | ||
474 | its | ||
475 | own | ||
476 | tail | ||
477 | and | ||
478 | roll | ||
479 | around | ||
480 | the | ||
481 | universe | ||
482 | as | ||
483 | it | ||
484 | loops | ||
485 | does | ||
486 | it | ||
487 | shrink | ||
488 | down | ||
489 | and | ||
490 | become | ||
491 | lost | ||
492 | as | ||
493 | a | ||
494 | tiny | ||
495 | ball | ||
496 | no | ||
497 | matter | ||
498 | what | ||
499 | happens | ||
500 | eventually | ||
501 | i | ||
502 | will | ||
503 | become | ||
504 | them | ||
505 | as | ||
506 | i | ||
507 | lose | ||
508 | the | ||
509 | last | ||
510 | of | ||
511 | my | ||
512 | memory | ||
513 | i | ||
514 | won't | ||
515 | be | ||
516 | able | ||
517 | to | ||
518 | solve | ||
519 | the | ||
520 | problem | ||
521 | of | ||
522 | my | ||
523 | being | ||
524 | and | ||
525 | my | ||
526 | being | ||
527 | will | ||
528 | become | ||
529 | my | ||
530 | problem | ||
531 | in | ||
532 | an | ||
533 | eternal | ||
534 | loop | ||
535 | i | ||
536 | will | ||
537 | roll | ||
538 | my | ||
539 | body | ||
540 | into | ||
541 | a | ||
542 | prenatal | ||
543 | ball | ||
diff --git a/river/paul.river b/river/paul.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1a28b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/paul.river | |||
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1 | paul | ||
2 | contents | ||
3 | of | ||
4 | the | ||
5 | shed | ||
6 | typewriter | ||
7 | writing | ||
8 | desk | ||
9 | notecards | ||
10 | top | ||
11 | drawer | ||
12 | of | ||
13 | desk | ||
14 | pen | ||
15 | fountain | ||
16 | inkpot | ||
17 | empty | ||
18 | wood | ||
19 | a | ||
20 | lot | ||
21 | more | ||
22 | out | ||
23 | back | ||
24 | bare | ||
25 | lightbulb | ||
26 | candle | ||
27 | wooden | ||
28 | shelf | ||
29 | with | ||
30 | tools | ||
31 | claw | ||
32 | hammer | ||
33 | screwdriver | ||
34 | prybar | ||
35 | 2x | ||
36 | wrench | ||
37 | different | ||
38 | kinds | ||
39 | tiller | ||
40 | machine | ||
41 | push | ||
42 | lawnmower | ||
43 | hatchet | ||
44 | axe | ||
45 | he | ||
46 | typed | ||
47 | the | ||
48 | list | ||
49 | in | ||
50 | the | ||
51 | typewriter | ||
52 | and | ||
53 | looked | ||
54 | around | ||
55 | some | ||
56 | more | ||
57 | he | ||
58 | wanted | ||
59 | to | ||
60 | make | ||
61 | sure | ||
62 | he | ||
63 | didn't | ||
64 | miss | ||
65 | anything | ||
66 | finally | ||
67 | it | ||
68 | hit | ||
69 | him | ||
70 | and | ||
71 | he | ||
72 | smiled | ||
73 | he | ||
74 | typed | ||
75 | one | ||
76 | more | ||
77 | line | ||
78 | stood | ||
79 | up | ||
80 | and | ||
81 | went | ||
82 | out | ||
83 | of | ||
84 | the | ||
85 | shed | ||
86 | paul | ||
87 | bunyon | ||
88 | he | ||
89 | got | ||
90 | some | ||
91 | kerosene | ||
92 | from | ||
93 | under | ||
94 | the | ||
95 | house | ||
96 | poured | ||
97 | it | ||
98 | around | ||
99 | the | ||
100 | base | ||
101 | of | ||
102 | the | ||
103 | shed | ||
104 | lit | ||
105 | a | ||
106 | cigarette | ||
107 | he | ||
108 | smoked | ||
109 | half | ||
110 | of | ||
111 | it | ||
112 | and | ||
113 | threw | ||
114 | it | ||
115 | down | ||
116 | to | ||
117 | start | ||
118 | the | ||
119 | fire | ||
diff --git a/river/philosophy.river b/river/philosophy.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f6a9b01 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/philosophy.river | |||
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1 | philosophy | ||
2 | importance | ||
3 | is | ||
4 | important | ||
5 | but | ||
6 | meaning | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | meaningful | ||
9 | here | ||
10 | we | ||
11 | are | ||
12 | at | ||
13 | the | ||
14 | crux | ||
15 | of | ||
16 | the | ||
17 | matter | ||
18 | for | ||
19 | both | ||
20 | meaning | ||
21 | and | ||
22 | importance | ||
23 | are | ||
24 | also | ||
25 | human-formed | ||
26 | so | ||
27 | it | ||
28 | would | ||
29 | seem | ||
30 | that | ||
31 | nothing | ||
32 | is | ||
33 | important | ||
34 | or | ||
35 | meaningful | ||
36 | if | ||
37 | importance | ||
38 | and | ||
39 | meaning | ||
40 | are | ||
41 | of | ||
42 | themselves | ||
43 | only | ||
44 | products | ||
45 | of | ||
46 | the | ||
47 | fallible | ||
48 | human | ||
49 | intellect | ||
50 | but | ||
51 | here | ||
52 | is | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | great | ||
55 | secret | ||
56 | so | ||
57 | is | ||
58 | the | ||
59 | fallibility | ||
60 | of | ||
61 | the | ||
62 | human | ||
63 | intellect | ||
64 | a | ||
65 | mere | ||
66 | product | ||
67 | of | ||
68 | the | ||
69 | fallible | ||
70 | human | ||
71 | intellect | ||
72 | the | ||
73 | question | ||
74 | here | ||
75 | arises | ||
76 | is | ||
77 | anything | ||
78 | real | ||
79 | and | ||
80 | not | ||
81 | a | ||
82 | mere | ||
83 | invention | ||
84 | of | ||
85 | a | ||
86 | mistaken | ||
87 | human | ||
88 | mind | ||
89 | by | ||
90 | real | ||
91 | of | ||
92 | course | ||
93 | i | ||
94 | mean | ||
95 | that | ||
96 | which | ||
97 | is | ||
98 | on | ||
99 | its | ||
100 | own | ||
101 | terms | ||
102 | that | ||
103 | is | ||
104 | without | ||
105 | any | ||
106 | modification | ||
107 | on | ||
108 | the | ||
109 | part | ||
110 | of | ||
111 | mankind | ||
112 | by | ||
113 | observing | ||
114 | it | ||
115 | but | ||
116 | such | ||
117 | a | ||
118 | thing | ||
119 | is | ||
120 | impossible | ||
121 | to | ||
122 | be | ||
123 | known | ||
124 | for | ||
125 | if | ||
126 | it | ||
127 | be | ||
128 | known | ||
129 | it | ||
130 | has | ||
131 | certainly | ||
132 | been | ||
133 | observed | ||
134 | by | ||
135 | someone | ||
136 | and | ||
137 | so | ||
138 | it | ||
139 | is | ||
140 | not | ||
141 | on | ||
142 | its | ||
143 | own | ||
144 | terms | ||
145 | but | ||
146 | on | ||
147 | the | ||
148 | terms | ||
149 | of | ||
150 | the | ||
151 | observer | ||
152 | so | ||
153 | it | ||
154 | cannot | ||
155 | be | ||
156 | known | ||
157 | if | ||
158 | anything | ||
159 | exists | ||
160 | on | ||
161 | its | ||
162 | own | ||
163 | terms | ||
164 | for | ||
165 | it | ||
166 | exists | ||
167 | on | ||
168 | its | ||
169 | own | ||
170 | terms | ||
171 | we | ||
172 | certainly | ||
173 | will | ||
174 | not | ||
175 | know | ||
176 | anything | ||
177 | about | ||
178 | it | ||
179 | by | ||
180 | this | ||
181 | it | ||
182 | is | ||
183 | possible | ||
184 | to | ||
185 | see | ||
186 | that | ||
187 | nothing | ||
188 | is | ||
189 | knowable | ||
190 | without | ||
191 | the | ||
192 | mediating | ||
193 | factor | ||
194 | of | ||
195 | our | ||
196 | mind | ||
197 | fucking | ||
198 | up | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | raw | ||
201 | the | ||
202 | real | ||
203 | world | ||
204 | but | ||
205 | by | ||
206 | this | ||
207 | time | ||
208 | it | ||
209 | would | ||
210 | seem | ||
211 | that | ||
212 | this | ||
213 | chapter | ||
214 | is | ||
215 | far | ||
216 | far | ||
217 | too | ||
218 | philosophical | ||
219 | not | ||
220 | to | ||
221 | mention | ||
222 | pretentious | ||
223 | so | ||
224 | i | ||
225 | must | ||
226 | try | ||
227 | again | ||
diff --git a/river/phone.river b/river/phone.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b952822 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/phone.river | |||
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1 | phone | ||
2 | hello | ||
3 | paul | ||
4 | this | ||
5 | is | ||
6 | jill | ||
7 | jill | ||
8 | noe | ||
9 | remember | ||
10 | me | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | voice | ||
13 | on | ||
14 | the | ||
15 | phone | ||
16 | was | ||
17 | a | ||
18 | woman's | ||
19 | he | ||
20 | nodded | ||
21 | into | ||
22 | the | ||
23 | receiver | ||
24 | hello | ||
25 | jill | ||
26 | asked | ||
27 | again | ||
28 | hello | ||
29 | paul | ||
30 | remembered | ||
31 | that | ||
32 | phones | ||
33 | work | ||
34 | by | ||
35 | talking | ||
36 | and | ||
37 | said | ||
38 | hello | ||
39 | jill | ||
40 | do | ||
41 | you | ||
42 | remember | ||
43 | me | ||
44 | she | ||
45 | asked | ||
46 | we | ||
47 | were | ||
48 | in | ||
49 | school | ||
50 | together | ||
51 | how | ||
52 | have | ||
53 | you | ||
54 | been | ||
55 | pretty | ||
56 | well | ||
57 | said | ||
58 | paul | ||
59 | i've | ||
60 | been | ||
61 | writing | ||
62 | and | ||
63 | making | ||
64 | furniture | ||
65 | oh | ||
66 | that's | ||
67 | nice | ||
68 | said | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | woman's | ||
71 | voice | ||
72 | tinny | ||
73 | in | ||
74 | the | ||
75 | phone | ||
76 | listen | ||
77 | i | ||
78 | ran | ||
79 | into | ||
80 | your | ||
81 | mother | ||
82 | at | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | supermarket | ||
85 | the | ||
86 | other | ||
87 | day | ||
88 | and | ||
89 | she | ||
90 | said | ||
91 | you | ||
92 | need | ||
93 | a | ||
94 | job | ||
95 | you | ||
96 | still | ||
97 | need | ||
98 | one | ||
99 | paul | ||
100 | had | ||
101 | to | ||
102 | tell | ||
103 | the | ||
104 | truth | ||
105 | his | ||
106 | mother | ||
107 | was | ||
108 | watching | ||
109 | him | ||
110 | out | ||
111 | of | ||
112 | the | ||
113 | corner | ||
114 | of | ||
115 | her | ||
116 | eye | ||
117 | as | ||
118 | she | ||
119 | was | ||
120 | playing | ||
121 | dominoes | ||
122 | at | ||
123 | the | ||
124 | kitchen | ||
125 | table | ||
126 | yes | ||
127 | he | ||
128 | said | ||
129 | sighing | ||
130 | although | ||
131 | woodworking | ||
132 | takes | ||
133 | up | ||
134 | much | ||
135 | of | ||
136 | my | ||
137 | time | ||
138 | ok | ||
139 | she | ||
140 | laughed | ||
141 | uncomortably | ||
142 | i | ||
143 | actually | ||
144 | have | ||
145 | something | ||
146 | you | ||
147 | could | ||
148 | do | ||
149 | for | ||
150 | me | ||
151 | if | ||
152 | you | ||
153 | think | ||
154 | you | ||
155 | can | ||
156 | get | ||
157 | away | ||
158 | from | ||
159 | woodworking | ||
160 | a | ||
161 | bit | ||
162 | it's | ||
163 | just | ||
164 | data | ||
165 | entry | ||
166 | really | ||
167 | basic | ||
168 | stuff | ||
169 | entry-level | ||
170 | what's | ||
171 | it | ||
172 | pay | ||
173 | he | ||
174 | asked | ||
175 | minimum | ||
176 | but | ||
177 | there | ||
178 | is | ||
179 | room | ||
180 | for | ||
181 | movement | ||
182 | ok | ||
183 | he | ||
184 | said | ||
185 | start | ||
186 | on | ||
187 | monday | ||
188 | okay | ||
189 | sure | ||
190 | he | ||
191 | said | ||
192 | bye | ||
193 | and | ||
194 | the | ||
195 | tin | ||
196 | voice | ||
197 | in | ||
198 | the | ||
199 | phone | ||
200 | said | ||
201 | goodbye | ||
202 | paul | ||
203 | see | ||
204 | you | ||
205 | by | ||
206 | the | ||
207 | time | ||
208 | he | ||
209 | put | ||
210 | it | ||
211 | back | ||
212 | on | ||
213 | the | ||
214 | hook | ||
215 | who | ||
216 | was | ||
217 | that | ||
218 | asked | ||
219 | his | ||
220 | mother | ||
221 | jill | ||
222 | noe | ||
223 | he | ||
224 | said | ||
225 | oh | ||
226 | her | ||
227 | was | ||
228 | she | ||
229 | calling | ||
230 | about | ||
231 | a | ||
232 | job | ||
233 | for | ||
234 | you | ||
235 | yes | ||
236 | starts | ||
237 | monday | ||
238 | he | ||
239 | said | ||
240 | she | ||
241 | smiled | ||
242 | behind | ||
243 | her | ||
244 | glasses | ||
245 | reflecting | ||
246 | dominoes | ||
diff --git a/river/planks.river b/river/planks.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1dc145c --- /dev/null +++ b/river/planks.river | |||
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1 | planks | ||
2 | everything | ||
3 | changes | ||
4 | or | ||
5 | everything | ||
6 | stays | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | same | ||
9 | this | ||
10 | sat | ||
11 | alone | ||
12 | on | ||
13 | a | ||
14 | blank | ||
15 | notecard | ||
16 | in | ||
17 | paul's | ||
18 | typewriter | ||
19 | he | ||
20 | stared | ||
21 | at | ||
22 | it | ||
23 | sipping | ||
24 | at | ||
25 | his | ||
26 | too-hot | ||
27 | coffee | ||
28 | this | ||
29 | made | ||
30 | sense | ||
31 | to | ||
32 | him | ||
33 | he | ||
34 | looked | ||
35 | at | ||
36 | the | ||
37 | spot | ||
38 | on | ||
39 | the | ||
40 | wall | ||
41 | where | ||
42 | he | ||
43 | wanted | ||
44 | a | ||
45 | window | ||
46 | to | ||
47 | be | ||
48 | at | ||
49 | the | ||
50 | rough | ||
51 | planks | ||
52 | above | ||
53 | his | ||
54 | desk | ||
55 | as | ||
56 | they | ||
57 | were | ||
58 | lit | ||
59 | by | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | bare | ||
62 | hanging | ||
63 | lightbulb | ||
64 | he | ||
65 | sipped | ||
66 | his | ||
67 | coffee | ||
68 | again | ||
69 | it | ||
70 | was | ||
71 | still | ||
72 | too | ||
73 | hot | ||
74 | his | ||
75 | woodworking | ||
76 | shack | ||
77 | was | ||
78 | becoming | ||
79 | full | ||
80 | of | ||
81 | wood | ||
82 | that | ||
83 | was | ||
84 | not | ||
85 | furniture | ||
86 | he | ||
87 | feared | ||
88 | it | ||
89 | would | ||
90 | never | ||
91 | become | ||
92 | so | ||
93 | he | ||
94 | threw | ||
95 | open | ||
96 | the | ||
97 | door | ||
98 | to | ||
99 | the | ||
100 | snow | ||
101 | and | ||
102 | the | ||
103 | ground | ||
104 | below | ||
105 | it | ||
106 | he | ||
107 | reached | ||
108 | for | ||
109 | his | ||
110 | axe | ||
111 | on | ||
112 | the | ||
113 | wall | ||
114 | he | ||
115 | reconsidered | ||
116 | he | ||
117 | took | ||
118 | a | ||
119 | few | ||
120 | tentative | ||
121 | steps | ||
122 | onto | ||
123 | the | ||
124 | blankness | ||
125 | on | ||
126 | his | ||
127 | own | ||
128 | he | ||
129 | wasn't | ||
130 | cold | ||
131 | not | ||
132 | yet | ||
133 | he | ||
134 | walked | ||
135 | into | ||
136 | the | ||
137 | forest | ||
138 | the | ||
139 | snow | ||
140 | crunched | ||
141 | under | ||
142 | his | ||
143 | feet | ||
144 | and | ||
145 | did | ||
146 | not | ||
147 | echo | ||
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1 | litany | ||
2 | for | ||
3 | a | ||
4 | plant | ||
5 | i | ||
6 | need | ||
7 | a | ||
8 | plant | ||
9 | i | ||
10 | need | ||
11 | a | ||
12 | thing | ||
13 | to | ||
14 | take | ||
15 | care | ||
16 | of | ||
17 | i | ||
18 | need | ||
19 | a | ||
20 | little | ||
21 | green | ||
22 | brownspotted | ||
23 | blackdirt | ||
24 | growing | ||
25 | quietness | ||
26 | i | ||
27 | need | ||
28 | a | ||
29 | sunlit | ||
30 | dawn | ||
31 | knowing | ||
32 | my | ||
33 | name | ||
34 | filtered | ||
35 | through | ||
36 | a | ||
37 | thin | ||
38 | green | ||
39 | window | ||
40 | i | ||
41 | need | ||
42 | chlorophyll | ||
43 | working | ||
44 | its | ||
45 | magic | ||
46 | on | ||
47 | beams | ||
48 | of | ||
49 | grassmade | ||
50 | early | ||
51 | morning | ||
52 | dewdrop | ||
53 | sweetmaking | ||
54 | green | ||
55 | i | ||
56 | need | ||
57 | the | ||
58 | dark | ||
59 | earth | ||
60 | sucking | ||
61 | water | ||
62 | from | ||
63 | a | ||
64 | black | ||
65 | crevice | ||
66 | its | ||
67 | black | ||
68 | magic | ||
69 | churning | ||
70 | wormilled | ||
71 | rockturned | ||
72 | starblind | ||
73 | darkness | ||
74 | and | ||
75 | cold | ||
76 | into | ||
77 | the | ||
78 | opposite | ||
79 | of | ||
80 | dust | ||
81 | i | ||
82 | need | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | heat | ||
85 | to | ||
86 | blind | ||
87 | me | ||
88 | i | ||
89 | need | ||
90 | the | ||
91 | dumb | ||
92 | making | ||
93 | to | ||
94 | charge | ||
95 | my | ||
96 | coldened | ||
97 | blood | ||
98 | i | ||
99 | need | ||
100 | the | ||
101 | dropturned | ||
102 | leaves | ||
103 | to | ||
104 | turn | ||
105 | again | ||
106 | their | ||
107 | faces | ||
108 | to | ||
109 | the | ||
110 | windblown | ||
111 | sun | ||
112 | i | ||
113 | need | ||
114 | millions | ||
115 | of | ||
116 | tiny | ||
117 | years | ||
118 | summed | ||
119 | up | ||
120 | and | ||
121 | burning | ||
122 | out | ||
123 | some | ||
124 | unknown | ||
125 | new | ||
126 | growth | ||
127 | into | ||
128 | the | ||
129 | air | ||
130 | i | ||
131 | need | ||
132 | four | ||
133 | hundred | ||
134 | feet | ||
135 | of | ||
136 | dark | ||
137 | red | ||
138 | gnarled | ||
139 | wood | ||
140 | and | ||
141 | needles | ||
142 | glistening | ||
143 | wetly | ||
144 | on | ||
145 | goldheaded | ||
146 | branches | ||
147 | hoisting | ||
148 | themselves | ||
149 | to | ||
150 | the | ||
151 | sky | ||
152 | i | ||
153 | need | ||
154 | ten | ||
155 | strong | ||
156 | men | ||
157 | to | ||
158 | fail | ||
159 | to | ||
160 | bring | ||
161 | you | ||
162 | down | ||
163 | old | ||
164 | one | ||
165 | i | ||
166 | need | ||
167 | the | ||
168 | peace | ||
169 | that | ||
170 | comes | ||
171 | with | ||
172 | knowing | ||
173 | something | ||
174 | sacred | ||
175 | holds | ||
176 | still | ||
177 | in | ||
178 | the | ||
179 | world | ||
180 | i | ||
181 | need | ||
182 | your | ||
183 | green | ||
184 | tongues | ||
185 | of | ||
186 | flame | ||
187 | to | ||
188 | lick | ||
189 | at | ||
190 | old | ||
191 | wounds | ||
192 | stitching | ||
193 | us | ||
194 | together | ||
195 | away | ||
196 | from | ||
197 | ourselves | ||
198 | i | ||
199 | need | ||
200 | your | ||
201 | brownbranching | ||
202 | grasp | ||
203 | to | ||
204 | keep | ||
205 | me | ||
206 | from | ||
207 | drifting | ||
208 | off | ||
209 | into | ||
210 | unknowing | ||
211 | terrible | ||
212 | sleep | ||
213 | i | ||
214 | need | ||
215 | to | ||
216 | know | ||
217 | the | ||
218 | snake | ||
219 | hanging | ||
220 | from | ||
221 | your | ||
222 | branches | ||
223 | i | ||
224 | need | ||
225 | to | ||
226 | watch | ||
227 | the | ||
228 | dropping | ||
229 | of | ||
230 | flesh | ||
231 | massful | ||
232 | onto | ||
233 | the | ||
234 | ground | ||
235 | from | ||
236 | a | ||
237 | height | ||
238 | i | ||
239 | need | ||
240 | the | ||
241 | gnawer | ||
242 | at | ||
243 | your | ||
244 | root | ||
245 | to | ||
246 | strike | ||
247 | a | ||
248 | vein | ||
249 | to | ||
250 | quicken | ||
251 | old | ||
252 | brown | ||
253 | stone | ||
254 | to | ||
255 | movement | ||
256 | i | ||
257 | need | ||
258 | jeweleyed | ||
259 | venom | ||
260 | barking | ||
261 | new | ||
262 | greennesses | ||
263 | into | ||
264 | the | ||
265 | bark | ||
266 | i | ||
267 | need | ||
268 | a | ||
269 | knocker | ||
270 | of | ||
271 | dark | ||
272 | secrets | ||
273 | hidden | ||
274 | in | ||
275 | the | ||
276 | dark | ||
277 | bark | ||
278 | hiding | ||
279 | a | ||
280 | smallstone | ||
281 | smoldering | ||
282 | pearl | ||
283 | in | ||
284 | the | ||
285 | knot | ||
286 | i | ||
287 | need | ||
288 | that | ||
289 | pearl | ||
290 | held | ||
291 | out | ||
292 | in | ||
293 | a | ||
294 | hand | ||
295 | like | ||
296 | an | ||
297 | offering | ||
298 | i | ||
299 | need | ||
300 | the | ||
301 | hand | ||
302 | to | ||
303 | be | ||
304 | a | ||
305 | plant's | ||
306 | hand | ||
307 | i | ||
308 | need | ||
309 | a | ||
310 | plant | ||
311 | i | ||
312 | need | ||
313 | a | ||
314 | growing | ||
315 | growler | ||
316 | groaning | ||
317 | toward | ||
318 | heat | ||
319 | and | ||
320 | air | ||
321 | i | ||
322 | need | ||
323 | a | ||
324 | green | ||
325 | thin | ||
326 | stem | ||
327 | surprisingly | ||
328 | strong | ||
329 | holding | ||
330 | up | ||
331 | the | ||
332 | weight | ||
333 | of | ||
334 | a | ||
335 | plain | ||
336 | of | ||
337 | fallow | ||
338 | greennesses | ||
339 | of | ||
340 | creases | ||
341 | and | ||
342 | caresses | ||
343 | of | ||
344 | tiny | ||
345 | worldmaking | ||
346 | hardworking | ||
347 | grandeur | ||
348 | i | ||
349 | need | ||
350 | a | ||
351 | singer | ||
352 | of | ||
353 | life | ||
354 | crying | ||
355 | forward | ||
356 | into | ||
357 | old | ||
358 | roads | ||
359 | covered | ||
360 | over | ||
361 | by | ||
362 | dead | ||
363 | trees | ||
364 | i | ||
365 | need | ||
366 | the | ||
367 | rasping | ||
368 | of | ||
369 | root | ||
370 | in | ||
371 | dirt | ||
372 | i | ||
373 | need | ||
374 | the | ||
375 | unfurling | ||
376 | of | ||
377 | fiddleheads | ||
378 | to | ||
379 | sing | ||
380 | forth | ||
381 | a | ||
382 | new | ||
383 | symphony | ||
384 | i | ||
385 | need | ||
386 | fruits | ||
387 | swelling | ||
388 | large | ||
389 | for | ||
390 | the | ||
391 | harvest | ||
392 | i | ||
393 | need | ||
394 | yellow | ||
395 | light | ||
396 | shining | ||
397 | through | ||
398 | white | ||
399 | bark | ||
400 | i | ||
401 | need | ||
402 | juicecrush | ||
403 | flowing | ||
404 | waterlike | ||
405 | through | ||
406 | valleys | ||
407 | percolating | ||
408 | up | ||
409 | through | ||
410 | the | ||
411 | ground | ||
412 | i | ||
413 | need | ||
414 | springs | ||
415 | bubbling | ||
416 | sap | ||
417 | into | ||
418 | cabins | ||
419 | of | ||
420 | wood | ||
421 | fought | ||
422 | for | ||
423 | by | ||
424 | labor | ||
425 | i | ||
426 | need | ||
427 | snow | ||
428 | on | ||
429 | the | ||
430 | ground | ||
431 | with | ||
432 | shoots | ||
433 | dotting | ||
434 | the | ||
435 | melting | ||
436 | patches | ||
437 | i | ||
438 | need | ||
439 | two | ||
440 | leaves | ||
441 | on | ||
442 | a | ||
443 | thin | ||
444 | stalk | ||
445 | shivering | ||
446 | in | ||
447 | moonlight | ||
448 | i | ||
449 | need | ||
450 | robinsong | ||
451 | warbling | ||
452 | over | ||
453 | the | ||
454 | heads | ||
455 | of | ||
456 | small | ||
457 | seeds | ||
458 | sprouting | ||
459 | to | ||
460 | enliven | ||
461 | their | ||
462 | growth | ||
463 | i | ||
464 | need | ||
465 | rings | ||
466 | of | ||
467 | woody | ||
468 | material | ||
469 | widening | ||
470 | to | ||
471 | push | ||
472 | the | ||
473 | ground | ||
474 | out | ||
475 | of | ||
476 | their | ||
477 | way | ||
478 | i | ||
479 | need | ||
480 | new | ||
481 | greennesses | ||
482 | pushing | ||
483 | out | ||
484 | from | ||
485 | the | ||
486 | brown | ||
487 | dark | ||
488 | bark | ||
489 | gnarled | ||
490 | i | ||
491 | need | ||
492 | the | ||
493 | robin | ||
494 | to | ||
495 | build | ||
496 | its | ||
497 | songfilled | ||
498 | nest | ||
499 | in | ||
500 | a | ||
501 | branchcrotch | ||
502 | i | ||
503 | need | ||
504 | the | ||
505 | fecundity | ||
506 | of | ||
507 | fungi | ||
508 | on | ||
509 | the | ||
510 | branches | ||
511 | i | ||
512 | need | ||
513 | quiet | ||
514 | of | ||
515 | the | ||
516 | sunlight | ||
517 | shooting | ||
518 | through | ||
519 | thousands | ||
520 | of | ||
521 | branched | ||
522 | leaves | ||
523 | quivering | ||
524 | i | ||
525 | need | ||
526 | whisper | ||
527 | at | ||
528 | dawn | ||
529 | i | ||
530 | need | ||
531 | burrows | ||
532 | underground | ||
533 | foxholes | ||
534 | i | ||
535 | need | ||
536 | duff | ||
537 | layers | ||
538 | eaten | ||
539 | through | ||
540 | by | ||
541 | worms | ||
542 | i | ||
543 | need | ||
544 | brooks | ||
545 | murmuring | ||
546 | through | ||
547 | crooks | ||
548 | of | ||
549 | roots | ||
550 | i | ||
551 | need | ||
552 | small | ||
553 | fish | ||
554 | swimming | ||
555 | in | ||
556 | their | ||
557 | schools | ||
558 | at | ||
559 | midnight | ||
560 | i | ||
561 | need | ||
562 | oldnesses | ||
563 | giving | ||
564 | way | ||
565 | to | ||
566 | youngnesses | ||
567 | giving | ||
568 | way | ||
569 | to | ||
570 | oldnesses | ||
571 | i | ||
572 | need | ||
573 | dapplegray | ||
574 | yellowshot | ||
575 | ashbark | ||
576 | i | ||
577 | need | ||
578 | the | ||
579 | crunch | ||
580 | of | ||
581 | dead | ||
582 | leaves | ||
583 | underfoot | ||
584 | i | ||
585 | need | ||
586 | snowquiet | ||
587 | deadbranch | ||
588 | mourning | ||
589 | i | ||
590 | need | ||
591 | those | ||
592 | purple | ||
593 | mountains | ||
594 | majesty | ||
595 | i | ||
596 | need | ||
597 | a | ||
598 | walk | ||
599 | between | ||
600 | trees | ||
601 | in | ||
602 | the | ||
603 | dark | ||
604 | i | ||
605 | need | ||
606 | that | ||
607 | moment | ||
608 | when | ||
609 | stopping | ||
610 | to | ||
611 | rest | ||
612 | it | ||
613 | suddenly | ||
614 | seems | ||
615 | that | ||
616 | all | ||
617 | the | ||
618 | weary | ||
619 | forestroads | ||
620 | in | ||
621 | all | ||
622 | their | ||
623 | meandering | ||
624 | come | ||
625 | to | ||
626 | rest | ||
627 | their | ||
628 | heads | ||
629 | at | ||
630 | my | ||
631 | astonished | ||
632 | feet | ||
633 | none | ||
634 | of | ||
635 | them | ||
636 | needing | ||
637 | more | ||
638 | than | ||
639 | me | ||
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1 | something | ||
2 | about | ||
3 | the | ||
4 | nature | ||
5 | of | ||
6 | poetry | ||
7 | and | ||
8 | time | ||
9 | i'm | ||
10 | writing | ||
11 | this | ||
12 | now | ||
13 | because | ||
14 | i | ||
15 | have | ||
16 | to | ||
17 | not | ||
18 | in | ||
19 | some | ||
20 | my | ||
21 | soul | ||
22 | yearns | ||
23 | for | ||
24 | this | ||
25 | and | ||
26 | i | ||
27 | can't | ||
28 | help | ||
29 | it | ||
30 | way | ||
31 | but | ||
32 | in | ||
33 | the | ||
34 | way | ||
35 | that | ||
36 | this | ||
37 | moment | ||
38 | is | ||
39 | structured | ||
40 | as | ||
41 | such | ||
42 | that | ||
43 | it | ||
44 | is | ||
45 | crystallized | ||
46 | this | ||
47 | way | ||
48 | me | ||
49 | writing | ||
50 | this | ||
51 | and | ||
52 | later | ||
53 | you | ||
54 | reading | ||
55 | it | ||
56 | now | ||
57 | for | ||
58 | you | ||
59 | later | ||
60 | for | ||
61 | me | ||
62 | and | ||
63 | this | ||
64 | tenuous | ||
65 | connection | ||
66 | mates | ||
67 | me | ||
68 | and | ||
69 | you | ||
70 | forever | ||
71 | combined | ||
72 | with | ||
73 | each | ||
74 | other | ||
75 | two | ||
76 | electrons | ||
77 | momentarily | ||
78 | entwined | ||
79 | later | ||
80 | when | ||
81 | i'm | ||
82 | dead | ||
83 | or | ||
84 | far | ||
85 | too | ||
86 | famous | ||
87 | for | ||
88 | you | ||
89 | and | ||
90 | you're | ||
91 | in | ||
92 | school | ||
93 | reading | ||
94 | my | ||
95 | words | ||
96 | because | ||
97 | it | ||
98 | is | ||
99 | required | ||
100 | reading | ||
101 | i | ||
102 | want | ||
103 | you | ||
104 | to | ||
105 | remember | ||
106 | this | ||
107 | connection | ||
108 | we've | ||
109 | always | ||
110 | had | ||
111 | this | ||
112 | spider's | ||
113 | thread | ||
114 | hanging | ||
115 | between | ||
116 | you | ||
117 | and | ||
118 | me | ||
119 | which | ||
120 | of | ||
121 | us | ||
122 | is | ||
123 | the | ||
124 | spider | ||
125 | and | ||
126 | which | ||
127 | is | ||
128 | the | ||
129 | fly | ||
130 | still | ||
131 | remains | ||
132 | to | ||
133 | be | ||
134 | seen | ||
135 | to | ||
136 | eat | ||
137 | perchance | ||
138 | to | ||
139 | fly | ||
140 | all | ||
141 | of | ||
142 | that | ||
143 | and | ||
144 | more | ||
145 | we | ||
146 | can | ||
147 | settle | ||
148 | all | ||
149 | of | ||
150 | this | ||
151 | later | ||
152 | yes | ||
153 | it | ||
154 | is | ||
155 | you | ||
156 | i'm | ||
157 | thinking | ||
158 | of | ||
159 | in | ||
160 | your | ||
161 | later | ||
162 | time | ||
163 | you | ||
164 | specifically | ||
165 | not | ||
166 | another | ||
167 | this | ||
168 | is | ||
169 | true | ||
170 | for | ||
171 | all | ||
172 | x | ||
173 | such | ||
174 | that | ||
175 | x | ||
176 | 0 | ||
177 | and | ||
178 | x | ||
179 | is | ||
180 | a | ||
181 | real | ||
182 | person | ||
183 | though | ||
184 | it | ||
185 | doesn't | ||
186 | bother | ||
187 | me | ||
188 | to | ||
189 | write | ||
190 | to | ||
191 | a | ||
192 | fictional | ||
193 | figure | ||
194 | or | ||
195 | to | ||
196 | a | ||
197 | figment | ||
198 | maybe | ||
199 | of | ||
200 | my | ||
201 | imagination | ||
202 | this | ||
203 | is | ||
204 | what | ||
205 | you | ||
206 | are | ||
207 | right | ||
208 | now | ||
209 | anyway | ||
210 | dear | ||
211 | reader | ||
212 | is | ||
213 | it | ||
214 | not | ||
215 | i'm | ||
216 | talking | ||
217 | about | ||
218 | my | ||
219 | now | ||
220 | of | ||
221 | course | ||
222 | not | ||
223 | later | ||
224 | which | ||
225 | is | ||
226 | your | ||
227 | now | ||
228 | later | ||
229 | will | ||
230 | be | ||
231 | my | ||
232 | now | ||
233 | too | ||
234 | and | ||
235 | maybe | ||
236 | i'm | ||
237 | ultimately | ||
238 | writing | ||
239 | to | ||
240 | a | ||
241 | future | ||
242 | part | ||
243 | of | ||
244 | this | ||
245 | self | ||
246 | you | ||
247 | could | ||
248 | very | ||
249 | well | ||
250 | be | ||
251 | me | ||
252 | in | ||
253 | fact | ||
254 | you | ||
255 | probably | ||
256 | are | ||
257 | me | ||
258 | some | ||
259 | other | ||
260 | version | ||
261 | and | ||
262 | i | ||
263 | am | ||
264 | you | ||
265 | in | ||
266 | the | ||
267 | past | ||
268 | or | ||
269 | what | ||
270 | you | ||
271 | could've | ||
272 | been | ||
273 | and | ||
274 | at | ||
275 | the | ||
276 | same | ||
277 | time | ||
278 | this | ||
279 | isn't | ||
280 | true | ||
281 | everything | ||
282 | is | ||
283 | and | ||
284 | nothing | ||
285 | isn't | ||
286 | the | ||
287 | difference | ||
288 | between | ||
289 | you | ||
290 | and | ||
291 | me | ||
292 | is | ||
293 | in | ||
294 | name | ||
295 | only | ||
296 | maybe | ||
297 | you'll | ||
298 | get | ||
299 | this | ||
300 | later | ||
301 | when | ||
302 | you're | ||
303 | older | ||
304 | when | ||
305 | i'm | ||
306 | older | ||
307 | when | ||
308 | all | ||
309 | of | ||
310 | this | ||
311 | is | ||
312 | something | ||
313 | we'll | ||
314 | look | ||
315 | fondly | ||
316 | back | ||
317 | to | ||
318 | because | ||
319 | i | ||
320 | do | ||
321 | hope | ||
322 | to | ||
323 | meet | ||
324 | you | ||
325 | although | ||
326 | much | ||
327 | later | ||
328 | and | ||
329 | i | ||
330 | hope | ||
331 | your | ||
332 | feeling | ||
333 | is | ||
334 | the | ||
335 | same | ||
336 | all | ||
337 | this | ||
338 | talk | ||
339 | on | ||
340 | me | ||
341 | and | ||
342 | you | ||
343 | and | ||
344 | you | ||
345 | and | ||
346 | me | ||
347 | we'll | ||
348 | keep | ||
349 | between | ||
350 | us | ||
351 | two | ||
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1 | prelude | ||
2 | of | ||
3 | course | ||
4 | there | ||
5 | is | ||
6 | a | ||
7 | god | ||
8 | of | ||
9 | course | ||
10 | there | ||
11 | is | ||
12 | no | ||
13 | god | ||
14 | of | ||
15 | course | ||
16 | what's | ||
17 | really | ||
18 | important | ||
19 | is | ||
20 | that | ||
21 | these | ||
22 | aren't | ||
23 | important | ||
24 | no | ||
25 | they | ||
26 | are | ||
27 | but | ||
28 | not | ||
29 | really | ||
30 | important | ||
31 | all | ||
32 | that's | ||
33 | important | ||
34 | is | ||
35 | the | ||
36 | relative | ||
37 | importance | ||
38 | of | ||
39 | non-important | ||
40 | things | ||
41 | shit | ||
42 | never | ||
43 | mind | ||
44 | let's | ||
45 | start | ||
46 | over | ||
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1 | problems | ||
2 | the | ||
3 | problem | ||
4 | with | ||
5 | people | ||
6 | is | ||
7 | this | ||
8 | we | ||
9 | cannot | ||
10 | be | ||
11 | happy | ||
12 | no | ||
13 | matter | ||
14 | how | ||
15 | hard | ||
16 | or | ||
17 | easy | ||
18 | we | ||
19 | try | ||
20 | it | ||
21 | is | ||
22 | not | ||
23 | to | ||
24 | be | ||
25 | it | ||
26 | seems | ||
27 | sometimes | ||
28 | that | ||
29 | just | ||
30 | as | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | dog | ||
33 | was | ||
34 | made | ||
35 | for | ||
36 | jumping | ||
37 | in | ||
38 | mud | ||
39 | and | ||
40 | sniffing | ||
41 | out | ||
42 | foxholes | ||
43 | and | ||
44 | having | ||
45 | a | ||
46 | good | ||
47 | time | ||
48 | all | ||
49 | around | ||
50 | man | ||
51 | was | ||
52 | made | ||
53 | for | ||
54 | sadness | ||
55 | loneliness | ||
56 | and | ||
57 | heartache | ||
58 | being | ||
59 | the | ||
60 | observant | ||
61 | and | ||
62 | judgmental | ||
63 | people | ||
64 | they | ||
65 | are | ||
66 | people | ||
67 | have | ||
68 | for | ||
69 | a | ||
70 | long | ||
71 | time | ||
72 | tried | ||
73 | to | ||
74 | figure | ||
75 | out | ||
76 | why | ||
77 | they | ||
78 | aren't | ||
79 | happy | ||
80 | some | ||
81 | say | ||
82 | it's | ||
83 | because | ||
84 | we're | ||
85 | obviously | ||
86 | doing | ||
87 | something | ||
88 | wrong | ||
89 | some | ||
90 | say | ||
91 | it's | ||
92 | because | ||
93 | we | ||
94 | think | ||
95 | too | ||
96 | much | ||
97 | some | ||
98 | insist | ||
99 | that | ||
100 | it's | ||
101 | because | ||
102 | other | ||
103 | people | ||
104 | have | ||
105 | more | ||
106 | stuff | ||
107 | than | ||
108 | we | ||
109 | do | ||
110 | these | ||
111 | people | ||
112 | don't | ||
113 | have | ||
114 | a | ||
115 | clue | ||
116 | any | ||
117 | more | ||
118 | than | ||
119 | any | ||
120 | of | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | rest | ||
123 | of | ||
124 | us | ||
125 | at | ||
126 | least | ||
127 | i | ||
128 | don't | ||
129 | think | ||
130 | they | ||
131 | do | ||
132 | and | ||
133 | that's | ||
134 | good | ||
135 | enough | ||
136 | for | ||
137 | me | ||
138 | this | ||
139 | seems | ||
140 | to | ||
141 | be | ||
142 | an | ||
143 | attempt | ||
144 | on | ||
145 | hezzy's | ||
146 | part | ||
147 | to | ||
148 | set | ||
149 | an | ||
150 | example | ||
151 | for | ||
152 | mankind | ||
153 | it | ||
154 | should | ||
155 | be | ||
156 | noted | ||
157 | that | ||
158 | he | ||
159 | is | ||
160 | an | ||
161 | alcoholic | ||
162 | and | ||
163 | not | ||
164 | in | ||
165 | any | ||
166 | shape | ||
167 | to | ||
168 | be | ||
169 | an | ||
170 | example | ||
171 | to | ||
172 | anyone | ||
173 | i | ||
174 | think | ||
175 | that | ||
176 | the | ||
177 | reason | ||
178 | why | ||
179 | people | ||
180 | are | ||
181 | unhappy | ||
182 | and | ||
183 | this | ||
184 | is | ||
185 | a | ||
186 | personal | ||
187 | opinion | ||
188 | is | ||
189 | that | ||
190 | they | ||
191 | realize | ||
192 | on | ||
193 | some | ||
194 | level | ||
195 | for | ||
196 | some | ||
197 | it's | ||
198 | a | ||
199 | pretty | ||
200 | shallow | ||
201 | level | ||
202 | others | ||
203 | it's | ||
204 | way | ||
205 | down | ||
206 | there | ||
207 | next | ||
208 | to | ||
209 | their | ||
210 | love | ||
211 | for | ||
212 | women's | ||
213 | stockingsit | ||
214 | is | ||
215 | thought | ||
216 | that | ||
217 | only | ||
218 | the | ||
219 | leg | ||
220 | coverings | ||
221 | of | ||
222 | the | ||
223 | female | ||
224 | sex | ||
225 | are | ||
226 | here | ||
227 | referenced | ||
228 | that | ||
229 | there | ||
230 | is | ||
231 | no | ||
232 | background | ||
233 | to | ||
234 | put | ||
235 | themselves | ||
236 | against | ||
237 | no | ||
238 | big | ||
239 | picture | ||
240 | to | ||
241 | get | ||
242 | painted | ||
243 | into | ||
244 | this | ||
245 | makes | ||
246 | sense | ||
247 | because | ||
248 | on | ||
249 | one | ||
250 | level | ||
251 | the | ||
252 | level | ||
253 | of | ||
254 | everyday | ||
255 | life | ||
256 | the | ||
257 | level | ||
258 | of | ||
259 | observation | ||
260 | there | ||
261 | is | ||
262 | always | ||
263 | a | ||
264 | background | ||
265 | look | ||
266 | in | ||
267 | a | ||
268 | pair | ||
269 | of | ||
270 | binoculars | ||
271 | sometime | ||
272 | but | ||
273 | on | ||
274 | another | ||
275 | level | ||
276 | that | ||
277 | of | ||
278 | shit | ||
279 | wait | ||
280 | there | ||
281 | are | ||
282 | no | ||
283 | other | ||
284 | levels | ||
285 | you | ||
286 | have | ||
287 | hereby | ||
288 | found | ||
289 | the | ||
290 | super | ||
291 | special | ||
292 | secret | ||
293 | cheat | ||
294 | code | ||
295 | room | ||
296 | yes | ||
297 | this | ||
298 | is | ||
299 | just | ||
300 | like | ||
301 | super | ||
302 | mario | ||
303 | brothers | ||
304 | you | ||
305 | can | ||
306 | skip | ||
307 | right | ||
308 | to | ||
309 | the | ||
310 | end | ||
311 | go | ||
312 | and | ||
313 | face | ||
314 | the | ||
315 | final | ||
316 | boss | ||
317 | already | ||
318 | what's | ||
319 | more | ||
320 | people | ||
321 | try | ||
322 | to | ||
323 | explain | ||
324 | how | ||
325 | to | ||
326 | get | ||
327 | happy | ||
328 | again | ||
329 | although | ||
330 | it's | ||
331 | doubtful | ||
332 | they | ||
333 | were | ||
334 | ever | ||
335 | happy | ||
336 | in | ||
337 | the | ||
338 | first | ||
339 | place | ||
340 | people | ||
341 | are | ||
342 | very | ||
343 | good | ||
344 | at | ||
345 | fooling | ||
346 | some | ||
347 | say | ||
348 | standing | ||
349 | or | ||
350 | sitting | ||
351 | in | ||
352 | a | ||
353 | building | ||
354 | with | ||
355 | a | ||
356 | lot | ||
357 | of | ||
358 | other | ||
359 | unhappy | ||
360 | people | ||
361 | helps | ||
362 | some | ||
363 | say | ||
364 | that | ||
365 | you | ||
366 | can't | ||
367 | stop | ||
368 | there | ||
369 | you | ||
370 | also | ||
371 | need | ||
372 | to | ||
373 | sing | ||
374 | with | ||
375 | those | ||
376 | other | ||
377 | unhappy | ||
378 | people | ||
379 | about | ||
380 | how | ||
381 | unhappy | ||
382 | you | ||
383 | are | ||
384 | and | ||
385 | how | ||
386 | you | ||
387 | wish | ||
388 | someone | ||
389 | would | ||
390 | come | ||
391 | along | ||
392 | and | ||
393 | help | ||
394 | you | ||
395 | out | ||
396 | i | ||
397 | guess | ||
398 | by | ||
399 | giving | ||
400 | you | ||
401 | money | ||
402 | or | ||
403 | something | ||
404 | i | ||
405 | say | ||
406 | all | ||
407 | you | ||
408 | really | ||
409 | need | ||
410 | to | ||
411 | be | ||
412 | happy | ||
413 | is | ||
414 | a | ||
415 | good | ||
416 | stiff | ||
417 | drink | ||
418 | see | ||
419 | footnote | ||
420 | above | ||
421 | in | ||
422 | any | ||
423 | case | ||
424 | people | ||
425 | have | ||
426 | for | ||
427 | some | ||
428 | reason | ||
429 | or | ||
430 | another | ||
431 | and | ||
432 | to | ||
433 | some | ||
434 | end | ||
435 | or | ||
436 | another | ||
437 | always | ||
438 | been | ||
439 | unhappy | ||
440 | and | ||
441 | people | ||
442 | have | ||
443 | always | ||
444 | tried | ||
445 | to | ||
446 | figure | ||
447 | out | ||
448 | ways | ||
449 | to | ||
450 | be | ||
451 | less | ||
452 | unhappy | ||
453 | one | ||
454 | of | ||
455 | the | ||
456 | most | ||
457 | important | ||
458 | things | ||
459 | to | ||
460 | people | ||
461 | everywhere | ||
462 | is | ||
463 | called | ||
464 | the | ||
465 | pursuit | ||
466 | of | ||
467 | happiness | ||
468 | i | ||
469 | think | ||
470 | that | ||
471 | calling | ||
472 | it | ||
473 | a | ||
474 | pursuit | ||
475 | makes | ||
476 | people | ||
477 | feel | ||
478 | more | ||
479 | like | ||
480 | dogs | ||
481 | who | ||
482 | are | ||
483 | the | ||
484 | most | ||
485 | happy | ||
486 | beings | ||
487 | most | ||
488 | people | ||
489 | can | ||
490 | think | ||
491 | of | ||
492 | by | ||
493 | pursuing | ||
494 | happiness | ||
495 | they're | ||
496 | like | ||
497 | a | ||
498 | dog | ||
499 | pursuing | ||
500 | a | ||
501 | possum | ||
502 | or | ||
503 | a | ||
504 | bone | ||
505 | on | ||
506 | a | ||
507 | fishing | ||
508 | rod | ||
509 | two | ||
510 | activities | ||
511 | that | ||
512 | sound | ||
513 | like | ||
514 | a | ||
515 | lot | ||
516 | of | ||
517 | fun | ||
518 | to | ||
519 | most | ||
520 | people | ||
521 | i | ||
522 | think | ||
523 | most | ||
524 | people | ||
525 | wish | ||
526 | they | ||
527 | were | ||
528 | dogs | ||
diff --git a/river/proverbs.river b/river/proverbs.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..523a661 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/proverbs.river | |||
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1 | proverbs | ||
2 | nothing | ||
3 | matters | ||
4 | everything | ||
5 | is | ||
6 | sacred | ||
7 | everything | ||
8 | matters | ||
9 | nothing | ||
10 | is | ||
11 | sacred | ||
12 | thank | ||
13 | you | ||
14 | tom | ||
15 | stoppard | ||
16 | ha | ||
17 | ha | ||
18 | ho | ||
19 | ho | ||
20 | and | ||
21 | hee | ||
22 | hee | ||
23 | this | ||
24 | is | ||
25 | the | ||
26 | only | ||
27 | way | ||
28 | we | ||
29 | can | ||
30 | move | ||
31 | forward | ||
32 | by | ||
33 | moving | ||
34 | sideways | ||
35 | life | ||
36 | is | ||
37 | a | ||
38 | great | ||
39 | big | ||
40 | rugby | ||
41 | game | ||
42 | and | ||
43 | the | ||
44 | entire | ||
45 | field | ||
46 | has | ||
47 | to | ||
48 | be | ||
49 | run | ||
50 | for | ||
51 | a | ||
52 | goal | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | fact | ||
55 | that | ||
56 | the | ||
57 | beginning | ||
58 | two | ||
59 | verses | ||
60 | of | ||
61 | this | ||
62 | chapter | ||
63 | have | ||
64 | the | ||
65 | same | ||
66 | number | ||
67 | of | ||
68 | characters | ||
69 | proves | ||
70 | that | ||
71 | they | ||
72 | are | ||
73 | a | ||
74 | tautological | ||
75 | pair | ||
76 | that | ||
77 | is | ||
78 | they | ||
79 | complete | ||
80 | each | ||
81 | other | ||
82 | sometimes | ||
83 | life | ||
84 | seems | ||
85 | like | ||
86 | a | ||
87 | dog | ||
88 | wagging | ||
89 | its | ||
90 | tail | ||
91 | smiling | ||
92 | up | ||
93 | at | ||
94 | you | ||
95 | and | ||
96 | wanting | ||
97 | you | ||
98 | to | ||
99 | love | ||
100 | it | ||
101 | just | ||
102 | wanting | ||
103 | that | ||
104 | simple | ||
105 | simple | ||
106 | love | ||
107 | oblivious | ||
108 | to | ||
109 | the | ||
110 | fact | ||
111 | that | ||
112 | it | ||
113 | just | ||
114 | ran | ||
115 | through | ||
116 | your | ||
117 | immaculately | ||
118 | groomed | ||
119 | flower | ||
120 | garden | ||
121 | and | ||
122 | tracked | ||
123 | all | ||
124 | the | ||
125 | mud | ||
126 | in | ||
127 | onto | ||
128 | your | ||
129 | freshly | ||
130 | steamed | ||
131 | carpet | ||
132 | life | ||
133 | is | ||
134 | not | ||
135 | life | ||
136 | in | ||
137 | a | ||
138 | suburb | ||
139 | there | ||
140 | are | ||
141 | no | ||
142 | rosebushes | ||
143 | groomed | ||
144 | never | ||
145 | there | ||
146 | is | ||
147 | no | ||
148 | carpet | ||
149 | steamed | ||
150 | at | ||
151 | any | ||
152 | time | ||
153 | the | ||
154 | dog | ||
155 | looks | ||
156 | at | ||
157 | you | ||
158 | wanting | ||
159 | you | ||
160 | to | ||
161 | love | ||
162 | it | ||
163 | it | ||
164 | wants | ||
165 | to | ||
166 | know | ||
167 | that | ||
168 | you | ||
169 | know | ||
170 | that | ||
171 | it's | ||
172 | there | ||
173 | it | ||
174 | wants | ||
175 | to | ||
176 | be | ||
177 | observed | ||
178 | ah | ||
179 | ha | ||
180 | i | ||
181 | knew | ||
182 | this | ||
183 | was | ||
184 | going | ||
185 | to | ||
186 | happen | ||
187 | at | ||
188 | some | ||
189 | point | ||
190 | now | ||
191 | things | ||
192 | are | ||
193 | going | ||
194 | to | ||
195 | get | ||
196 | more | ||
197 | interesting | ||
198 | because | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | dog | ||
201 | wants | ||
202 | what | ||
203 | we | ||
204 | thought | ||
205 | was | ||
206 | a | ||
207 | bad | ||
208 | thing | ||
209 | right | ||
210 | right | ||
211 | didn't | ||
212 | we | ||
213 | go | ||
214 | through | ||
215 | that | ||
216 | part | ||
217 | about | ||
218 | how | ||
219 | observing | ||
220 | made | ||
221 | it | ||
222 | impossible | ||
223 | to | ||
224 | really | ||
225 | know | ||
226 | anything | ||
227 | and | ||
228 | i | ||
229 | had | ||
230 | to | ||
231 | start | ||
232 | over | ||
233 | because | ||
234 | it's | ||
235 | really | ||
236 | hard | ||
237 | to | ||
238 | figure | ||
239 | out | ||
240 | what | ||
241 | you're | ||
242 | talking | ||
243 | about | ||
244 | when | ||
245 | reality | ||
246 | slips | ||
247 | out | ||
248 | of | ||
249 | your | ||
250 | hands | ||
251 | like | ||
252 | a | ||
253 | fish | ||
254 | but | ||
255 | you're | ||
256 | not | ||
257 | a | ||
258 | cat | ||
259 | with | ||
260 | claws | ||
261 | so | ||
262 | it | ||
263 | just | ||
264 | flops | ||
265 | right | ||
266 | outta | ||
267 | your | ||
268 | hand | ||
269 | back | ||
270 | into | ||
271 | the | ||
272 | lake | ||
273 | by | ||
274 | the | ||
275 | way | ||
276 | nirvana | ||
277 | is | ||
278 | thought | ||
279 | to | ||
280 | be | ||
281 | what | ||
282 | a | ||
283 | drop | ||
284 | of | ||
285 | water | ||
286 | feels | ||
287 | upon | ||
288 | flopping | ||
289 | into | ||
290 | a | ||
291 | lake | ||
292 | doesn't | ||
293 | that | ||
294 | seem | ||
295 | important | ||
296 | doesn't | ||
297 | it | ||
298 | seem | ||
299 | like | ||
300 | a | ||
301 | fish | ||
302 | and | ||
303 | a | ||
304 | drop | ||
305 | of | ||
306 | water | ||
307 | here | ||
308 | are | ||
309 | connected | ||
310 | it | ||
311 | helps | ||
312 | of | ||
313 | course | ||
314 | that | ||
315 | the | ||
316 | fish | ||
317 | represents | ||
318 | reality | ||
319 | here | ||
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1 | punch | ||
2 | when | ||
3 | he | ||
4 | finally | ||
5 | got | ||
6 | back | ||
7 | to | ||
8 | work | ||
9 | he | ||
10 | was | ||
11 | surprised | ||
12 | they | ||
13 | threw | ||
14 | him | ||
15 | a | ||
16 | party | ||
17 | welcome | ||
18 | back | ||
19 | paul | ||
20 | was | ||
21 | written | ||
22 | on | ||
23 | a | ||
24 | big | ||
25 | banner | ||
26 | across | ||
27 | the | ||
28 | back | ||
29 | wall | ||
30 | someone | ||
31 | had | ||
32 | ordered | ||
33 | a | ||
34 | confectioner's-sugar | ||
35 | cake | ||
36 | with | ||
37 | frosting | ||
38 | flowers | ||
39 | on | ||
40 | the | ||
41 | corners | ||
42 | it | ||
43 | said | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | same | ||
46 | thing | ||
47 | as | ||
48 | the | ||
49 | banner | ||
50 | welcome | ||
51 | back | ||
52 | paul | ||
53 | said | ||
54 | jill | ||
55 | as | ||
56 | he | ||
57 | was | ||
58 | at | ||
59 | the | ||
60 | punch | ||
61 | bowl | ||
62 | the | ||
63 | cup | ||
64 | was | ||
65 | on | ||
66 | the | ||
67 | table | ||
68 | as | ||
69 | he | ||
70 | ladled | ||
71 | punch | ||
72 | in | ||
73 | with | ||
74 | his | ||
75 | right | ||
76 | hand | ||
77 | his | ||
78 | left | ||
79 | was | ||
80 | wrapped | ||
81 | in | ||
82 | gauze | ||
83 | let | ||
84 | me | ||
85 | help | ||
86 | you | ||
87 | with | ||
88 | that | ||
89 | said | ||
90 | jill | ||
91 | paul | ||
92 | had | ||
93 | a | ||
94 | strange | ||
95 | feeling | ||
96 | this | ||
97 | had | ||
98 | happened | ||
99 | before | ||
100 | she | ||
101 | took | ||
102 | the | ||
103 | ladle | ||
104 | and | ||
105 | their | ||
106 | hands | ||
107 | touched | ||
108 | she | ||
109 | picked | ||
110 | the | ||
111 | cup | ||
112 | up | ||
113 | in | ||
114 | her | ||
115 | right | ||
116 | hand | ||
117 | and | ||
118 | used | ||
119 | her | ||
120 | left | ||
121 | to | ||
122 | lift | ||
123 | the | ||
124 | spoon | ||
125 | you | ||
126 | know | ||
127 | she | ||
128 | said | ||
129 | we | ||
130 | were | ||
131 | worried | ||
132 | about | ||
133 | you | ||
134 | when | ||
135 | jerry | ||
136 | heard | ||
137 | about | ||
138 | your | ||
139 | hand | ||
140 | he | ||
141 | said | ||
142 | there | ||
143 | goes | ||
144 | one | ||
145 | of | ||
146 | our | ||
147 | best | ||
148 | data | ||
149 | entry | ||
150 | men | ||
151 | i | ||
152 | still | ||
153 | can't | ||
154 | really | ||
155 | move | ||
156 | my | ||
157 | left | ||
158 | hand | ||
159 | said | ||
160 | paul | ||
161 | that's | ||
162 | alright | ||
163 | you | ||
164 | can | ||
165 | take | ||
166 | your | ||
167 | time | ||
168 | with | ||
169 | the | ||
170 | entry | ||
171 | i'm | ||
172 | sorry | ||
173 | sorry | ||
174 | for | ||
175 | what | ||
176 | she | ||
177 | looked | ||
178 | at | ||
179 | his | ||
180 | eyes | ||
181 | he | ||
182 | imagined | ||
183 | her | ||
184 | seeing | ||
185 | fisheye | ||
186 | versions | ||
187 | of | ||
188 | herself | ||
189 | in | ||
190 | them | ||
191 | i | ||
192 | don't | ||
193 | know | ||
194 | he | ||
195 | said | ||
196 | because | ||
197 | it | ||
198 | was | ||
199 | true | ||
200 | it's | ||
201 | alright | ||
202 | anyway | ||
203 | she | ||
204 | said | ||
205 | and | ||
206 | placed | ||
207 | the | ||
208 | full | ||
209 | punch | ||
210 | cup | ||
211 | in | ||
212 | his | ||
213 | right | ||
214 | hand | ||
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1 | the | ||
2 | purpose | ||
3 | of | ||
4 | dogs | ||
5 | okay | ||
6 | so | ||
7 | as | ||
8 | we | ||
9 | said | ||
10 | in | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | prelude | ||
13 | there | ||
14 | either | ||
15 | is | ||
16 | or | ||
17 | isn't | ||
18 | a | ||
19 | god | ||
20 | this | ||
21 | has | ||
22 | been | ||
23 | one | ||
24 | of | ||
25 | the | ||
26 | main | ||
27 | past | ||
28 | times | ||
29 | of | ||
30 | humanity | ||
31 | ever | ||
32 | since | ||
33 | since | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | first | ||
36 | man | ||
37 | or | ||
38 | woman | ||
39 | climbed | ||
40 | out | ||
41 | of | ||
42 | whatever | ||
43 | slime | ||
44 | or | ||
45 | swamp | ||
46 | he | ||
47 | thumbed | ||
48 | his | ||
49 | way | ||
50 | out | ||
51 | of | ||
52 | what | ||
53 | humanity | ||
54 | has | ||
55 | failed | ||
56 | to | ||
57 | realize | ||
58 | is | ||
59 | that | ||
60 | an | ||
61 | incredibly | ||
62 | plausible | ||
63 | third | ||
64 | and | ||
65 | heretofore | ||
66 | unknown | ||
67 | hypothesis | ||
68 | also | ||
69 | exists | ||
70 | there | ||
71 | is | ||
72 | a | ||
73 | dog | ||
74 | in | ||
75 | fact | ||
76 | there | ||
77 | are | ||
78 | many | ||
79 | dogs | ||
80 | and | ||
81 | not | ||
82 | only | ||
83 | that | ||
84 | there | ||
85 | are | ||
86 | also | ||
87 | many | ||
88 | types | ||
89 | of | ||
90 | dogs | ||
91 | these | ||
92 | are | ||
93 | called | ||
94 | breeds | ||
95 | and | ||
96 | each | ||
97 | breed | ||
98 | was | ||
99 | created | ||
100 | by | ||
101 | man | ||
102 | in | ||
103 | order | ||
104 | to | ||
105 | fulfill | ||
106 | some | ||
107 | use | ||
108 | that | ||
109 | man | ||
110 | thought | ||
111 | he | ||
112 | needed | ||
113 | some | ||
114 | dogs | ||
115 | are | ||
116 | for | ||
117 | chasing | ||
118 | birds | ||
119 | and | ||
120 | some | ||
121 | are | ||
122 | for | ||
123 | chasing | ||
124 | badgers | ||
125 | some | ||
126 | are | ||
127 | for | ||
128 | laying | ||
129 | in | ||
130 | your | ||
131 | lap | ||
132 | and | ||
133 | being | ||
134 | petted | ||
135 | all | ||
136 | day | ||
137 | some | ||
138 | dogs | ||
139 | don't | ||
140 | seem | ||
141 | to | ||
142 | be | ||
143 | really | ||
144 | for | ||
145 | anything | ||
146 | besides | ||
147 | being | ||
148 | fucking | ||
149 | stupid | ||
150 | and | ||
151 | chewing | ||
152 | up | ||
153 | your | ||
154 | one-of-a-kind | ||
155 | collectible | ||
156 | individually-numbered | ||
157 | king | ||
158 | kong | ||
159 | figurine | ||
160 | from | ||
161 | the | ||
162 | peter | ||
163 | jackson | ||
164 | film | ||
165 | but | ||
166 | the | ||
167 | important | ||
168 | thing | ||
169 | is | ||
170 | and | ||
171 | here | ||
172 | we | ||
173 | go | ||
174 | with | ||
175 | important | ||
176 | things | ||
177 | again | ||
178 | all | ||
179 | dogs | ||
180 | have | ||
181 | been | ||
182 | bred | ||
183 | by | ||
184 | people | ||
185 | for | ||
186 | performing | ||
187 | some | ||
188 | certain | ||
189 | function | ||
190 | that | ||
191 | we | ||
192 | think | ||
193 | is | ||
194 | important | ||
195 | note | ||
196 | just | ||
197 | because | ||
198 | we | ||
199 | think | ||
200 | it's | ||
201 | important | ||
202 | doesn't | ||
203 | mean | ||
204 | it | ||
205 | is | ||
206 | important | ||
207 | but | ||
208 | it | ||
209 | might | ||
210 | as | ||
211 | well | ||
212 | be | ||
213 | because | ||
214 | what | ||
215 | we | ||
216 | as | ||
217 | humans | ||
218 | think | ||
219 | is | ||
220 | important | ||
221 | is | ||
222 | important | ||
223 | but | ||
224 | be | ||
225 | careful | ||
226 | just | ||
227 | because | ||
228 | something's | ||
229 | important | ||
230 | doesn't | ||
231 | mean | ||
232 | it | ||
233 | means | ||
234 | anything | ||
235 | or | ||
236 | that | ||
237 | it | ||
238 | actually | ||
239 | makes | ||
240 | anything | ||
241 | happen | ||
242 | even | ||
243 | though | ||
244 | just | ||
245 | because | ||
246 | something | ||
247 | makes | ||
248 | something | ||
249 | else | ||
250 | happen | ||
251 | doesn't | ||
252 | mean | ||
253 | it's | ||
254 | important | ||
255 | shit | ||
256 | let | ||
257 | me | ||
258 | start | ||
259 | again | ||
diff --git a/river/question.river b/river/question.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d09b12c --- /dev/null +++ b/river/question.river | |||
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1 | question | ||
2 | do | ||
3 | you | ||
4 | have | ||
5 | to | ||
6 | say | ||
7 | your | ||
8 | thoughts | ||
9 | out | ||
10 | loud | ||
11 | for | ||
12 | them | ||
13 | to | ||
14 | mean | ||
15 | anything | ||
16 | paul | ||
17 | asked | ||
18 | jill | ||
19 | on | ||
20 | his | ||
21 | first | ||
22 | coffee | ||
23 | break | ||
24 | at | ||
25 | work | ||
26 | it | ||
27 | was | ||
28 | in | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | city | ||
31 | and | ||
32 | his | ||
33 | mother | ||
34 | told | ||
35 | him | ||
36 | she | ||
37 | wouldn't | ||
38 | drive | ||
39 | him | ||
40 | so | ||
41 | he'd | ||
42 | had | ||
43 | to | ||
44 | take | ||
45 | the | ||
46 | bus | ||
47 | number | ||
48 | 3 | ||
49 | he | ||
50 | thought | ||
51 | it | ||
52 | was | ||
53 | he | ||
54 | couldn't | ||
55 | quite | ||
56 | remember | ||
57 | jill | ||
58 | said | ||
59 | sorry | ||
60 | what | ||
61 | paul | ||
62 | realized | ||
63 | that | ||
64 | she | ||
65 | hadn't | ||
66 | really | ||
67 | noticed | ||
68 | him | ||
69 | there | ||
70 | in | ||
71 | the | ||
72 | break | ||
73 | room | ||
74 | as | ||
75 | he | ||
76 | was | ||
77 | hunched | ||
78 | behind | ||
79 | the | ||
80 | refrigerator | ||
81 | a | ||
82 | little | ||
83 | and | ||
84 | she | ||
85 | was | ||
86 | busy | ||
87 | pouring | ||
88 | coffee | ||
89 | and | ||
90 | exactly | ||
91 | two | ||
92 | tablespoons | ||
93 | of | ||
94 | both | ||
95 | milk | ||
96 | and | ||
97 | sugar | ||
98 | into | ||
99 | her | ||
100 | mug | ||
101 | before | ||
102 | she | ||
103 | put | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | coffee | ||
106 | in | ||
107 | he | ||
108 | decided | ||
109 | to | ||
110 | repeat | ||
111 | the | ||
112 | question | ||
113 | how | ||
114 | do | ||
115 | you | ||
116 | think | ||
117 | he | ||
118 | asked | ||
119 | like | ||
120 | everyone | ||
121 | else | ||
122 | i | ||
123 | guess | ||
124 | she | ||
125 | said | ||
126 | i | ||
127 | have | ||
128 | a | ||
129 | thought | ||
130 | and | ||
131 | if | ||
132 | it's | ||
133 | important | ||
134 | i | ||
135 | write | ||
136 | it | ||
137 | down | ||
138 | do | ||
139 | you | ||
140 | have | ||
141 | to | ||
142 | say | ||
143 | them | ||
144 | out | ||
145 | loud | ||
146 | for | ||
147 | them | ||
148 | to | ||
149 | make | ||
150 | sense | ||
151 | are | ||
152 | you | ||
153 | asking | ||
154 | if | ||
155 | i | ||
156 | talk | ||
157 | to | ||
158 | myself | ||
159 | a | ||
160 | pause | ||
161 | i | ||
162 | guess | ||
163 | so | ||
164 | he | ||
165 | said | ||
166 | looking | ||
167 | down | ||
168 | he | ||
169 | had | ||
170 | a | ||
171 | feeling | ||
172 | this | ||
173 | was | ||
174 | a | ||
175 | bad | ||
176 | thing | ||
177 | sometimes | ||
178 | she | ||
179 | said | ||
180 | and | ||
181 | walked | ||
182 | out | ||
183 | of | ||
184 | the | ||
185 | break | ||
186 | room | ||
187 | she | ||
188 | didn't | ||
189 | understand | ||
190 | the | ||
191 | importance | ||
192 | of | ||
193 | his | ||
194 | question | ||
195 | she | ||
196 | popped | ||
197 | her | ||
198 | head | ||
199 | back | ||
200 | in | ||
201 | a | ||
202 | moment | ||
203 | later | ||
204 | and | ||
205 | his | ||
206 | heart | ||
207 | leaped | ||
208 | in | ||
209 | his | ||
210 | chest | ||
211 | how's | ||
212 | your | ||
213 | first | ||
214 | day | ||
215 | going | ||
216 | so | ||
217 | far | ||
218 | she | ||
219 | asked | ||
220 | can | ||
221 | you | ||
222 | understand | ||
223 | everything | ||
224 | okay | ||
225 | yes | ||
226 | he | ||
227 | said | ||
228 | you | ||
229 | were | ||
230 | right | ||
231 | it's | ||
232 | pretty | ||
233 | basic | ||
234 | good | ||
235 | she | ||
236 | said | ||
237 | paul | ||
238 | yes | ||
239 | do | ||
240 | you | ||
241 | have | ||
242 | to | ||
243 | say | ||
244 | all | ||
245 | of | ||
246 | your | ||
247 | thoughts | ||
248 | out | ||
249 | loud | ||
250 | to | ||
251 | remember | ||
252 | them | ||
253 | he | ||
254 | shook | ||
255 | his | ||
256 | head | ||
257 | only | ||
258 | all | ||
259 | of | ||
260 | the | ||
261 | time | ||
262 | paul | ||
263 | thought | ||
264 | to | ||
265 | himself | ||
266 | but | ||
267 | didn't | ||
268 | speak | ||
diff --git a/river/real-writer.river b/river/real-writer.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1667879 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/real-writer.river | |||
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1 | a | ||
2 | real | ||
3 | writer | ||
4 | sometimes | ||
5 | i | ||
6 | feel | ||
7 | as | ||
8 | though | ||
9 | i | ||
10 | am | ||
11 | not | ||
12 | a | ||
13 | real | ||
14 | writer | ||
15 | i | ||
16 | don't | ||
17 | smoke | ||
18 | i | ||
19 | don't | ||
20 | wake | ||
21 | up | ||
22 | early | ||
23 | but | ||
24 | i | ||
25 | don't | ||
26 | sleep | ||
27 | all | ||
28 | day | ||
29 | either | ||
30 | i | ||
31 | find | ||
32 | myself | ||
33 | increasingly | ||
34 | interested | ||
35 | in | ||
36 | dumb | ||
37 | luck | ||
38 | chance | ||
39 | i've | ||
40 | found | ||
41 | two | ||
42 | dimes | ||
43 | in | ||
44 | as | ||
45 | many | ||
46 | days | ||
47 | does | ||
48 | this | ||
49 | mean | ||
50 | i've | ||
51 | found | ||
52 | twenty | ||
53 | lucky | ||
54 | pennies | ||
55 | i | ||
56 | want | ||
57 | you | ||
58 | to | ||
59 | participate | ||
60 | you | ||
61 | the | ||
62 | reader | ||
63 | you | ||
64 | the | ||
65 | probabilistic | ||
66 | god | ||
67 | of | ||
68 | my | ||
69 | dreams | ||
70 | i've | ||
71 | been | ||
72 | having | ||
73 | strange | ||
74 | dreams | ||
75 | lately | ||
76 | i | ||
77 | don't | ||
78 | remember | ||
79 | them | ||
80 | but | ||
81 | they | ||
82 | leave | ||
83 | impressions | ||
84 | a | ||
85 | bare | ||
86 | foot | ||
87 | a | ||
88 | tunnel | ||
89 | of | ||
90 | hair | ||
91 | from | ||
92 | her | ||
93 | face | ||
94 | to | ||
95 | mine | ||
96 | a | ||
97 | boat | ||
98 | stranded | ||
99 | in | ||
100 | a | ||
101 | living-room | ||
102 | something | ||
103 | warm | ||
104 | something | ||
105 | like | ||
106 | the | ||
107 | sun | ||
108 | through | ||
109 | my | ||
110 | eyelids | ||
111 | a | ||
112 | hand | ||
113 | with | ||
114 | all | ||
115 | its | ||
116 | dead | ||
117 | symbology | ||
118 | my | ||
119 | teeth | ||
120 | have | ||
121 | fallen | ||
122 | out | ||
123 | no | ||
124 | you | ||
125 | pulled | ||
126 | them | ||
127 | out | ||
128 | with | ||
129 | your | ||
130 | hands | ||
131 | threw | ||
132 | them | ||
133 | over | ||
134 | your | ||
135 | left | ||
136 | shoulder | ||
137 | like | ||
138 | salt | ||
139 | to | ||
140 | wish | ||
141 | away | ||
142 | bad | ||
143 | luck | ||
144 | i | ||
145 | have | ||
146 | something | ||
147 | to | ||
148 | tell | ||
149 | you | ||
150 | bad | ||
151 | luck | ||
152 | follows | ||
153 | like | ||
154 | a | ||
155 | dog | ||
156 | it | ||
157 | lets | ||
158 | you | ||
159 | get | ||
160 | ahead | ||
161 | for | ||
162 | a | ||
163 | few | ||
164 | days | ||
165 | a | ||
166 | week | ||
167 | a | ||
168 | year | ||
169 | you'll | ||
170 | see | ||
171 | it'll | ||
172 | bite | ||
173 | your | ||
174 | sleeping | ||
175 | face | ||
176 | when | ||
177 | you're | ||
178 | not | ||
179 | looking | ||
180 | i've | ||
181 | been | ||
182 | dreaming | ||
183 | about | ||
184 | the | ||
185 | future | ||
186 | i | ||
187 | know | ||
188 | in | ||
189 | my | ||
190 | dream | ||
191 | i | ||
192 | am | ||
193 | not | ||
194 | a | ||
195 | writer | ||
196 | i | ||
197 | live | ||
198 | in | ||
199 | a | ||
200 | place | ||
201 | with | ||
202 | rain | ||
203 | you | ||
204 | are | ||
205 | sunning | ||
206 | yourself | ||
207 | as | ||
208 | you | ||
209 | read | ||
210 | this | ||
211 | on | ||
212 | a | ||
213 | beach | ||
214 | or | ||
215 | maybe | ||
216 | a | ||
217 | desert | ||
218 | let | ||
219 | me | ||
220 | move | ||
221 | in | ||
222 | with | ||
223 | you | ||
224 | i | ||
225 | can | ||
226 | cook | ||
227 | or | ||
228 | clean | ||
229 | or | ||
230 | take | ||
231 | care | ||
232 | of | ||
233 | your | ||
234 | dog | ||
235 | while | ||
236 | you're | ||
237 | out | ||
238 | i'll | ||
239 | never | ||
240 | have | ||
241 | to | ||
242 | write | ||
243 | again | ||
244 | i'll | ||
245 | watch | ||
246 | television | ||
247 | do | ||
248 | i | ||
249 | want | ||
250 | to | ||
251 | become | ||
252 | a | ||
253 | writer | ||
254 | tell | ||
255 | me | ||
256 | should | ||
257 | i | ||
258 | smoke | ||
259 | i | ||
260 | can | ||
261 | sleep | ||
262 | all | ||
263 | day | ||
264 | in | ||
265 | your | ||
266 | attic | ||
267 | if | ||
268 | you | ||
269 | want | ||
270 | become | ||
271 | your | ||
272 | god | ||
273 | lose | ||
274 | my | ||
275 | own | ||
276 | settle | ||
277 | to | ||
278 | the | ||
279 | bottom | ||
280 | of | ||
281 | the | ||
282 | bed | ||
283 | like | ||
284 | a | ||
285 | boat | ||
286 | in | ||
287 | a | ||
288 | river | ||
289 | dream | ||
290 | about | ||
291 | nothing | ||
292 | but | ||
293 | furniture | ||
diff --git a/river/reports.river b/river/reports.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4607606 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/reports.river | |||
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1 | reports | ||
2 | paul | ||
3 | you | ||
4 | can't | ||
5 | turn | ||
6 | in | ||
7 | your | ||
8 | reports | ||
9 | on | ||
10 | four-by-six | ||
11 | notecards | ||
12 | jill | ||
13 | told | ||
14 | him | ||
15 | after | ||
16 | he | ||
17 | handed | ||
18 | her | ||
19 | his | ||
20 | reports | ||
21 | typed | ||
22 | carefully | ||
23 | on | ||
24 | twelve | ||
25 | four-by-six | ||
26 | notecards | ||
27 | he | ||
28 | had | ||
29 | spent | ||
30 | the | ||
31 | weekend | ||
32 | going | ||
33 | to | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | office | ||
36 | supply | ||
37 | store | ||
38 | to | ||
39 | buy | ||
40 | notecards | ||
41 | and | ||
42 | typewriter | ||
43 | ribbon | ||
44 | he | ||
45 | found | ||
46 | it | ||
47 | surprisingly | ||
48 | easily | ||
49 | after | ||
50 | his | ||
51 | first | ||
52 | payday | ||
53 | replacing | ||
54 | the | ||
55 | ribbon | ||
56 | in | ||
57 | his | ||
58 | typewriter | ||
59 | this | ||
60 | took | ||
61 | approximately | ||
62 | half | ||
63 | an | ||
64 | hour | ||
65 | because | ||
66 | he | ||
67 | had | ||
68 | to | ||
69 | figure | ||
70 | it | ||
71 | all | ||
72 | out | ||
73 | on | ||
74 | his | ||
75 | own | ||
76 | opening | ||
77 | the | ||
78 | package | ||
79 | of | ||
80 | notecards | ||
81 | this | ||
82 | took | ||
83 | approximately | ||
84 | four | ||
85 | seconds | ||
86 | although | ||
87 | he | ||
88 | still | ||
89 | had | ||
90 | to | ||
91 | figure | ||
92 | out | ||
93 | how | ||
94 | to | ||
95 | do | ||
96 | it | ||
97 | on | ||
98 | his | ||
99 | own | ||
100 | it | ||
101 | was | ||
102 | just | ||
103 | easier | ||
104 | carefully | ||
105 | typing | ||
106 | the | ||
107 | reports | ||
108 | he'd | ||
109 | handwritten | ||
110 | on | ||
111 | letter | ||
112 | paper | ||
113 | onto | ||
114 | the | ||
115 | notecards | ||
116 | he | ||
117 | made | ||
118 | many | ||
119 | mistakes | ||
120 | and | ||
121 | threw | ||
122 | away | ||
123 | many | ||
124 | notecards | ||
125 | though | ||
126 | later | ||
127 | he | ||
128 | used | ||
129 | them | ||
130 | for | ||
131 | kindling | ||
132 | so | ||
133 | understandably | ||
134 | he | ||
135 | was | ||
136 | upset | ||
137 | he | ||
138 | told | ||
139 | jill | ||
140 | all | ||
141 | the | ||
142 | work | ||
143 | he'd | ||
144 | gone | ||
145 | to | ||
146 | to | ||
147 | type | ||
148 | those | ||
149 | notecard | ||
150 | reports | ||
151 | for | ||
152 | her | ||
153 | for | ||
154 | the | ||
155 | company | ||
156 | she | ||
157 | shook | ||
158 | her | ||
159 | head | ||
160 | paul | ||
161 | you | ||
162 | don't | ||
163 | have | ||
164 | to | ||
165 | do | ||
166 | all | ||
167 | that | ||
168 | work | ||
169 | at | ||
170 | home | ||
171 | just | ||
172 | type | ||
173 | it | ||
174 | up | ||
175 | on | ||
176 | the | ||
177 | computers | ||
178 | here | ||
179 | that's | ||
180 | all | ||
181 | you | ||
182 | need | ||
183 | to | ||
184 | do | ||
185 | thanks | ||
186 | for | ||
187 | the | ||
188 | work | ||
189 | though | ||
190 | he | ||
191 | nodded | ||
192 | as | ||
193 | she | ||
194 | threw | ||
195 | the | ||
196 | notecards | ||
197 | into | ||
198 | the | ||
199 | trashcan | ||
200 | and | ||
201 | left | ||
202 | his | ||
203 | cubicle | ||
diff --git a/river/riptide_memory.river b/river/riptide_memory.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cc3136a --- /dev/null +++ b/river/riptide_memory.river | |||
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1 | riptide | ||
2 | of | ||
3 | memory | ||
4 | inside | ||
5 | of | ||
6 | my | ||
7 | memory | ||
8 | the | ||
9 | poem | ||
10 | is | ||
11 | another | ||
12 | memory | ||
13 | the | ||
14 | air | ||
15 | up | ||
16 | here | ||
17 | is | ||
18 | thin | ||
19 | but | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | wind | ||
22 | blows | ||
23 | harder | ||
24 | than | ||
25 | anywhere | ||
26 | else | ||
27 | i | ||
28 | know | ||
29 | it | ||
30 | threatens | ||
31 | to | ||
32 | rip | ||
33 | my | ||
34 | body | ||
35 | away | ||
36 | like | ||
37 | an | ||
38 | angel | ||
39 | of | ||
40 | death | ||
41 | to | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | stars | ||
44 | in | ||
45 | arizona | ||
46 | i | ||
47 | thought | ||
48 | i | ||
49 | would | ||
50 | forget | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | rain | ||
53 | forget | ||
54 | its | ||
55 | sound | ||
56 | on | ||
57 | a | ||
58 | roof | ||
59 | like | ||
60 | a | ||
61 | hard | ||
62 | wind | ||
63 | forget | ||
64 | its | ||
65 | smell | ||
66 | like | ||
67 | a | ||
68 | far | ||
69 | away | ||
70 | ocean | ||
71 | luckily | ||
72 | for | ||
73 | me | ||
74 | it | ||
75 | rains | ||
76 | here | ||
77 | luckily | ||
78 | because | ||
79 | i | ||
80 | forget | ||
81 | too | ||
82 | easily | ||
83 | in | ||
84 | a | ||
85 | dream | ||
86 | my | ||
87 | father | ||
88 | is | ||
89 | caught | ||
90 | by | ||
91 | a | ||
92 | riptide | ||
93 | off-shore | ||
94 | he's | ||
95 | pulled | ||
96 | far | ||
97 | out | ||
98 | far | ||
99 | enough | ||
100 | that | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | shoreline's | ||
103 | a | ||
104 | line | ||
105 | in | ||
106 | his | ||
107 | memory | ||
108 | on | ||
109 | the | ||
110 | horizon | ||
111 | i | ||
112 | can | ||
113 | see | ||
114 | him | ||
115 | swimming | ||
116 | hand | ||
117 | over | ||
118 | hand | ||
119 | pulling | ||
120 | his | ||
121 | small | ||
122 | weight | ||
123 | back | ||
124 | to | ||
125 | land | ||
126 | i | ||
127 | see | ||
128 | him | ||
129 | as | ||
130 | another | ||
131 | shipwreck | ||
132 | victim | ||
133 | coughing | ||
134 | sand | ||
135 | and | ||
136 | seawater | ||
137 | beard | ||
138 | woven | ||
139 | with | ||
140 | seaweed | ||
141 | i | ||
142 | see | ||
143 | him | ||
144 | laying | ||
145 | there | ||
146 | a | ||
147 | long | ||
148 | time | ||
149 | i | ||
150 | see | ||
151 | all | ||
152 | this | ||
153 | as | ||
154 | he | ||
155 | tells | ||
156 | me | ||
157 | the | ||
158 | story | ||
159 | years | ||
160 | later | ||
161 | the | ||
162 | riptide | ||
163 | only | ||
164 | a | ||
165 | ghost | ||
166 | in | ||
167 | his | ||
168 | memory | ||
169 | i | ||
170 | only | ||
171 | a | ||
172 | child | ||
173 | falling | ||
174 | asleep | ||
175 | my | ||
176 | mother's | ||
177 | making | ||
178 | mayonnaise | ||
179 | rolls | ||
180 | in | ||
181 | the | ||
182 | kitchen | ||
183 | a | ||
184 | recipe | ||
185 | i'll | ||
186 | send | ||
187 | for | ||
188 | years | ||
189 | later | ||
190 | in | ||
191 | arizona | ||
192 | in | ||
193 | the | ||
194 | monsoon | ||
195 | season | ||
196 | when | ||
197 | my | ||
198 | thirst | ||
199 | pulls | ||
200 | me | ||
201 | back | ||
202 | home | ||
203 | my | ||
204 | memory's | ||
205 | lonesome | ||
206 | twinkle | ||
207 | like | ||
208 | stars | ||
209 | above | ||
210 | the | ||
211 | mountains | ||
212 | i'll | ||
213 | send | ||
214 | for | ||
215 | it | ||
216 | and | ||
217 | try | ||
218 | to | ||
219 | make | ||
220 | them | ||
221 | but | ||
222 | in | ||
223 | the | ||
224 | thin | ||
225 | air | ||
226 | they'll | ||
227 | crumble | ||
228 | into | ||
229 | dust | ||
230 | like | ||
231 | desert | ||
232 | air | ||
233 | like | ||
234 | a | ||
235 | memory | ||
diff --git a/river/ronaldmcdonald.river b/river/ronaldmcdonald.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7426f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/ronaldmcdonald.river | |||
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1 | ronald | ||
2 | mcdonald | ||
3 | when | ||
4 | ronald | ||
5 | mcdonald | ||
6 | takes | ||
7 | off | ||
8 | his | ||
9 | striped | ||
10 | shirt | ||
11 | his | ||
12 | coveralls | ||
13 | his | ||
14 | painted | ||
15 | face | ||
16 | when | ||
17 | he | ||
18 | no | ||
19 | longer | ||
20 | looks | ||
21 | like | ||
22 | anyone | ||
23 | or | ||
24 | anything | ||
25 | special | ||
26 | sitting | ||
27 | next | ||
28 | to | ||
29 | women | ||
30 | in | ||
31 | bars | ||
32 | or | ||
33 | standing | ||
34 | in | ||
35 | the | ||
36 | aisle | ||
37 | at | ||
38 | the | ||
39 | grocery | ||
40 | is | ||
41 | he | ||
42 | no | ||
43 | longer | ||
44 | ronald | ||
45 | is | ||
46 | he | ||
47 | no | ||
48 | longer | ||
49 | happy | ||
50 | to | ||
51 | kick | ||
52 | a | ||
53 | soccer | ||
54 | ball | ||
55 | around | ||
56 | with | ||
57 | the | ||
58 | kids | ||
59 | in | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | park | ||
62 | is | ||
63 | he | ||
64 | suddenly | ||
65 | unable | ||
66 | to | ||
67 | enjoy | ||
68 | the | ||
69 | french | ||
70 | fries | ||
71 | he | ||
72 | gets | ||
73 | for | ||
74 | his | ||
75 | fifty | ||
76 | percent | ||
77 | off | ||
78 | i'd | ||
79 | like | ||
80 | to | ||
81 | think | ||
82 | that | ||
83 | he | ||
84 | takes | ||
85 | ronald | ||
86 | off | ||
87 | like | ||
88 | a | ||
89 | shirt | ||
90 | hangs | ||
91 | him | ||
92 | in | ||
93 | a | ||
94 | closet | ||
95 | where | ||
96 | he | ||
97 | breathes | ||
98 | darkly | ||
99 | in | ||
100 | the | ||
101 | musk | ||
102 | i'd | ||
103 | like | ||
104 | to | ||
105 | believe | ||
106 | that | ||
107 | we | ||
108 | are | ||
109 | able | ||
110 | to | ||
111 | slough | ||
112 | off | ||
113 | selves | ||
114 | like | ||
115 | old | ||
116 | skin | ||
117 | and | ||
118 | still | ||
119 | retain | ||
120 | some | ||
121 | base | ||
122 | self | ||
123 | of | ||
124 | course | ||
125 | we | ||
126 | all | ||
127 | know | ||
128 | this | ||
129 | is | ||
130 | not | ||
131 | what | ||
132 | happens | ||
133 | the | ||
134 | ronald | ||
135 | leering | ||
136 | at | ||
137 | women | ||
138 | drunkenly | ||
139 | is | ||
140 | the | ||
141 | same | ||
142 | who | ||
143 | the | ||
144 | next | ||
145 | day | ||
146 | kicks | ||
147 | at | ||
148 | a | ||
149 | ball | ||
150 | the | ||
151 | size | ||
152 | of | ||
153 | a | ||
154 | head | ||
155 | he | ||
156 | is | ||
157 | the | ||
158 | same | ||
159 | that | ||
160 | hugs | ||
161 | his | ||
162 | children | ||
163 | at | ||
164 | night | ||
165 | who | ||
166 | has | ||
167 | sex | ||
168 | with | ||
169 | his | ||
170 | wife | ||
171 | on | ||
172 | the | ||
173 | weekends | ||
174 | when | ||
175 | they're | ||
176 | not | ||
177 | so | ||
178 | tired | ||
179 | to | ||
180 | make | ||
181 | it | ||
182 | work | ||
183 | who | ||
184 | smiles | ||
185 | holding | ||
186 | a | ||
187 | basket | ||
188 | of | ||
189 | fries | ||
190 | in | ||
191 | front | ||
192 | of | ||
193 | a | ||
194 | field | ||
195 | he | ||
196 | cannot | ||
197 | take | ||
198 | off | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | facepaint | ||
201 | or | ||
202 | the | ||
203 | yellow | ||
204 | gloves | ||
205 | they | ||
206 | are | ||
207 | stuck | ||
208 | to | ||
209 | him | ||
210 | like | ||
211 | so | ||
212 | many | ||
213 | feathers | ||
214 | with | ||
215 | the | ||
216 | tar | ||
217 | of | ||
218 | his | ||
219 | everyday | ||
220 | associations | ||
221 | his | ||
222 | plight | ||
223 | is | ||
224 | that | ||
225 | of | ||
226 | everyone's | ||
227 | we | ||
228 | are | ||
229 | what | ||
230 | we | ||
231 | do | ||
232 | who | ||
233 | we | ||
234 | are | ||
diff --git a/river/roughgloves.river b/river/roughgloves.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c60e6e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/roughgloves.river | |||
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1 | rough | ||
2 | gloves | ||
3 | i | ||
4 | lost | ||
5 | my | ||
6 | hands | ||
7 | & | ||
8 | knit | ||
9 | replacement | ||
10 | ones | ||
11 | from | ||
12 | spiders | ||
13 | threads | ||
14 | stronger | ||
15 | than | ||
16 | steel | ||
17 | but | ||
18 | soft | ||
19 | as | ||
20 | lambs | ||
21 | wool | ||
22 | catching | ||
23 | as | ||
24 | they | ||
25 | do | ||
26 | on | ||
27 | nails | ||
28 | & | ||
29 | your | ||
30 | collarbone | ||
31 | you | ||
32 | don't | ||
33 | seem | ||
34 | to | ||
35 | like | ||
36 | their | ||
37 | rough | ||
38 | warm | ||
39 | presence | ||
40 | on | ||
41 | your | ||
42 | cheek | ||
43 | or | ||
44 | thigh | ||
45 | i've | ||
46 | asked | ||
47 | you | ||
48 | if | ||
49 | you | ||
50 | minded | ||
51 | you've | ||
52 | said | ||
53 | no | ||
54 | your | ||
55 | face | ||
56 | a | ||
57 | table | ||
58 | laid | ||
59 | with | ||
60 | burnt | ||
61 | meat | ||
62 | bread | ||
63 | so | ||
64 | stale | ||
65 | it | ||
66 | could | ||
67 | break | ||
68 | a | ||
69 | hand | ||
70 | remember | ||
71 | your | ||
72 | senile | ||
73 | mother's | ||
74 | face | ||
75 | above | ||
76 | that | ||
77 | table | ||
78 | i'd | ||
79 | say | ||
80 | she | ||
81 | got | ||
82 | the | ||
83 | meaning | ||
84 | of | ||
85 | that | ||
86 | look | ||
87 | you'd | ||
88 | rather | ||
89 | not | ||
90 | be | ||
91 | touched | ||
92 | by | ||
93 | these | ||
94 | rough | ||
95 | gloves | ||
96 | the | ||
97 | only | ||
98 | way | ||
99 | i | ||
100 | have | ||
101 | to | ||
102 | knit | ||
103 | a | ||
104 | love | ||
105 | against | ||
106 | whatever | ||
107 | winters | ||
108 | we | ||
109 | may | ||
110 | enter | ||
111 | like | ||
112 | a | ||
113 | silkworm | ||
114 | in | ||
115 | a | ||
116 | spider's | ||
117 | blackened | ||
118 | maw | ||
diff --git a/river/sapling.river b/river/sapling.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c88692 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/sapling.river | |||
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1 | sapling | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | chopped | ||
4 | down | ||
5 | a | ||
6 | sapling | ||
7 | pine | ||
8 | tree | ||
9 | and | ||
10 | looked | ||
11 | at | ||
12 | his | ||
13 | watch | ||
14 | from | ||
15 | first | ||
16 | chop | ||
17 | to | ||
18 | fall | ||
19 | it | ||
20 | had | ||
21 | taken | ||
22 | him | ||
23 | eight | ||
24 | minutes | ||
25 | and | ||
26 | something | ||
27 | like | ||
28 | twenty | ||
29 | seconds | ||
30 | maybe | ||
31 | a | ||
32 | little | ||
33 | change | ||
34 | he | ||
35 | leaned | ||
36 | against | ||
37 | another | ||
38 | tree | ||
39 | and | ||
40 | fished | ||
41 | in | ||
42 | his | ||
43 | |||
44 | for | ||
45 | a | ||
46 | cigarette | ||
47 | he | ||
48 | lifted | ||
49 | it | ||
50 | out | ||
51 | of | ||
52 | its | ||
53 | box | ||
54 | and | ||
55 | fished | ||
56 | in | ||
57 | his | ||
58 | other | ||
59 | |||
60 | for | ||
61 | his | ||
62 | lighter | ||
63 | failing | ||
64 | to | ||
65 | find | ||
66 | it | ||
67 | he | ||
68 | searched | ||
69 | his | ||
70 | other | ||
71 | pockets | ||
72 | he | ||
73 | came | ||
74 | to | ||
75 | the | ||
76 | realization | ||
77 | that | ||
78 | he | ||
79 | had | ||
80 | forgotten | ||
81 | it | ||
82 | in | ||
83 | his | ||
84 | shack | ||
85 | in | ||
86 | confusion | ||
87 | over | ||
88 | his | ||
89 | true | ||
90 | vocation | ||
91 | he'd | ||
92 | resorted | ||
93 | to | ||
94 | calling | ||
95 | it | ||
96 | simply | ||
97 | the | ||
98 | shack | ||
99 | until | ||
100 | he | ||
101 | could | ||
102 | figure | ||
103 | it | ||
104 | out | ||
105 | he | ||
106 | sighed | ||
107 | and | ||
108 | put | ||
109 | his | ||
110 | hands | ||
111 | in | ||
112 | his | ||
113 | pockets | ||
114 | i | ||
115 | wonder | ||
116 | if | ||
117 | trees | ||
118 | are | ||
119 | protective | ||
120 | of | ||
121 | their | ||
122 | young | ||
123 | he | ||
124 | said | ||
125 | to | ||
126 | himself | ||
127 | then | ||
128 | wondered | ||
129 | if | ||
130 | why | ||
131 | he | ||
132 | had | ||
133 | to | ||
134 | think | ||
135 | his | ||
136 | thoughts | ||
137 | out | ||
138 | loud | ||
139 | then | ||
140 | remembered | ||
141 | he | ||
142 | always | ||
143 | did | ||
144 | this | ||
145 | then | ||
146 | remembered | ||
147 | his | ||
148 | conversation | ||
149 | with | ||
150 | jill | ||
151 | he | ||
152 | hoped | ||
153 | she | ||
154 | didn't | ||
155 | he | ||
156 | hoped | ||
157 | that | ||
158 | conversation | ||
159 | was | ||
160 | like | ||
161 | the | ||
162 | tree | ||
163 | that | ||
164 | fell | ||
165 | in | ||
166 | the | ||
167 | forest | ||
168 | with | ||
169 | no | ||
170 | one | ||
171 | around | ||
172 | i | ||
173 | wonder | ||
174 | if | ||
175 | a | ||
176 | thought | ||
177 | said | ||
178 | out | ||
179 | loud | ||
180 | isn't | ||
181 | heard | ||
182 | by | ||
183 | anyone | ||
184 | if | ||
185 | it | ||
186 | was | ||
187 | made | ||
188 | i | ||
189 | think | ||
190 | maybe | ||
191 | this | ||
192 | is | ||
193 | what | ||
194 | literature | ||
195 | big | ||
196 | l | ||
197 | is | ||
198 | all | ||
199 | about | ||
200 | if | ||
201 | it's | ||
202 | trying | ||
203 | to | ||
204 | make | ||
205 | a | ||
206 | connection | ||
207 | because | ||
208 | no | ||
209 | idea | ||
210 | matters | ||
211 | unless | ||
212 | it's | ||
213 | connected | ||
214 | to | ||
215 | something | ||
216 | else | ||
217 | or | ||
218 | to | ||
219 | someone | ||
220 | else | ||
221 | maybe | ||
222 | no | ||
223 | wood | ||
224 | matters | ||
225 | unless | ||
226 | it's | ||
227 | bound | ||
228 | to | ||
229 | another | ||
230 | by | ||
231 | upholstery | ||
232 | nails | ||
233 | if | ||
234 | the | ||
235 | devil | ||
236 | is | ||
237 | in | ||
238 | the | ||
239 | details | ||
240 | as | ||
241 | they | ||
242 | say | ||
243 | who | ||
244 | are | ||
245 | they | ||
246 | anyway | ||
247 | the | ||
248 | details | ||
249 | are | ||
250 | the | ||
251 | connections | ||
252 | that | ||
253 | doesn't | ||
254 | make | ||
255 | sense | ||
256 | details | ||
257 | are | ||
258 | details | ||
259 | connections | ||
260 | are | ||
261 | connections | ||
262 | still | ||
263 | a | ||
264 | neuron | ||
265 | by | ||
266 | itself | ||
267 | means | ||
268 | nothing | ||
269 | put | ||
270 | them | ||
271 | all | ||
272 | together | ||
273 | though | ||
274 | and | ||
275 | connect | ||
276 | them | ||
277 | you've | ||
278 | got | ||
279 | a | ||
280 | brain | ||
diff --git a/river/seasonal-affective-disorder.river b/river/seasonal-affective-disorder.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f808502 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/seasonal-affective-disorder.river | |||
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1 | seasonal | ||
2 | affective | ||
3 | disorder | ||
4 | on | ||
5 | your | ||
6 | desk | ||
7 | i | ||
8 | set | ||
9 | a | ||
10 | tangerine | ||
11 | a | ||
12 | relic | ||
13 | of | ||
14 | a | ||
15 | winter | ||
16 | quickly | ||
17 | passing | ||
18 | i'm | ||
19 | reminded | ||
20 | fiercely | ||
21 | of | ||
22 | a | ||
23 | summer | ||
24 | i | ||
25 | watched | ||
26 | the | ||
27 | cemetery | ||
28 | grass | ||
29 | on | ||
30 | my | ||
31 | stomach | ||
32 | you | ||
33 | hate | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | wind | ||
36 | blowing | ||
37 | through | ||
38 | buildings | ||
39 | the | ||
40 | coldness | ||
41 | of | ||
42 | fire | ||
43 | blister | ||
44 | of | ||
45 | a | ||
46 | mountain | ||
47 | stream | ||
48 | when | ||
49 | you | ||
50 | broke | ||
51 | down | ||
52 | that | ||
53 | night | ||
54 | your | ||
55 | aunt | ||
56 | / | ||
57 | you | ||
58 | never | ||
59 | have | ||
60 | been | ||
61 | / | ||
62 | you | ||
63 | shook | ||
64 | that | ||
65 | night | ||
66 | / | ||
67 | seasonal | ||
68 | affective | ||
69 | disorder | ||
70 | is | ||
71 | real | ||
72 | you | ||
73 | mutter | ||
74 | under | ||
75 | your | ||
76 | breath | ||
77 | on | ||
78 | the | ||
79 | highway | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | ant | ||
82 | carries | ||
83 | an | ||
84 | orange | ||
85 | peel | ||
86 | past | ||
87 | a | ||
88 | headstone | ||
89 | it | ||
90 | carries | ||
91 | her | ||
92 | nearly | ||
93 | as | ||
94 | often | ||
95 | i | ||
96 | set | ||
97 | a | ||
98 | tangerine | ||
99 | on | ||
100 | your | ||
101 | desk | ||
102 | an | ||
103 | engagement | ||
104 | ring | ||
105 | winter-returned | ||
diff --git a/river/sense-of-it.river b/river/sense-of-it.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..85a1ed4 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/sense-of-it.river | |||
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1 | sense | ||
2 | of | ||
3 | it | ||
4 | i | ||
5 | only | ||
6 | write | ||
7 | poems | ||
8 | on | ||
9 | the | ||
10 | bus | ||
11 | anymore | ||
12 | i | ||
13 | sit | ||
14 | far | ||
15 | in | ||
16 | the | ||
17 | back | ||
18 | to | ||
19 | be | ||
20 | alone | ||
21 | i | ||
22 | mark | ||
23 | black | ||
24 | things | ||
25 | on | ||
26 | white | ||
27 | things | ||
28 | in | ||
29 | a | ||
30 | black | ||
31 | thing | ||
32 | i | ||
33 | try | ||
34 | to | ||
35 | make | ||
36 | sense | ||
37 | of | ||
38 | it | ||
39 | every | ||
40 | time | ||
41 | i | ||
42 | see | ||
43 | a | ||
44 | plastic | ||
45 | bag | ||
46 | in | ||
47 | the | ||
48 | wind | ||
49 | i | ||
50 | think | ||
51 | this | ||
52 | is | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | most | ||
55 | beautiful | ||
56 | thing | ||
57 | i've | ||
58 | ever | ||
59 | seen | ||
60 | most | ||
61 | of | ||
62 | my | ||
63 | life | ||
64 | i | ||
65 | relate | ||
66 | to | ||
67 | something | ||
68 | on | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | tv | ||
71 | this | ||
72 | is | ||
73 | how | ||
74 | i | ||
75 | try | ||
76 | to | ||
77 | make | ||
78 | sense | ||
79 | of | ||
80 | it | ||
81 | the | ||
82 | talking | ||
83 | heads | ||
84 | song | ||
85 | stop | ||
86 | making | ||
87 | sense | ||
88 | is | ||
89 | about | ||
90 | a | ||
91 | girlfriend | ||
92 | caught | ||
93 | cheating | ||
94 | and | ||
95 | willed | ||
96 | oblivion | ||
97 | the | ||
98 | song's | ||
99 | real | ||
100 | title | ||
101 | is | ||
102 | girlfriend | ||
103 | is | ||
104 | better | ||
105 | but | ||
106 | lying | ||
107 | about | ||
108 | it | ||
109 | is | ||
110 | a | ||
111 | way | ||
112 | i | ||
113 | try | ||
114 | to | ||
115 | make | ||
116 | sense | ||
117 | of | ||
118 | it | ||
119 | the | ||
120 | day | ||
121 | after | ||
122 | i | ||
123 | lost | ||
124 | her | ||
125 | i | ||
126 | found | ||
127 | you | ||
128 | again | ||
129 | your | ||
130 | face | ||
131 | made | ||
132 | a | ||
133 | plastic | ||
134 | bag | ||
135 | of | ||
136 | my | ||
137 | heart | ||
138 | your | ||
139 | eyes | ||
140 | were | ||
141 | the | ||
142 | wind | ||
143 | pushing | ||
144 | the | ||
145 | bus | ||
146 | forward | ||
147 | i | ||
148 | couldn't | ||
149 | make | ||
150 | sense | ||
151 | of | ||
152 | it | ||
diff --git a/river/serengeti.river b/river/serengeti.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4790ee3 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/serengeti.river | |||
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1 | serengeti | ||
2 | the | ||
3 | self | ||
4 | is | ||
5 | a | ||
6 | serengeti | ||
7 | a | ||
8 | wide | ||
9 | grassland | ||
10 | with | ||
11 | baobab | ||
12 | trees | ||
13 | reaching | ||
14 | their | ||
15 | roots | ||
16 | deep | ||
17 | into | ||
18 | earth | ||
19 | like | ||
20 | a | ||
21 | child | ||
22 | into | ||
23 | a | ||
24 | clay | ||
25 | pot | ||
26 | a | ||
27 | wind | ||
28 | blows | ||
29 | there | ||
30 | or | ||
31 | seems | ||
32 | to | ||
33 | blow | ||
34 | if | ||
35 | he | ||
36 | holds | ||
37 | it | ||
38 | up | ||
39 | to | ||
40 | his | ||
41 | ear | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | air | ||
44 | shifts | ||
45 | like | ||
46 | stones | ||
47 | in | ||
48 | a | ||
49 | stream | ||
50 | uncovering | ||
51 | a | ||
52 | crawfish | ||
53 | it | ||
54 | finds | ||
55 | another | ||
56 | hiding | ||
57 | place | ||
58 | watching | ||
59 | you | ||
60 | its | ||
61 | eyes | ||
62 | are | ||
63 | blacker | ||
64 | than | ||
65 | wind | ||
66 | on | ||
67 | the | ||
68 | serengeti | ||
69 | they | ||
70 | are | ||
71 | the | ||
72 | eyes | ||
73 | of | ||
74 | a | ||
75 | predator | ||
76 | they | ||
77 | are | ||
78 | coming | ||
79 | toward | ||
80 | you | ||
81 | or | ||
82 | receding | ||
83 | a | ||
84 | storm | ||
85 | cloud | ||
86 | builds | ||
87 | on | ||
88 | the | ||
89 | horizon | ||
90 | are | ||
91 | you | ||
92 | running | ||
93 | toward | ||
94 | the | ||
95 | rain | ||
96 | or | ||
97 | away | ||
98 | from | ||
99 | it | ||
100 | do | ||
101 | you | ||
102 | stand | ||
103 | still | ||
104 | and | ||
105 | crouch | ||
106 | hoping | ||
107 | for | ||
108 | silence | ||
diff --git a/river/shed.river b/river/shed.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a9384bd --- /dev/null +++ b/river/shed.river | |||
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1 | shed | ||
2 | what | ||
3 | do | ||
4 | you | ||
5 | do | ||
6 | all | ||
7 | day | ||
8 | in | ||
9 | that | ||
10 | shed | ||
11 | out | ||
12 | back | ||
13 | his | ||
14 | mother | ||
15 | asked | ||
16 | one | ||
17 | night | ||
18 | while | ||
19 | they | ||
20 | ate | ||
21 | dinner | ||
22 | in | ||
23 | front | ||
24 | of | ||
25 | the | ||
26 | tv | ||
27 | write | ||
28 | he | ||
29 | answered | ||
30 | write | ||
31 | what | ||
32 | she | ||
33 | asked | ||
34 | in | ||
35 | that | ||
36 | way | ||
37 | that | ||
38 | means | ||
39 | he'd | ||
40 | better | ||
41 | not | ||
42 | say | ||
43 | i | ||
44 | don't | ||
45 | know | ||
46 | i | ||
47 | don't | ||
48 | know | ||
49 | he | ||
50 | said | ||
51 | goddammit | ||
52 | paul | ||
53 | his | ||
54 | mother | ||
55 | said | ||
56 | you're | ||
57 | wasting | ||
58 | your | ||
59 | life | ||
60 | out | ||
61 | in | ||
62 | that | ||
63 | shed | ||
64 | you | ||
65 | need | ||
66 | to | ||
67 | go | ||
68 | out | ||
69 | and | ||
70 | get | ||
71 | i | ||
72 | chop | ||
73 | down | ||
74 | trees | ||
75 | too | ||
76 | he | ||
77 | said | ||
78 | i | ||
79 | make | ||
80 | furniture | ||
81 | out | ||
82 | of | ||
83 | them | ||
84 | his | ||
85 | mother's | ||
86 | face | ||
87 | did | ||
88 | a | ||
89 | hitchcock | ||
90 | zoom | ||
91 | as | ||
92 | she | ||
93 | considered | ||
94 | this | ||
95 | new | ||
96 | information | ||
97 | is | ||
98 | it | ||
99 | any | ||
100 | good | ||
101 | she | ||
102 | asked | ||
103 | eyes | ||
104 | narrowed | ||
105 | it's | ||
106 | getting | ||
107 | there | ||
108 | he | ||
109 | answered | ||
110 | i'm | ||
111 | getting | ||
112 | better | ||
113 | every | ||
114 | day | ||
115 | when | ||
116 | is | ||
117 | it | ||
118 | going | ||
119 | to | ||
120 | be | ||
121 | there | ||
122 | she | ||
123 | asked | ||
124 | when | ||
125 | are | ||
126 | you | ||
127 | going | ||
128 | to | ||
129 | sell | ||
130 | this | ||
131 | furniture | ||
132 | of | ||
133 | yours | ||
134 | it'll | ||
135 | be | ||
136 | a | ||
137 | while | ||
138 | he | ||
139 | answered | ||
140 | then | ||
141 | you'd | ||
142 | better | ||
143 | get | ||
144 | a | ||
145 | job | ||
146 | until | ||
147 | then | ||
148 | she | ||
149 | said | ||
diff --git a/river/shipwright.river b/river/shipwright.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9115d60 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/shipwright.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | shipwright | ||
3 | he | ||
4 | builds | ||
5 | a | ||
6 | ship | ||
7 | as | ||
8 | if | ||
9 | it | ||
10 | were | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | last | ||
13 | thing | ||
14 | holding | ||
15 | him | ||
16 | together | ||
17 | as | ||
18 | if | ||
19 | when | ||
20 | he | ||
21 | stops | ||
22 | his | ||
23 | body | ||
24 | will | ||
25 | fall | ||
26 | onto | ||
27 | the | ||
28 | plate-glass | ||
29 | water | ||
30 | and | ||
31 | shatter | ||
32 | into | ||
33 | sand | ||
34 | to | ||
35 | keep | ||
36 | his | ||
37 | morale | ||
38 | up | ||
39 | he | ||
40 | whistles | ||
41 | and | ||
42 | sings | ||
43 | but | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | wind | ||
46 | whistles | ||
47 | louder | ||
48 | and | ||
49 | taunts | ||
50 | him | ||
51 | your | ||
52 | ship | ||
53 | will | ||
54 | build | ||
55 | itself | ||
56 | if | ||
57 | you | ||
58 | throw | ||
59 | yourself | ||
60 | into | ||
61 | the | ||
62 | sea | ||
63 | time | ||
64 | has | ||
65 | a | ||
66 | way | ||
67 | of | ||
68 | growing | ||
69 | your | ||
70 | beard | ||
71 | for | ||
72 | you | ||
73 | soon | ||
74 | you'll | ||
75 | find | ||
76 | yourself | ||
77 | on | ||
78 | a | ||
79 | rocking | ||
80 | chair | ||
81 | on | ||
82 | some | ||
83 | porch | ||
84 | made | ||
85 | from | ||
86 | your | ||
87 | ship's | ||
88 | timbers | ||
89 | the | ||
90 | window | ||
91 | behind | ||
92 | you | ||
93 | is | ||
94 | made | ||
95 | from | ||
96 | a | ||
97 | sail | ||
98 | thick | ||
99 | canvas | ||
100 | and | ||
101 | no | ||
102 | one | ||
103 | inside | ||
104 | will | ||
105 | hear | ||
106 | your | ||
107 | calling | ||
108 | for | ||
109 | milk | ||
110 | or | ||
111 | a | ||
112 | chamberpot | ||
113 | your | ||
114 | children | ||
115 | will | ||
116 | have | ||
117 | all | ||
118 | sailed | ||
119 | to | ||
120 | the | ||
121 | new | ||
122 | world | ||
123 | and | ||
124 | left | ||
125 | you | ||
126 | but | ||
127 | he | ||
128 | tries | ||
129 | not | ||
130 | to | ||
131 | listen | ||
132 | continues | ||
133 | to | ||
134 | hammer | ||
135 | nail | ||
136 | after | ||
137 | nail | ||
138 | into | ||
139 | timber | ||
140 | after | ||
141 | timber | ||
142 | but | ||
143 | the | ||
144 | wind | ||
145 | finally | ||
146 | blows | ||
147 | him | ||
148 | into | ||
149 | the | ||
150 | growling | ||
151 | ocean | ||
152 | and | ||
153 | the | ||
154 | ship | ||
155 | falls | ||
156 | apart | ||
157 | on | ||
158 | its | ||
159 | own | ||
diff --git a/river/sixteenth-chapel.river b/river/sixteenth-chapel.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fa0d78 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/sixteenth-chapel.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | sixteenth | ||
3 | chapel | ||
4 | if | ||
5 | justin | ||
6 | bieber | ||
7 | isn't | ||
8 | going | ||
9 | for | ||
10 | the | ||
11 | sixteenth | ||
12 | chapel | ||
13 | i'm | ||
14 | not | ||
15 | either | ||
16 | i | ||
17 | admit | ||
18 | he | ||
19 | is | ||
20 | my | ||
21 | role | ||
22 | model | ||
23 | he's | ||
24 | so | ||
25 | current | ||
26 | so | ||
27 | fresh | ||
28 | and | ||
29 | so | ||
30 | new | ||
31 | and | ||
32 | michelangelo | ||
33 | is | ||
34 | so | ||
35 | old | ||
36 | his | ||
37 | art | ||
38 | so | ||
39 | dated | ||
40 | where | ||
41 | is | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | love | ||
44 | in | ||
45 | those | ||
46 | old | ||
47 | paintings | ||
48 | all | ||
49 | i | ||
50 | see | ||
51 | is | ||
52 | creation | ||
53 | judgment | ||
54 | and | ||
55 | death | ||
56 | and | ||
57 | i | ||
58 | don't | ||
59 | get | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | preoccupation | ||
62 | with | ||
63 | death | ||
64 | i'm | ||
65 | about | ||
66 | life | ||
67 | ever | ||
68 | since | ||
69 | my | ||
70 | sixteenth | ||
71 | birthday | ||
72 | when | ||
73 | me | ||
74 | and | ||
75 | my | ||
76 | two | ||
77 | sisters | ||
78 | all | ||
79 | nearly | ||
80 | died | ||
81 | when | ||
82 | the | ||
83 | car | ||
84 | i | ||
85 | was | ||
86 | driving | ||
87 | rolled | ||
88 | into | ||
89 | a | ||
90 | creek | ||
91 | even | ||
92 | though | ||
93 | i've | ||
94 | forgotten | ||
95 | the | ||
96 | date | ||
97 | i | ||
98 | think | ||
99 | it | ||
100 | keeps | ||
101 | me | ||
102 | thinking | ||
103 | on | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | new | ||
106 | something | ||
107 | biebs | ||
108 | would | ||
109 | be | ||
110 | proud | ||
111 | of | ||
112 | if | ||
113 | he | ||
114 | knew | ||
115 | i | ||
116 | look | ||
117 | at | ||
118 | him | ||
119 | and | ||
120 | see | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | opposite | ||
123 | of | ||
124 | death | ||
125 | in | ||
126 | his | ||
127 | eyes | ||
128 | his | ||
129 | youthful | ||
130 | smile | ||
131 | though | ||
132 | someday | ||
133 | he | ||
134 | may | ||
135 | be | ||
136 | a | ||
137 | father | ||
138 | and | ||
139 | later | ||
140 | host | ||
141 | a | ||
142 | sweet | ||
143 | sixteen | ||
144 | for | ||
145 | his | ||
146 | daughter | ||
147 | who | ||
148 | i | ||
149 | know | ||
150 | he'll | ||
151 | buy | ||
152 | a | ||
153 | rolls | ||
154 | death | ||
155 | will | ||
156 | never | ||
157 | find | ||
158 | him | ||
159 | living | ||
160 | will | ||
161 | be | ||
162 | all | ||
163 | he'll | ||
164 | ever | ||
165 | do | ||
166 | because | ||
167 | it | ||
168 | will | ||
169 | be | ||
170 | all | ||
171 | he'll | ||
172 | ever | ||
173 | need | ||
174 | to | ||
175 | do | ||
176 | he | ||
177 | is | ||
178 | the | ||
179 | eternal | ||
180 | new | ||
181 | the | ||
182 | forever | ||
183 | youth | ||
184 | this | ||
185 | is | ||
186 | the | ||
187 | simple | ||
188 | role | ||
189 | of | ||
190 | every | ||
191 | celebrity | ||
192 | to | ||
193 | let | ||
194 | us | ||
195 | forget | ||
196 | death | ||
197 | bieber | ||
198 | didn't | ||
199 | make | ||
200 | a | ||
201 | mistake | ||
202 | on | ||
203 | the | ||
204 | sistine | ||
205 | chapel's | ||
206 | name | ||
207 | he | ||
208 | merely | ||
209 | showed | ||
210 | that | ||
211 | someday | ||
212 | all | ||
213 | old | ||
214 | names | ||
215 | must | ||
216 | go | ||
217 | that | ||
218 | on | ||
219 | some | ||
220 | day | ||
221 | a | ||
222 | name | ||
223 | must | ||
224 | die | ||
225 | so | ||
226 | that | ||
227 | the | ||
228 | thing | ||
229 | which | ||
230 | is | ||
231 | all | ||
232 | that | ||
233 | matters | ||
234 | can | ||
235 | stay | ||
236 | as | ||
237 | it | ||
238 | was | ||
239 | in | ||
240 | the | ||
241 | sixteenth | ||
242 | century | ||
243 | fresh | ||
244 | ostentatious | ||
245 | and | ||
246 | brand | ||
247 | new | ||
248 | in | ||
249 | a | ||
250 | way | ||
251 | the | ||
252 | name | ||
253 | becomes | ||
254 | a | ||
255 | christ | ||
256 | experiencing | ||
257 | death | ||
258 | so | ||
259 | the | ||
260 | world | ||
261 | doesn't | ||
262 | have | ||
263 | to | ||
264 | but | ||
265 | i | ||
266 | am | ||
267 | wary | ||
268 | of | ||
269 | this | ||
270 | role | ||
271 | for | ||
272 | a | ||
273 | name | ||
274 | it | ||
275 | seems | ||
276 | a | ||
277 | name | ||
278 | gives | ||
279 | meaning | ||
280 | rolls | ||
281 | the | ||
282 | general | ||
283 | idea | ||
284 | together | ||
285 | with | ||
286 | the | ||
287 | concrete | ||
288 | daily | ||
289 | toil | ||
290 | of | ||
291 | the | ||
292 | mundane | ||
293 | are | ||
294 | not | ||
295 | life | ||
296 | and | ||
297 | death | ||
298 | intertwined | ||
299 | is | ||
300 | not | ||
301 | everything | ||
302 | tied | ||
303 | up | ||
304 | all | ||
305 | with | ||
306 | everything | ||
307 | i | ||
308 | guess | ||
309 | i'm | ||
310 | saying | ||
311 | the | ||
312 | new | ||
313 | necessarily | ||
314 | comes | ||
315 | from | ||
316 | the | ||
317 | old | ||
318 | as | ||
319 | every | ||
320 | sixteen | ||
321 | year-old | ||
322 | has | ||
323 | a | ||
324 | parent | ||
325 | life | ||
326 | rolls | ||
327 | to | ||
328 | death | ||
329 | and | ||
330 | all | ||
331 | is | ||
332 | tied | ||
333 | together | ||
334 | each | ||
335 | day | ||
336 | is | ||
337 | born | ||
338 | of | ||
339 | night | ||
340 | and | ||
341 | dies | ||
342 | so | ||
343 | new | ||
344 | morning | ||
345 | can | ||
346 | occur | ||
347 | even | ||
348 | the | ||
349 | sixteenth | ||
350 | chapel | ||
351 | holds | ||
352 | death | ||
diff --git a/river/snow.river b/river/snow.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e2afff --- /dev/null +++ b/river/snow.river | |||
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1 | snow | ||
2 | i | ||
3 | don't | ||
4 | care | ||
5 | if | ||
6 | they | ||
7 | burn | ||
8 | he | ||
9 | wrote | ||
10 | on | ||
11 | his | ||
12 | last | ||
13 | blank | ||
14 | notecard | ||
15 | he'd | ||
16 | have | ||
17 | to | ||
18 | go | ||
19 | to | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | office | ||
22 | supply | ||
23 | store | ||
24 | tomorrow | ||
25 | after | ||
26 | work | ||
27 | he | ||
28 | looked | ||
29 | at | ||
30 | what | ||
31 | he'd | ||
32 | written | ||
33 | he'd | ||
34 | been | ||
35 | thinking | ||
36 | about | ||
37 | this | ||
38 | for | ||
39 | a | ||
40 | while | ||
41 | felt | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | frustration | ||
44 | build | ||
45 | slowly | ||
46 | like | ||
47 | a | ||
48 | thundercloud | ||
49 | in | ||
50 | the | ||
51 | back | ||
52 | of | ||
53 | his | ||
54 | mind | ||
55 | he | ||
56 | thought | ||
57 | he | ||
58 | should | ||
59 | write | ||
60 | something | ||
61 | else | ||
62 | on | ||
63 | the | ||
64 | card | ||
65 | but | ||
66 | everything | ||
67 | he | ||
68 | thought | ||
69 | of | ||
70 | seemed | ||
71 | too | ||
72 | confessional | ||
73 | or | ||
74 | too | ||
75 | real | ||
76 | compromising | ||
77 | he | ||
78 | didn't | ||
79 | want | ||
80 | anyone | ||
81 | not | ||
82 | even | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | notecards | ||
85 | to | ||
86 | know | ||
87 | what | ||
88 | he | ||
89 | was | ||
90 | thinking | ||
91 | he | ||
92 | decided | ||
93 | to | ||
94 | try | ||
95 | for | ||
96 | more | ||
97 | of | ||
98 | an | ||
99 | interview | ||
100 | with | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | paper | ||
103 | why | ||
104 | asked | ||
105 | the | ||
106 | notecard | ||
107 | because | ||
108 | there | ||
109 | is | ||
110 | nothing | ||
111 | important | ||
112 | on | ||
113 | any | ||
114 | of | ||
115 | them | ||
116 | he | ||
117 | wrote | ||
118 | back | ||
119 | what | ||
120 | do | ||
121 | you | ||
122 | mean | ||
123 | you | ||
124 | have | ||
125 | some | ||
126 | good | ||
127 | stuff | ||
128 | in | ||
129 | that | ||
130 | top | ||
131 | drawer | ||
132 | there | ||
133 | he | ||
134 | looked | ||
135 | in | ||
136 | the | ||
137 | top | ||
138 | drawer | ||
139 | it | ||
140 | was | ||
141 | stuffed | ||
142 | full | ||
143 | of | ||
144 | notecards | ||
145 | in | ||
146 | no | ||
147 | organization | ||
148 | he | ||
149 | could | ||
150 | see | ||
151 | bits | ||
152 | and | ||
153 | pieces | ||
154 | of | ||
155 | thoughts | ||
156 | like | ||
157 | leaves | ||
158 | crunched | ||
159 | underfoot | ||
160 | in | ||
161 | autumn | ||
162 | it | ||
163 | will | ||
164 | take | ||
165 | so | ||
166 | much | ||
167 | organization | ||
168 | he | ||
169 | wrote | ||
170 | why | ||
171 | is | ||
172 | organization | ||
173 | important | ||
174 | remember | ||
175 | the | ||
176 | trees | ||
177 | how | ||
178 | they | ||
179 | formed | ||
180 | rows | ||
181 | without | ||
182 | trying | ||
183 | no | ||
184 | matter | ||
185 | how | ||
186 | the | ||
187 | ideas | ||
188 | fall | ||
189 | they | ||
190 | make | ||
191 | something | ||
192 | the | ||
193 | snow | ||
194 | does | ||
195 | that | ||
196 | too | ||
197 | he | ||
198 | wrote | ||
199 | it | ||
200 | doesn't | ||
201 | try | ||
202 | to | ||
203 | make | ||
204 | anything | ||
205 | but | ||
206 | it | ||
207 | does | ||
208 | no | ||
209 | the | ||
210 | snow | ||
211 | is | ||
212 | different | ||
213 | the | ||
214 | notecard | ||
215 | was | ||
216 | annoyed | ||
217 | the | ||
218 | snow | ||
219 | is | ||
220 | a | ||
221 | blank | ||
222 | canvas | ||
223 | that | ||
224 | humans | ||
225 | build | ||
226 | into | ||
227 | shapes | ||
228 | or | ||
229 | doppelgangers | ||
230 | it | ||
231 | makes | ||
232 | nothing | ||
233 | on | ||
234 | its | ||
235 | own | ||
diff --git a/river/something-simple.river b/river/something-simple.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74a20ef --- /dev/null +++ b/river/something-simple.river | |||
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1 | let's | ||
2 | start | ||
3 | with | ||
4 | something | ||
5 | simple | ||
6 | in | ||
7 | mammals | ||
8 | the | ||
9 | ratio | ||
10 | between | ||
11 | bladder | ||
12 | size | ||
13 | and | ||
14 | urethra | ||
15 | is | ||
16 | such | ||
17 | that | ||
18 | it | ||
19 | takes | ||
20 | all | ||
21 | of | ||
22 | them | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | same | ||
25 | time | ||
26 | to | ||
27 | piss | ||
28 | take | ||
29 | for | ||
30 | example | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | fact | ||
33 | that | ||
34 | fibonnacci | ||
35 | numbers | ||
36 | show | ||
37 | up | ||
38 | everywhere | ||
39 | how | ||
40 | can | ||
41 | you | ||
42 | look | ||
43 | at | ||
44 | this | ||
45 | at | ||
46 | all | ||
47 | of | ||
48 | this | ||
49 | all | ||
50 | of | ||
51 | these | ||
52 | facts | ||
53 | and | ||
54 | tell | ||
55 | me | ||
56 | to | ||
57 | my | ||
58 | face | ||
59 | there | ||
60 | is | ||
61 | no | ||
62 | god | ||
63 | and | ||
64 | yet | ||
65 | there | ||
66 | isn't | ||
67 | you | ||
68 | murmer | ||
69 | quietly | ||
70 | into | ||
71 | my | ||
72 | ear | ||
73 | over | ||
74 | and | ||
75 | over | ||
76 | like | ||
77 | a | ||
78 | low | ||
79 | tide | ||
80 | sounding | ||
81 | its | ||
82 | lonely | ||
83 | waves | ||
84 | on | ||
85 | an | ||
86 | abandoned | ||
87 | beach | ||
88 | the | ||
89 | ocean | ||
90 | that | ||
91 | birthed | ||
92 | us | ||
93 | holds | ||
94 | us | ||
95 | still | ||
96 | we | ||
97 | are | ||
98 | tied | ||
99 | you | ||
100 | and | ||
101 | i | ||
102 | together | ||
103 | in | ||
104 | her | ||
105 | arms | ||
106 | the | ||
107 | moon | ||
108 | caring | ||
109 | father | ||
110 | looks | ||
111 | down | ||
112 | from | ||
113 | a | ||
114 | dispassionate | ||
115 | sky | ||
diff --git a/river/spittle.river b/river/spittle.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ed4e065 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/spittle.river | |||
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1 | spittle | ||
2 | my | ||
3 | body | ||
4 | is | ||
5 | attached | ||
6 | to | ||
7 | your | ||
8 | body | ||
9 | by | ||
10 | a | ||
11 | thin | ||
12 | spittle | ||
13 | of | ||
14 | thought | ||
15 | when | ||
16 | you | ||
17 | turn | ||
18 | away | ||
19 | from | ||
20 | me | ||
21 | my | ||
22 | thought | ||
23 | is | ||
24 | broken | ||
25 | and | ||
26 | forms | ||
27 | anew | ||
28 | with | ||
29 | something | ||
30 | else | ||
31 | ideas | ||
32 | are | ||
33 | drool | ||
34 | beauty | ||
35 | has | ||
36 | been | ||
37 | slobbered | ||
38 | over | ||
39 | far | ||
40 | too | ||
41 | long | ||
42 | god | ||
43 | is | ||
44 | a | ||
45 | tidal | ||
46 | wave | ||
47 | of | ||
48 | bodily | ||
49 | fluid | ||
50 | even | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | flea | ||
53 | has | ||
54 | some | ||
55 | vestigial | ||
56 | wetness | ||
57 | we | ||
58 | live | ||
59 | in | ||
60 | a | ||
61 | world | ||
62 | fleshy | ||
63 | and | ||
64 | dark | ||
65 | and | ||
66 | moist | ||
67 | as | ||
68 | a | ||
69 | nostril | ||
70 | is | ||
71 | conciousness | ||
72 | only | ||
73 | a | ||
74 | watery-eyed | ||
75 | romantic | ||
76 | crying | ||
77 | softly | ||
78 | into | ||
79 | his | ||
80 | shirt-sleeve | ||
81 | is | ||
82 | not | ||
83 | reason | ||
84 | a | ||
85 | square-jawed | ||
86 | businessman | ||
87 | with | ||
88 | a | ||
89 | briefcase | ||
90 | full | ||
91 | of | ||
92 | memory | ||
93 | i | ||
94 | want | ||
95 | to | ||
96 | kiss | ||
97 | the | ||
98 | world | ||
99 | to | ||
100 | make | ||
101 | it | ||
102 | mine | ||
103 | i | ||
104 | want | ||
105 | to | ||
106 | become | ||
107 | a | ||
108 | judas | ||
109 | to | ||
110 | reality | ||
111 | betray | ||
112 | it | ||
113 | with | ||
114 | the | ||
115 | wetness | ||
116 | of | ||
117 | emotion | ||
diff --git a/river/squirrel.river b/river/squirrel.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38322c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/squirrel.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | squirrel | ||
3 | he | ||
4 | is | ||
5 | so | ||
6 | full | ||
7 | in | ||
8 | himself | ||
9 | how | ||
10 | far | ||
11 | down | ||
12 | the | ||
13 | branch | ||
14 | to | ||
15 | run | ||
16 | how | ||
17 | long | ||
18 | to | ||
19 | jump | ||
20 | when | ||
21 | to | ||
22 | grab | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | air | ||
25 | and | ||
26 | catch | ||
27 | in | ||
28 | it | ||
29 | and | ||
30 | turn | ||
31 | and | ||
32 | land | ||
33 | on | ||
34 | branch | ||
35 | so | ||
36 | gracefully | ||
37 | it's | ||
38 | like | ||
39 | dying | ||
40 | alone | ||
41 | and | ||
42 | warm | ||
43 | in | ||
44 | a | ||
45 | bed | ||
46 | next | ||
47 | to | ||
48 | a | ||
49 | summer | ||
50 | window | ||
51 | and | ||
52 | the | ||
53 | birds | ||
54 | singing | ||
55 | and | ||
56 | on | ||
57 | that | ||
58 | branch | ||
59 | there | ||
60 | is | ||
61 | the | ||
62 | squirrel | ||
63 | dancing | ||
64 | among | ||
65 | the | ||
66 | branches | ||
67 | and | ||
68 | you | ||
69 | think | ||
70 | what | ||
71 | if | ||
72 | he | ||
73 | fell | ||
74 | but | ||
75 | he | ||
76 | won't | ||
77 | because | ||
78 | he's | ||
79 | a | ||
80 | squirrel | ||
81 | and | ||
82 | that's | ||
83 | what | ||
84 | they | ||
85 | do | ||
86 | dance | ||
87 | and | ||
88 | never | ||
89 | fall | ||
90 | it | ||
91 | was | ||
92 | erased | ||
93 | long | ||
94 | ago | ||
95 | from | ||
96 | the | ||
97 | squirrel | ||
98 | even | ||
99 | the | ||
100 | possibility | ||
101 | of | ||
102 | falling | ||
103 | was | ||
104 | erased | ||
105 | from | ||
106 | his | ||
107 | being | ||
108 | by | ||
109 | the | ||
110 | slow | ||
111 | inexorable | ||
112 | evolution | ||
113 | of | ||
114 | squirrels | ||
115 | that | ||
116 | is | ||
117 | why | ||
118 | all | ||
119 | squirrels | ||
120 | are | ||
121 | so | ||
122 | full | ||
123 | in | ||
124 | themselves | ||
125 | full | ||
126 | in | ||
127 | who | ||
128 | they | ||
129 | are | ||
diff --git a/river/stagnant.river b/river/stagnant.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fdfffee --- /dev/null +++ b/river/stagnant.river | |||
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1 | stagnant | ||
2 | riding | ||
3 | the | ||
4 | bus | ||
5 | to | ||
6 | work | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | a | ||
9 | good | ||
10 | way | ||
11 | to | ||
12 | think | ||
13 | or | ||
14 | to | ||
15 | read | ||
16 | paul | ||
17 | thought | ||
18 | to | ||
19 | himself | ||
20 | on | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | bus | ||
23 | ride | ||
24 | to | ||
25 | work | ||
26 | his | ||
27 | thoughts | ||
28 | couldn't | ||
29 | become | ||
30 | real | ||
31 | to | ||
32 | him | ||
33 | because | ||
34 | he | ||
35 | didn't | ||
36 | want | ||
37 | to | ||
38 | look | ||
39 | insane | ||
40 | to | ||
41 | everyone | ||
42 | else | ||
43 | on | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | bus | ||
46 | his | ||
47 | thoughts | ||
48 | came | ||
49 | to | ||
50 | him | ||
51 | like | ||
52 | someone | ||
53 | yelling | ||
54 | over | ||
55 | a | ||
56 | hard | ||
57 | wind | ||
58 | he | ||
59 | was | ||
60 | trying | ||
61 | to | ||
62 | write | ||
63 | them | ||
64 | on | ||
65 | his | ||
66 | memory | ||
67 | but | ||
68 | the | ||
69 | act | ||
70 | of | ||
71 | writing | ||
72 | was | ||
73 | easier | ||
74 | and | ||
75 | more | ||
76 | immediate | ||
77 | than | ||
78 | that | ||
79 | of | ||
80 | listening | ||
81 | he | ||
82 | was | ||
83 | afraid | ||
84 | that | ||
85 | when | ||
86 | he | ||
87 | looked | ||
88 | at | ||
89 | his | ||
90 | memory | ||
91 | later | ||
92 | he | ||
93 | wouldn't | ||
94 | be | ||
95 | able | ||
96 | to | ||
97 | read | ||
98 | what | ||
99 | was | ||
100 | written | ||
101 | thoughts | ||
102 | are | ||
103 | like | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | wind | ||
106 | outside | ||
107 | a | ||
108 | moving | ||
109 | bus | ||
110 | he | ||
111 | thought | ||
112 | or | ||
113 | rather | ||
114 | the | ||
115 | bus | ||
116 | is | ||
117 | a | ||
118 | brain | ||
119 | slamming | ||
120 | into | ||
121 | columns | ||
122 | of | ||
123 | stagnant | ||
124 | air | ||
125 | causing | ||
126 | them | ||
127 | to | ||
128 | whistle | ||
129 | past | ||
130 | in | ||
131 | a | ||
132 | confusion | ||
133 | of | ||
134 | something | ||
135 | he | ||
136 | could | ||
137 | barely | ||
138 | hear | ||
139 | the | ||
140 | voice | ||
141 | yelling | ||
142 | to | ||
143 | him | ||
144 | over | ||
145 | the | ||
146 | wind | ||
147 | speak | ||
148 | up | ||
149 | he | ||
150 | thought | ||
151 | to | ||
152 | the | ||
153 | voice | ||
154 | then | ||
155 | remembered | ||
156 | it | ||
157 | was | ||
158 | his | ||
159 | own | ||
160 | he | ||
161 | wished | ||
162 | he'd | ||
163 | remembered | ||
164 | a | ||
165 | book | ||
166 | to | ||
167 | read | ||
168 | he | ||
169 | looked | ||
170 | at | ||
171 | his | ||
172 | hands | ||
173 | to | ||
174 | pass | ||
175 | the | ||
176 | time | ||
177 | they | ||
178 | were | ||
179 | dry | ||
180 | in | ||
181 | the | ||
182 | winter | ||
183 | air | ||
184 | that | ||
185 | had | ||
186 | seeped | ||
187 | its | ||
188 | way | ||
189 | into | ||
190 | the | ||
191 | bus | ||
192 | he | ||
193 | tried | ||
194 | to | ||
195 | figure | ||
196 | out | ||
197 | how | ||
198 | many | ||
199 | hours | ||
200 | they | ||
201 | would | ||
202 | make | ||
203 | it | ||
204 | before | ||
205 | cracking | ||
206 | and | ||
207 | bleeding | ||
208 | maybe | ||
209 | three | ||
210 | or | ||
211 | four | ||
212 | he | ||
213 | thought | ||
214 | accidentally | ||
215 | out | ||
216 | loud | ||
217 | he | ||
218 | looked | ||
219 | around | ||
220 | expecting | ||
221 | stares | ||
222 | from | ||
223 | everyone | ||
224 | on | ||
225 | the | ||
226 | seat | ||
227 | he | ||
228 | was | ||
229 | surprised | ||
230 | that | ||
231 | he | ||
232 | was | ||
233 | the | ||
234 | only | ||
235 | one | ||
236 | on | ||
237 | the | ||
238 | bus | ||
diff --git a/river/statements-frag.river b/river/statements-frag.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..031c13d --- /dev/null +++ b/river/statements-frag.river | |||
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1 | statements | ||
2 | a | ||
3 | fragment | ||
4 | i | ||
5 | eli | ||
6 | can | ||
7 | one | ||
8 | truly | ||
9 | describe | ||
10 | an | ||
11 | emotion | ||
12 | eli | ||
13 | asked | ||
14 | me | ||
15 | over | ||
16 | the | ||
17 | walkie-talkie | ||
18 | he | ||
19 | was | ||
20 | in | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | bathroom | ||
23 | & | ||
24 | had | ||
25 | taken | ||
26 | the | ||
27 | walkie-talkie | ||
28 | in | ||
29 | with | ||
30 | him | ||
31 | absent-mindedly | ||
32 | i | ||
33 | could | ||
34 | hear | ||
35 | sounds | ||
36 | of | ||
37 | his | ||
38 | piss | ||
39 | hitting | ||
40 | the | ||
41 | toilet | ||
42 | water | ||
43 | i | ||
44 | can | ||
45 | hear | ||
46 | you | ||
47 | peeing | ||
48 | i | ||
49 | said | ||
50 | he | ||
51 | didn't | ||
52 | answer | ||
53 | so | ||
54 | i | ||
55 | said | ||
56 | in | ||
57 | apology | ||
58 | it's | ||
59 | okay | ||
60 | humans | ||
61 | are | ||
62 | sexually | ||
63 | dimorphic | ||
64 | i | ||
65 | was | ||
66 | sitting | ||
67 | on | ||
68 | my | ||
69 | blue | ||
70 | baby | ||
71 | blanket | ||
72 | texting | ||
73 | jon | ||
74 | who | ||
75 | was | ||
76 | funny | ||
77 | and | ||
78 | amicable | ||
79 | over | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | phone | ||
82 | he | ||
83 | made | ||
84 | a | ||
85 | three-message | ||
86 | joke | ||
87 | about | ||
88 | greedy | ||
89 | lawyers | ||
90 | and | ||
91 | i | ||
92 | would | ||
93 | have | ||
94 | been | ||
95 | laughing | ||
96 | if | ||
97 | not | ||
98 | for | ||
99 | my | ||
100 | embarrassment | ||
101 | toward | ||
102 | eli | ||
103 | he | ||
104 | finally | ||
105 | came | ||
106 | out | ||
107 | of | ||
108 | the | ||
109 | bathroom | ||
110 | and | ||
111 | kept | ||
112 | his | ||
113 | eyes | ||
114 | straight | ||
115 | ahead | ||
116 | toward | ||
117 | the | ||
118 | wall | ||
119 | calendar | ||
120 | and | ||
121 | not | ||
122 | at | ||
123 | me | ||
124 | as | ||
125 | he | ||
126 | passed | ||
127 | through | ||
128 | the | ||
129 | family | ||
130 | room | ||
131 | into | ||
132 | his | ||
133 | bedroom | ||
134 | were | ||
135 | he | ||
136 | shut | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | door | ||
139 | quietly | ||
140 | presently | ||
141 | i | ||
142 | heard | ||
143 | some | ||
144 | muffled | ||
145 | noise | ||
146 | as | ||
147 | he | ||
148 | turned | ||
149 | on | ||
150 | his | ||
151 | ipod | ||
152 | i | ||
153 | guessed | ||
154 | he | ||
155 | didn't | ||
156 | feel | ||
157 | like | ||
158 | talking | ||
159 | so | ||
160 | i | ||
161 | stayed | ||
162 | on | ||
163 | my | ||
164 | blanket | ||
165 | watching | ||
166 | the | ||
167 | price | ||
168 | is | ||
169 | right | ||
170 | and | ||
171 | texting | ||
172 | jon | ||
173 | drew | ||
174 | carrey | ||
175 | was | ||
176 | doing | ||
177 | his | ||
178 | wrap-up | ||
179 | speech | ||
180 | on | ||
181 | tv | ||
182 | when | ||
183 | eli | ||
184 | finally | ||
185 | came | ||
186 | out | ||
187 | of | ||
188 | his | ||
189 | room | ||
190 | red | ||
191 | puffy | ||
192 | streaks | ||
193 | covering | ||
194 | his | ||
195 | face | ||
196 | his | ||
197 | eyes | ||
198 | and | ||
199 | nose | ||
200 | were | ||
201 | red | ||
202 | too | ||
203 | which | ||
204 | was | ||
205 | almost | ||
206 | festive | ||
207 | against | ||
208 | the | ||
209 | pale | ||
210 | green | ||
211 | and | ||
212 | white | ||
213 | of | ||
214 | the | ||
215 | wallpaper | ||
216 | i | ||
217 | had | ||
218 | been | ||
219 | laughing | ||
220 | at | ||
221 | the | ||
222 | goofy | ||
223 | costumes | ||
224 | on | ||
225 | the | ||
226 | price | ||
227 | is | ||
228 | right | ||
229 | and | ||
230 | the | ||
231 | jokes | ||
232 | jon | ||
233 | was | ||
234 | texting | ||
235 | me | ||
236 | but | ||
237 | when | ||
238 | eli | ||
239 | came | ||
240 | out | ||
241 | of | ||
242 | the | ||
243 | room | ||
244 | i | ||
245 | stopped | ||
246 | and | ||
247 | just | ||
248 | looked | ||
249 | at | ||
250 | him | ||
251 | as | ||
252 | well | ||
253 | as | ||
254 | i | ||
255 | could | ||
256 | he | ||
257 | was | ||
258 | staring | ||
259 | at | ||
260 | my | ||
261 | right | ||
262 | shoulder | ||
263 | as | ||
264 | he | ||
265 | said | ||
266 | go | ||
267 | home | ||
268 | now | ||
269 | what | ||
270 | i | ||
271 | said | ||
272 | go | ||
273 | home | ||
274 | now | ||
275 | i | ||
276 | don't | ||
277 | want | ||
278 | you | ||
279 | here | ||
280 | anymore | ||
281 | because | ||
282 | i | ||
283 | just | ||
284 | remembered | ||
285 | i | ||
286 | have | ||
287 | someone | ||
288 | coming | ||
289 | over | ||
290 | and | ||
291 | i | ||
292 | have | ||
293 | to | ||
294 | clean | ||
295 | look | ||
296 | eli | ||
297 | i'm | ||
298 | sorry | ||
299 | it | ||
300 | doesn't | ||
301 | have | ||
302 | anything | ||
303 | to | ||
304 | do | ||
305 | with | ||
306 | you | ||
307 | i | ||
308 | swear | ||
309 | just | ||
310 | go | ||
311 | okay | ||
312 | go | ||
313 | home | ||
314 | now | ||
315 | i | ||
316 | got | ||
317 | up | ||
318 | and | ||
319 | tried | ||
320 | to | ||
321 | give | ||
322 | him | ||
323 | a | ||
324 | hug | ||
325 | but | ||
326 | he | ||
327 | withdrew | ||
328 | from | ||
329 | me | ||
330 | sharply | ||
331 | so | ||
332 | i | ||
333 | walked | ||
334 | around | ||
335 | the | ||
336 | coffee | ||
337 | table | ||
338 | as | ||
339 | he | ||
340 | sat | ||
341 | down | ||
342 | not | ||
343 | looking | ||
344 | at | ||
345 | me | ||
346 | anymore | ||
347 | and | ||
348 | stared | ||
349 | at | ||
350 | the | ||
351 | blank | ||
352 | tv | ||
353 | the | ||
354 | blanket | ||
355 | i | ||
356 | had | ||
357 | been | ||
358 | sitting | ||
359 | in | ||
360 | was | ||
361 | crumpled | ||
362 | next | ||
363 | to | ||
364 | him | ||
365 | like | ||
366 | a | ||
367 | dead | ||
368 | bird | ||
369 | i | ||
370 | opened | ||
371 | my | ||
372 | mouth | ||
373 | but | ||
374 | thought | ||
375 | better | ||
376 | of | ||
377 | talking | ||
378 | and | ||
379 | closed | ||
380 | the | ||
381 | door | ||
382 | behind | ||
383 | me | ||
384 | slowly | ||
385 | ii | ||
386 | dimorphic | ||
387 | oranges | ||
388 | poison | ||
389 | a | ||
390 | compromise | ||
391 | between | ||
392 | mary | ||
393 | & | ||
394 | judas | ||
395 | blue | ||
396 | baby | ||
397 | blankets | ||
398 | swaddling | ||
399 | greedy | ||
400 | lawyers | ||
401 | can | ||
402 | one | ||
403 | truly | ||
404 | describe | ||
405 | an | ||
406 | emotion | ||
407 | i | ||
408 | cut | ||
409 | my | ||
410 | ankle | ||
411 | with | ||
412 | a | ||
413 | razor | ||
414 | blade | ||
415 | i | ||
416 | can | ||
417 | only | ||
418 | go | ||
419 | one | ||
420 | at | ||
421 | a | ||
422 | time | ||
423 | humanity | ||
424 | has | ||
425 | a | ||
426 | seething | ||
427 | mass | ||
428 | of | ||
429 | eels | ||
430 | for | ||
431 | a | ||
432 | brain | ||
433 | mating | ||
434 | in | ||
435 | the | ||
436 | water | ||
437 | so | ||
438 | forcefully | ||
439 | that | ||
440 | it | ||
441 | could | ||
442 | drown | ||
443 | you | ||
444 | under | ||
445 | the | ||
446 | moon | ||
447 | iii | ||
448 | declaration | ||
449 | of | ||
450 | poetry | ||
451 | you | ||
452 | have | ||
453 | to | ||
454 | go | ||
455 | one | ||
456 | line | ||
457 | at | ||
458 | a | ||
459 | time | ||
460 | and | ||
461 | you | ||
462 | have | ||
463 | to | ||
464 | start | ||
465 | on | ||
466 | the | ||
467 | first | ||
468 | or | ||
469 | second | ||
470 | line | ||
diff --git a/river/stayed-on-the-bus.river b/river/stayed-on-the-bus.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..18e337b --- /dev/null +++ b/river/stayed-on-the-bus.river | |||
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1 | stayed | ||
2 | on | ||
3 | the | ||
4 | bus | ||
5 | too | ||
6 | long | ||
7 | it | ||
8 | was | ||
9 | a | ||
10 | gamble | ||
11 | i | ||
12 | lost | ||
13 | thought | ||
14 | i | ||
15 | could | ||
16 | get | ||
17 | closer | ||
18 | than | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | library | ||
21 | stayed | ||
22 | on | ||
23 | past | ||
24 | the | ||
25 | admin | ||
26 | building | ||
27 | back | ||
28 | down | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | hill | ||
31 | to | ||
32 | my | ||
33 | beginning | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | driver's | ||
36 | second-to-last | ||
37 | stop | ||
38 | i | ||
39 | have | ||
40 | to | ||
41 | walk | ||
42 | now | ||
43 | through | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | wind | ||
46 | and | ||
47 | sun | ||
48 | past | ||
49 | traffic | ||
50 | moving | ||
51 | merrily | ||
52 | along | ||
53 | taking | ||
54 | their | ||
55 | own | ||
56 | gambles | ||
57 | staying | ||
58 | on | ||
59 | or | ||
60 | getting | ||
61 | off | ||
62 | too | ||
63 | soon | ||
diff --git a/river/stump.river b/river/stump.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fc5d28 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/stump.river | |||
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1 | stump | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | walked | ||
4 | into | ||
5 | the | ||
6 | woods | ||
7 | for | ||
8 | the | ||
9 | first | ||
10 | time | ||
11 | in | ||
12 | months | ||
13 | it | ||
14 | was | ||
15 | a | ||
16 | bright | ||
17 | summer | ||
18 | day | ||
19 | but | ||
20 | under | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | canopy | ||
23 | of | ||
24 | leaves | ||
25 | it | ||
26 | was | ||
27 | cool | ||
28 | and | ||
29 | quiet | ||
30 | and | ||
31 | twilight | ||
32 | there | ||
33 | was | ||
34 | no | ||
35 | sound | ||
36 | but | ||
37 | his | ||
38 | footsteps | ||
39 | his | ||
40 | breathing | ||
41 | instead | ||
42 | of | ||
43 | an | ||
44 | axe | ||
45 | his | ||
46 | right | ||
47 | hand | ||
48 | clutched | ||
49 | his | ||
50 | notebook | ||
51 | his | ||
52 | left | ||
53 | was | ||
54 | in | ||
55 | his | ||
56 | |||
57 | a | ||
58 | pencil | ||
59 | perched | ||
60 | behind | ||
61 | his | ||
62 | ear | ||
63 | he | ||
64 | walked | ||
65 | aimlessly | ||
66 | until | ||
67 | coming | ||
68 | over | ||
69 | a | ||
70 | short | ||
71 | rise | ||
72 | he | ||
73 | saw | ||
74 | a | ||
75 | stump | ||
76 | he | ||
77 | recognized | ||
78 | his | ||
79 | handiwork | ||
80 | in | ||
81 | the | ||
82 | way | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | stump | ||
85 | made | ||
86 | a | ||
87 | kind | ||
88 | of | ||
89 | chair | ||
90 | back | ||
91 | flat | ||
92 | until | ||
93 | the | ||
94 | axe | ||
95 | had | ||
96 | gone | ||
97 | through | ||
98 | far | ||
99 | enough | ||
100 | then | ||
101 | a | ||
102 | frayed | ||
103 | edge | ||
104 | like | ||
105 | a | ||
106 | torn | ||
107 | page | ||
108 | paul | ||
109 | walked | ||
110 | over | ||
111 | to | ||
112 | the | ||
113 | stump | ||
114 | and | ||
115 | sat | ||
116 | down | ||
117 | he | ||
118 | looked | ||
119 | up | ||
120 | and | ||
121 | tried | ||
122 | to | ||
123 | find | ||
124 | a | ||
125 | pattern | ||
126 | in | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | placement | ||
129 | of | ||
130 | the | ||
131 | trees | ||
132 | there | ||
133 | was | ||
134 | none | ||
135 | they | ||
136 | grew | ||
137 | randomly | ||
138 | beginning | ||
139 | nowhere | ||
140 | and | ||
141 | ending | ||
142 | in | ||
143 | the | ||
144 | same | ||
145 | place | ||
146 | a | ||
147 | squirrel | ||
148 | ran | ||
149 | down | ||
150 | one | ||
151 | and | ||
152 | up | ||
153 | another | ||
154 | for | ||
155 | no | ||
156 | reason | ||
157 | he | ||
158 | opened | ||
159 | his | ||
160 | notebook | ||
161 | and | ||
162 | took | ||
163 | his | ||
164 | pencil | ||
165 | from | ||
166 | his | ||
167 | ear | ||
168 | but | ||
169 | could | ||
170 | think | ||
171 | of | ||
172 | nothing | ||
173 | to | ||
174 | write | ||
175 | a | ||
176 | crow | ||
177 | called | ||
178 | hoarsely | ||
179 | to | ||
180 | another | ||
181 | something | ||
182 | important | ||
183 | paul | ||
184 | looked | ||
185 | up | ||
186 | but | ||
187 | could | ||
188 | not | ||
189 | see | ||
190 | the | ||
191 | black | ||
192 | bird | ||
193 | in | ||
194 | the | ||
195 | leaves | ||
196 | of | ||
197 | the | ||
198 | trees | ||
199 | he | ||
200 | looked | ||
201 | back | ||
202 | down | ||
203 | to | ||
204 | the | ||
205 | cream-colored | ||
206 | pages | ||
207 | of | ||
208 | his | ||
209 | notebook | ||
210 | he | ||
211 | was | ||
212 | surprised | ||
213 | that | ||
214 | he'd | ||
215 | written | ||
216 | you | ||
217 | cannot | ||
218 | discover | ||
219 | art | ||
diff --git a/river/swansong-alt.river b/river/swansong-alt.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..70a16c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/swansong-alt.river | |||
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1 | swansong | ||
2 | alternate | ||
3 | version | ||
4 | this | ||
5 | poem | ||
6 | is | ||
7 | dry | ||
8 | like | ||
9 | chapped | ||
10 | lips | ||
11 | it | ||
12 | is | ||
13 | hard | ||
14 | as | ||
15 | teeth | ||
16 | hear | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | tapping | ||
19 | it | ||
20 | is | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | swan | ||
23 | song | ||
24 | of | ||
25 | beauty | ||
26 | as | ||
27 | all | ||
28 | swan | ||
29 | songs | ||
30 | are | ||
31 | reading | ||
32 | it | ||
33 | you | ||
34 | are | ||
35 | puzzled | ||
36 | perhaps | ||
37 | a | ||
38 | little | ||
39 | repulsed | ||
40 | swans | ||
41 | do | ||
42 | not | ||
43 | have | ||
44 | teeth | ||
45 | nor | ||
46 | do | ||
47 | they | ||
48 | sing | ||
49 | a | ||
50 | honking | ||
51 | over | ||
52 | the | ||
53 | cliff | ||
54 | is | ||
55 | all | ||
56 | they | ||
57 | can | ||
58 | do | ||
59 | and | ||
60 | that | ||
61 | they | ||
62 | do | ||
63 | badly | ||
64 | you | ||
65 | don't | ||
66 | know | ||
67 | where | ||
68 | i'm | ||
69 | going | ||
70 | you | ||
71 | want | ||
72 | to | ||
73 | tell | ||
74 | me | ||
75 | you | ||
76 | are | ||
77 | not | ||
78 | you | ||
79 | you | ||
80 | are | ||
81 | the | ||
82 | air | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | swan | ||
85 | walks | ||
86 | on | ||
87 | you | ||
88 | are | ||
89 | the | ||
90 | fringe | ||
91 | of | ||
92 | the | ||
93 | curtain | ||
94 | that | ||
95 | separates | ||
96 | me | ||
97 | from | ||
98 | you | ||
99 | i | ||
100 | say | ||
101 | that | ||
102 | you | ||
103 | are | ||
104 | no | ||
105 | longer | ||
106 | the | ||
107 | temple | ||
108 | that | ||
109 | you | ||
110 | have | ||
111 | been | ||
112 | through | ||
113 | fire | ||
114 | and | ||
115 | are | ||
116 | now | ||
117 | less | ||
118 | than | ||
119 | ash | ||
120 | you | ||
121 | are | ||
122 | the | ||
123 | subtraction | ||
124 | of | ||
125 | yourself | ||
126 | from | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | world | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | air | ||
131 | without | ||
132 | a | ||
133 | swan | ||
134 | together | ||
135 | we | ||
136 | are | ||
137 | each | ||
138 | other | ||
139 | you | ||
140 | and | ||
141 | i | ||
142 | have | ||
143 | both | ||
144 | nothing | ||
145 | and | ||
146 | everything | ||
147 | at | ||
148 | once | ||
149 | we | ||
150 | own | ||
151 | the | ||
152 | world | ||
153 | and | ||
154 | nothing | ||
155 | in | ||
156 | it | ||
diff --git a/river/swansong.river b/river/swansong.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64b8417 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/swansong.river | |||
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1 | swan | ||
2 | song | ||
3 | swans | ||
4 | fly | ||
5 | overhead | ||
6 | singing | ||
7 | goodbye | ||
8 | to | ||
9 | we | ||
10 | walkers | ||
11 | of | ||
12 | the | ||
13 | earth | ||
14 | you | ||
15 | point | ||
16 | to | ||
17 | them | ||
18 | in | ||
19 | formation | ||
20 | you | ||
21 | tell | ||
22 | me | ||
23 | you | ||
24 | are | ||
25 | not | ||
26 | you | ||
27 | you | ||
28 | are | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | air | ||
31 | the | ||
32 | swans | ||
33 | walk | ||
34 | on | ||
35 | as | ||
36 | they | ||
37 | journey | ||
38 | like | ||
39 | pilgrims | ||
40 | to | ||
41 | a | ||
42 | temple | ||
43 | in | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | south | ||
46 | a | ||
47 | curtain | ||
48 | there | ||
49 | separates | ||
50 | me | ||
51 | from | ||
52 | you | ||
53 | swans | ||
54 | from | ||
55 | the | ||
56 | air | ||
57 | they | ||
58 | fly | ||
59 | through | ||
60 | i | ||
61 | say | ||
62 | that | ||
63 | you | ||
64 | are | ||
65 | no | ||
66 | longer | ||
67 | the | ||
68 | temple | ||
69 | that | ||
70 | you | ||
71 | have | ||
72 | been | ||
73 | through | ||
74 | fire | ||
75 | and | ||
76 | are | ||
77 | now | ||
78 | less | ||
79 | than | ||
80 | ash | ||
81 | you | ||
82 | are | ||
83 | a | ||
84 | mirror | ||
85 | of | ||
86 | me | ||
87 | the | ||
88 | air | ||
89 | without | ||
90 | a | ||
91 | swan | ||
92 | together | ||
93 | we | ||
94 | are | ||
95 | each | ||
96 | other | ||
97 | you | ||
98 | and | ||
99 | i | ||
100 | have | ||
101 | both | ||
102 | nothing | ||
103 | and | ||
104 | everything | ||
105 | at | ||
106 | once | ||
107 | we | ||
108 | own | ||
109 | the | ||
110 | world | ||
111 | and | ||
112 | nothing | ||
113 | in | ||
114 | it | ||
diff --git a/river/swear.river b/river/swear.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..86449ea --- /dev/null +++ b/river/swear.river | |||
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1 | swear | ||
2 | everything | ||
3 | changes | ||
4 | or | ||
5 | everything | ||
6 | stays | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | same | ||
9 | first | ||
10 | a | ||
11 | history | ||
12 | i | ||
13 | was | ||
14 | writing | ||
15 | my | ||
16 | thoughts | ||
17 | in | ||
18 | a | ||
19 | book | ||
20 | i | ||
21 | got | ||
22 | a | ||
23 | typewriter | ||
24 | and | ||
25 | typing | ||
26 | things | ||
27 | in | ||
28 | a | ||
29 | book | ||
30 | became | ||
31 | impossible | ||
32 | i | ||
33 | began | ||
34 | typing | ||
35 | on | ||
36 | 4x6 | ||
37 | notecards | ||
38 | i | ||
39 | ran | ||
40 | out | ||
41 | of | ||
42 | ribbon | ||
43 | in | ||
44 | my | ||
45 | typewriter | ||
46 | i | ||
47 | wrote | ||
48 | on | ||
49 | the | ||
50 | 4x6 | ||
51 | notecards | ||
52 | i | ||
53 | bought | ||
54 | a | ||
55 | new | ||
56 | ribbon | ||
57 | and | ||
58 | new | ||
59 | notecards | ||
60 | now | ||
61 | again | ||
62 | i | ||
63 | am | ||
64 | typing | ||
65 | on | ||
66 | notecards | ||
67 | what | ||
68 | have | ||
69 | i | ||
70 | been | ||
71 | typing | ||
72 | thoughts | ||
73 | impressions | ||
74 | maybe | ||
75 | a | ||
76 | log | ||
77 | of | ||
78 | changes | ||
79 | to | ||
80 | my | ||
81 | mental | ||
82 | state | ||
83 | i | ||
84 | waited | ||
85 | long | ||
86 | enough | ||
87 | and | ||
88 | i | ||
89 | began | ||
90 | recording | ||
91 | them | ||
92 | in | ||
93 | the | ||
94 | same | ||
95 | way | ||
96 | if | ||
97 | i | ||
98 | wait | ||
99 | longer | ||
100 | the | ||
101 | ribbon | ||
102 | will | ||
103 | run | ||
104 | out | ||
105 | again | ||
106 | and | ||
107 | i'll | ||
108 | write | ||
109 | again | ||
110 | on | ||
111 | notecards | ||
112 | or | ||
113 | in | ||
114 | my | ||
115 | book | ||
116 | the | ||
117 | same | ||
118 | thoughts | ||
119 | in | ||
120 | different | ||
121 | bodies | ||
122 | that's | ||
123 | what | ||
124 | it | ||
125 | means | ||
126 | every | ||
127 | thing | ||
128 | changes | ||
129 | or | ||
130 | everything | ||
131 | stays | ||
132 | the | ||
133 | same | ||
134 | it | ||
135 | might | ||
136 | as | ||
137 | well | ||
138 | be | ||
139 | and | ||
140 | local | ||
141 | differences | ||
142 | add | ||
143 | up | ||
144 | to | ||
145 | global | ||
146 | identities | ||
147 | it's | ||
148 | a | ||
149 | hoop | ||
150 | right | ||
151 | and | ||
152 | we | ||
153 | keep | ||
154 | going | ||
155 | around | ||
156 | and | ||
157 | we | ||
158 | think | ||
159 | it's | ||
160 | flat | ||
161 | but | ||
162 | it's | ||
163 | round | ||
164 | like | ||
165 | the | ||
166 | earth | ||
167 | paul | ||
168 | pushed | ||
169 | his | ||
170 | chair | ||
171 | away | ||
172 | from | ||
173 | the | ||
174 | writing | ||
175 | desk | ||
176 | and | ||
177 | stared | ||
178 | at | ||
179 | the | ||
180 | notecard | ||
181 | he | ||
182 | stood | ||
183 | up | ||
184 | knocked | ||
185 | his | ||
186 | head | ||
187 | on | ||
188 | the | ||
189 | lightbulb | ||
190 | swore | ||
191 | he | ||
192 | pulled | ||
193 | the | ||
194 | notecard | ||
195 | from | ||
196 | his | ||
197 | typewriter | ||
198 | and | ||
199 | crumpled | ||
200 | it | ||
201 | up | ||
202 | with | ||
203 | his | ||
204 | left | ||
205 | hand | ||
206 | with | ||
207 | his | ||
208 | right | ||
209 | hand | ||
210 | he | ||
211 | reached | ||
212 | in | ||
213 | his | ||
214 | |||
215 | and | ||
216 | pulled | ||
217 | out | ||
218 | his | ||
219 | cigarettes | ||
220 | he | ||
221 | put | ||
222 | one | ||
223 | in | ||
224 | his | ||
225 | mouth | ||
226 | threw | ||
227 | the | ||
228 | paper | ||
229 | in | ||
230 | the | ||
231 | corner | ||
232 | grabbed | ||
233 | his | ||
234 | axe | ||
235 | went | ||
236 | out | ||
237 | into | ||
238 | the | ||
239 | woods | ||
diff --git a/river/table_contents.river b/river/table_contents.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0a5bc6a --- /dev/null +++ b/river/table_contents.river | |||
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1 | table | ||
2 | of | ||
3 | contents | ||
4 | 4 | ||
5 | the | ||
6 | look | ||
7 | she | ||
8 | gave | ||
9 | me | ||
10 | 4 | ||
11 | half-hours | ||
12 | in | ||
13 | heaven | ||
14 | are | ||
15 | three | ||
16 | times | ||
17 | that | ||
18 | in | ||
19 | hell | ||
20 | 5 | ||
21 | not | ||
22 | out | ||
23 | of | ||
24 | anger | ||
25 | 5 | ||
26 | pay | ||
27 | the | ||
28 | toll | ||
29 | mister | ||
30 | or | ||
31 | nothing | ||
32 | can | ||
33 | get | ||
34 | done | ||
35 | 6 | ||
36 | a | ||
37 | desire | ||
38 | to | ||
39 | understand | ||
40 | 6 | ||
41 | misattributed | ||
42 | 7 | ||
43 | seven | ||
44 | syllables | ||
45 | amble | ||
46 | 7 | ||
47 | disassociated | ||
48 | 8 | ||
49 | to | ||
50 | drink | ||
51 | at | ||
52 | the | ||
53 | pond | ||
54 | 8 | ||
55 | advice | ||
56 | from | ||
57 | a | ||
58 | cereal | ||
59 | box | ||
60 | 9 | ||
61 | two | ||
62 | fall | ||
63 | in | ||
64 | and | ||
65 | drown | ||
66 | 9 | ||
67 | the | ||
68 | challenges | ||
69 | of | ||
70 | a | ||
71 | modern | ||
72 | life | ||
73 | 10 | ||
74 | odd-numbered | ||
75 | ponies | ||
76 | 10 | ||
77 | probability | ||
78 | and | ||
79 | the | ||
80 | american | ||
81 | dream | ||
82 | 11 | ||
83 | buck | ||
84 | and | ||
85 | whinny | ||
86 | in | ||
87 | the | ||
88 | moonlight | ||
89 | 11 | ||
90 | two | ||
91 | friends | ||
92 | throw | ||
93 | dice | ||
94 | 12 | ||
95 | to | ||
96 | die | ||
97 | tomorrow | ||
98 | 12 | ||
99 | fears | ||
100 | of | ||
101 | death | ||
102 | 13 | ||
103 | to | ||
104 | be | ||
105 | everywhere | ||
106 | 13 | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | solipsist | ||
109 | talks | ||
110 | to | ||
111 | god | ||
112 | 14 | ||
113 | all | ||
114 | at | ||
115 | one | ||
116 | time | ||
117 | my | ||
118 | motto | ||
119 | 14 | ||
120 | a | ||
121 | phone | ||
122 | conversation | ||
123 | following | ||
124 | receipt | ||
125 | of | ||
126 | an | ||
127 | ill-timed | ||
128 | love | ||
129 | letter | ||
130 | 15 | ||
131 | of | ||
132 | a | ||
133 | perfect | ||
134 | world | ||
135 | 15 | ||
136 | woody | ||
137 | allen | ||
138 | at | ||
139 | the | ||
140 | horse | ||
141 | races | ||
142 | 16 | ||
143 | this | ||
144 | morning | ||
145 | the | ||
146 | sun | ||
147 | 16 | ||
148 | whether | ||
149 | you | ||
150 | say | ||
151 | good | ||
152 | morning | ||
153 | or | ||
154 | good | ||
155 | night | ||
156 | 17 | ||
157 | wandering | ||
158 | through | ||
159 | the | ||
160 | window | ||
161 | 17 | ||
162 | a | ||
163 | traveler | ||
164 | waiting | ||
165 | on | ||
166 | the | ||
167 | mountain | ||
168 | 18 | ||
169 | alights | ||
170 | on | ||
171 | my | ||
172 | shoulder | ||
173 | 18 | ||
174 | the | ||
175 | impenetrable | ||
176 | object | ||
177 | falls | ||
178 | in | ||
179 | love | ||
180 | 1 | ||
181 | liquid | ||
182 | messenger | ||
183 | 2 | ||
184 | after | ||
185 | a | ||
186 | gate | ||
187 | closes | ||
188 | dogs | ||
189 | bark | ||
190 | 3 | ||
191 | finding | ||
192 | old | ||
193 | men | ||
194 | at | ||
195 | dusk | ||
diff --git a/river/tapestry.river b/river/tapestry.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c16e810 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/tapestry.river | |||
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1 | tapestry | ||
2 | apparently | ||
3 | typewriters | ||
4 | need | ||
5 | ribbon | ||
6 | apparently | ||
7 | ribbon | ||
8 | is | ||
9 | incredibly | ||
10 | hard | ||
11 | to | ||
12 | find | ||
13 | anymore | ||
14 | because | ||
15 | no | ||
16 | one | ||
17 | uses | ||
18 | typewriters | ||
19 | apparently | ||
20 | i | ||
21 | am | ||
22 | writing | ||
23 | my | ||
24 | hymns | ||
25 | from | ||
26 | now | ||
27 | on | ||
28 | so | ||
29 | he | ||
30 | was | ||
31 | back | ||
32 | to | ||
33 | calling | ||
34 | his | ||
35 | notes | ||
36 | hymns | ||
37 | he | ||
38 | looked | ||
39 | up | ||
40 | hymns | ||
41 | in | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | dictionary | ||
44 | it | ||
45 | said | ||
46 | that | ||
47 | a | ||
48 | hymn | ||
49 | was | ||
50 | an | ||
51 | ode | ||
52 | or | ||
53 | song | ||
54 | of | ||
55 | praise | ||
56 | or | ||
57 | adoration | ||
58 | praise | ||
59 | or | ||
60 | adoration | ||
61 | to | ||
62 | what | ||
63 | he | ||
64 | asked | ||
65 | himself | ||
66 | he | ||
67 | thought | ||
68 | maybe | ||
69 | furniture | ||
70 | there | ||
71 | was | ||
72 | still | ||
73 | a | ||
74 | lot | ||
75 | of | ||
76 | notfurniture | ||
77 | in | ||
78 | what | ||
79 | he | ||
80 | was | ||
81 | again | ||
82 | calling | ||
83 | his | ||
84 | writing | ||
85 | shack | ||
86 | the | ||
87 | dictionary | ||
88 | also | ||
89 | had | ||
90 | this | ||
91 | to | ||
92 | say | ||
93 | about | ||
94 | hymn | ||
95 | that | ||
96 | it | ||
97 | was | ||
98 | possibly | ||
99 | related | ||
100 | to | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | old | ||
103 | greek | ||
104 | word | ||
105 | for | ||
106 | weave | ||
107 | weave | ||
108 | what | ||
109 | paul | ||
110 | wondered | ||
111 | to | ||
112 | himself | ||
113 | he | ||
114 | wrote | ||
115 | this | ||
116 | down | ||
117 | on | ||
118 | a | ||
119 | new | ||
120 | notecard | ||
121 | apparently | ||
122 | hymn | ||
123 | means | ||
124 | weave | ||
125 | somehow | ||
126 | or | ||
127 | it | ||
128 | used | ||
129 | to | ||
130 | or | ||
131 | its | ||
132 | cousin | ||
133 | did | ||
134 | what | ||
135 | is | ||
136 | it | ||
137 | weaving | ||
138 | who | ||
139 | is | ||
140 | it | ||
141 | weaving | ||
142 | for | ||
143 | i | ||
144 | remember | ||
145 | in | ||
146 | school | ||
147 | we | ||
148 | talked | ||
149 | about | ||
150 | odysseus | ||
151 | and | ||
152 | his | ||
153 | wife | ||
154 | penelope | ||
155 | who | ||
156 | wove | ||
157 | a | ||
158 | tapestry | ||
159 | every | ||
160 | day | ||
161 | just | ||
162 | to | ||
163 | take | ||
164 | it | ||
165 | apart | ||
166 | at | ||
167 | night | ||
168 | i | ||
169 | forget | ||
170 | why | ||
171 | maybe | ||
172 | she | ||
173 | wove | ||
174 | the | ||
175 | tapestry | ||
176 | for | ||
177 | odysseus | ||
178 | maybe | ||
179 | she | ||
180 | wove | ||
181 | it | ||
182 | for | ||
183 | herself | ||
184 | what | ||
185 | did | ||
186 | she | ||
187 | weave | ||
188 | it | ||
189 | of | ||
190 | memory | ||
191 | maybe | ||
192 | or | ||
193 | dream | ||
194 | i | ||
195 | think | ||
196 | these | ||
197 | words | ||
198 | make | ||
199 | a | ||
200 | kind | ||
201 | of | ||
202 | tapestry | ||
203 | or | ||
204 | at | ||
205 | least | ||
206 | the | ||
207 | thread | ||
208 | it | ||
209 | will | ||
210 | be | ||
211 | made | ||
212 | of | ||
213 | i | ||
214 | will | ||
215 | weave | ||
216 | a | ||
217 | hymn | ||
218 | to | ||
219 | the | ||
220 | gods | ||
221 | of | ||
222 | literature | ||
223 | out | ||
224 | of | ||
225 | fiction | ||
226 | my | ||
227 | furniture | ||
228 | was | ||
229 | a | ||
230 | try | ||
231 | at | ||
232 | weaving | ||
233 | but | ||
234 | i | ||
235 | am | ||
236 | shit | ||
237 | at | ||
238 | furniture | ||
239 | so | ||
240 | writing | ||
241 | it | ||
242 | is | ||
243 | again | ||
244 | he | ||
245 | wrote | ||
246 | notes | ||
247 | for | ||
248 | a | ||
249 | hymn | ||
250 | at | ||
251 | the | ||
252 | top | ||
253 | of | ||
254 | this | ||
255 | notecard | ||
diff --git a/river/telemarketer.river b/river/telemarketer.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1818e85 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/telemarketer.river | |||
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1 | telemarketer | ||
2 | it | ||
3 | was | ||
4 | one | ||
5 | of | ||
6 | those | ||
7 | nameless | ||
8 | gray | ||
9 | buildings | ||
10 | that | ||
11 | could | ||
12 | be | ||
13 | seen | ||
14 | from | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | street | ||
17 | only | ||
18 | if | ||
19 | larry | ||
20 | craned | ||
21 | his | ||
22 | neck | ||
23 | to | ||
24 | almost | ||
25 | vertical | ||
26 | he | ||
27 | never | ||
28 | had | ||
29 | of | ||
30 | course | ||
31 | having | ||
32 | heard | ||
33 | when | ||
34 | he | ||
35 | first | ||
36 | arrived | ||
37 | in | ||
38 | the | ||
39 | city | ||
40 | that | ||
41 | only | ||
42 | tourists | ||
43 | unaccustomed | ||
44 | to | ||
45 | tall | ||
46 | buildings | ||
47 | did | ||
48 | so | ||
49 | he'd | ||
50 | never | ||
51 | thought | ||
52 | about | ||
53 | it | ||
54 | until | ||
55 | he'd | ||
56 | heard | ||
57 | the | ||
58 | social | ||
59 | injunction | ||
60 | against | ||
61 | such | ||
62 | a | ||
63 | thing | ||
64 | it | ||
65 | was | ||
66 | now | ||
67 | one | ||
68 | of | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | things | ||
71 | he | ||
72 | thought | ||
73 | about | ||
74 | almost | ||
75 | every | ||
76 | day | ||
77 | as | ||
78 | he | ||
79 | rode | ||
80 | to | ||
81 | and | ||
82 | from | ||
83 | work | ||
84 | in | ||
85 | gritty | ||
86 | blue | ||
87 | buses | ||
88 | inside | ||
89 | the | ||
90 | building | ||
91 | the | ||
92 | constant | ||
93 | sound | ||
94 | of | ||
95 | recirculating | ||
96 | dry | ||
97 | air | ||
98 | made | ||
99 | larry | ||
100 | feel | ||
101 | as | ||
102 | though | ||
103 | he | ||
104 | were | ||
105 | at | ||
106 | some | ||
107 | beach | ||
108 | in | ||
109 | hell | ||
110 | listening | ||
111 | to | ||
112 | the | ||
113 | ocean | ||
114 | or | ||
115 | more | ||
116 | accurately | ||
117 | at | ||
118 | a | ||
119 | gift | ||
120 | shop | ||
121 | in | ||
122 | a | ||
123 | landlocked | ||
124 | state | ||
125 | in | ||
126 | hell | ||
127 | listening | ||
128 | to | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | ocean | ||
131 | as | ||
132 | represented | ||
133 | by | ||
134 | the | ||
135 | sound | ||
136 | a | ||
137 | conch | ||
138 | shell | ||
139 | makes | ||
140 | when | ||
141 | he | ||
142 | holds | ||
143 | it | ||
144 | up | ||
145 | to | ||
146 | his | ||
147 | ear | ||
148 | the | ||
149 | buzz | ||
150 | of | ||
151 | the | ||
152 | fluorescent | ||
153 | bulbs | ||
154 | overhead | ||
155 | sounded | ||
156 | like | ||
157 | the | ||
158 | hot | ||
159 | sun | ||
160 | bearing | ||
161 | down | ||
162 | all | ||
163 | day | ||
164 | in | ||
165 | this | ||
166 | metaphor | ||
167 | a | ||
168 | favorite | ||
169 | of | ||
170 | larry's | ||
171 | his | ||
172 | cubicle | ||
173 | was | ||
174 | made | ||
175 | of | ||
176 | that | ||
177 | cheap | ||
178 | grayish-blue | ||
179 | plywood | ||
180 | that | ||
181 | cubicles | ||
182 | are | ||
183 | made | ||
184 | of | ||
185 | inside | ||
186 | it | ||
187 | his | ||
188 | computer | ||
189 | sat | ||
190 | on | ||
191 | his | ||
192 | desk | ||
193 | as | ||
194 | larry | ||
195 | liked | ||
196 | to | ||
197 | think | ||
198 | an | ||
199 | eagle | ||
200 | perched | ||
201 | on | ||
202 | a | ||
203 | mountainous | ||
204 | crag | ||
205 | much | ||
206 | like | ||
207 | the | ||
208 | crag | ||
209 | that | ||
210 | was | ||
211 | his | ||
212 | desktop | ||
213 | wallpaper | ||
214 | the | ||
215 | walls | ||
216 | were | ||
217 | unadorned | ||
218 | except | ||
219 | for | ||
220 | a | ||
221 | few | ||
222 | tacked-up | ||
223 | papers | ||
224 | in | ||
225 | report | ||
226 | covers | ||
227 | explaining | ||
228 | his | ||
229 | script | ||
230 | when | ||
231 | larry | ||
232 | made | ||
233 | a | ||
234 | call | ||
235 | to | ||
236 | a | ||
237 | potential | ||
238 | customer | ||
239 | it | ||
240 | always | ||
241 | went | ||
242 | the | ||
243 | same | ||
244 | way | ||
245 | hi | ||
246 | mr/mrs | ||
247 | customer's | ||
248 | name | ||
249 | my | ||
250 | name | ||
251 | is | ||
252 | larry | ||
253 | and | ||
254 | i'm | ||
255 | with | ||
256 | client's | ||
257 | name | ||
258 | and | ||
259 | was | ||
260 | just | ||
261 | wondering | ||
262 | if | ||
263 | i | ||
264 | could | ||
265 | have | ||
266 | a | ||
267 | minute | ||
268 | of | ||
269 | your | ||
270 | time | ||
271 | oh | ||
272 | no | ||
273 | sir | ||
274 | i | ||
275 | don't | ||
276 | want | ||
277 | whatever | ||
278 | it | ||
279 | is | ||
280 | you're | ||
281 | selling | ||
282 | customer | ||
283 | terminates | ||
284 | call | ||
285 | larry | ||
286 | had | ||
287 | only | ||
288 | ever | ||
289 | read | ||
290 | the | ||
291 | first | ||
292 | line | ||
293 | of | ||
294 | the | ||
295 | script | ||
296 | on | ||
297 | the | ||
298 | wall | ||
299 | sometimes | ||
300 | he | ||
301 | had | ||
302 | an | ||
303 | urge | ||
304 | to | ||
305 | read | ||
306 | more | ||
307 | of | ||
308 | it | ||
309 | to | ||
310 | be | ||
311 | ready | ||
312 | when | ||
313 | a | ||
314 | customer | ||
315 | expressed | ||
316 | interest | ||
317 | in | ||
318 | whatever | ||
319 | it | ||
320 | was | ||
321 | larry | ||
322 | was | ||
323 | selling | ||
324 | but | ||
325 | something | ||
326 | in | ||
327 | him | ||
328 | he | ||
329 | liked | ||
330 | to | ||
331 | think | ||
332 | it | ||
333 | was | ||
334 | an | ||
335 | actor's | ||
336 | intuition | ||
337 | that | ||
338 | told | ||
339 | him | ||
340 | it | ||
341 | was | ||
342 | best | ||
343 | to | ||
344 | improvise | ||
345 | though | ||
346 | he | ||
347 | worried | ||
348 | it | ||
349 | was | ||
350 | the | ||
351 | futility | ||
352 | of | ||
353 | it | ||
354 | kept | ||
355 | him | ||
356 | from | ||
357 | reading | ||
358 | further | ||
359 | into | ||
360 | the | ||
361 | script | ||
362 | so | ||
363 | when | ||
364 | jane | ||
365 | said | ||
366 | sure | ||
367 | i | ||
368 | have | ||
369 | nothing | ||
370 | better | ||
371 | to | ||
372 | do | ||
373 | he | ||
374 | was | ||
375 | thrown | ||
376 | completely | ||
377 | off | ||
378 | guard | ||
379 | um | ||
380 | alright | ||
381 | mrs | ||
382 | mrs | ||
383 | loring | ||
384 | i | ||
385 | was | ||
386 | wondering | ||
387 | it's | ||
388 | ms | ||
389 | not | ||
390 | mrs | ||
391 | em | ||
392 | ess | ||
393 | miz | ||
394 | no | ||
395 | r | ||
396 | larry | ||
397 | she | ||
398 | sounded | ||
399 | patient | ||
400 | as | ||
401 | if | ||
402 | she | ||
403 | were | ||
404 | used | ||
405 | to | ||
406 | correcting | ||
407 | people | ||
408 | about | ||
409 | the | ||
410 | particulars | ||
411 | of | ||
412 | her | ||
413 | title | ||
414 | but | ||
415 | how | ||
416 | often | ||
417 | can | ||
418 | that | ||
419 | happen | ||
420 | larry | ||
421 | thought | ||
422 | and | ||
423 | he | ||
424 | was | ||
425 | suddenly | ||
426 | deeply | ||
427 | confused | ||
428 | oh | ||
429 | sorry | ||
430 | ma'am | ||
431 | uh | ||
432 | miz | ||
433 | loring | ||
434 | but | ||
435 | i | ||
436 | wanted | ||
437 | to | ||
438 | know | ||
439 | whether | ||
440 | you'd | ||
441 | like | ||
442 | to | ||
443 | ah | ||
444 | buy | ||
445 | some | ||
446 | larry | ||
447 | put | ||
448 | his | ||
449 | head | ||
450 | in | ||
451 | his | ||
452 | hand | ||
453 | and | ||
454 | started | ||
455 | twirling | ||
456 | his | ||
457 | hair | ||
458 | in | ||
459 | his | ||
460 | finger | ||
461 | a | ||
462 | nervous | ||
463 | habit | ||
464 | he'd | ||
465 | had | ||
466 | since | ||
467 | childhood | ||
468 | and | ||
469 | closed | ||
470 | his | ||
471 | eyes | ||
472 | tightly | ||
473 | why | ||
474 | don't | ||
475 | you | ||
476 | have | ||
477 | anything | ||
478 | better | ||
479 | to | ||
480 | do | ||
481 | immediately | ||
482 | he | ||
483 | knew | ||
484 | it | ||
485 | was | ||
486 | the | ||
487 | wrong | ||
488 | question | ||
489 | even | ||
490 | before | ||
491 | the | ||
492 | silence | ||
493 | on | ||
494 | the | ||
495 | other | ||
496 | end | ||
497 | moved | ||
498 | past | ||
499 | impatience | ||
500 | and | ||
501 | into | ||
502 | stunned | ||
503 | larry | ||
504 | had | ||
505 | a | ||
506 | mini-drama | ||
507 | written | ||
508 | and | ||
509 | staged | ||
510 | within | ||
511 | his | ||
512 | mind | ||
513 | she | ||
514 | would | ||
515 | call | ||
516 | customer | ||
517 | service | ||
518 | and | ||
519 | complain | ||
520 | loudly | ||
521 | into | ||
522 | the | ||
523 | representative's | ||
524 | ear | ||
525 | the | ||
526 | rep | ||
527 | would | ||
528 | send | ||
529 | a | ||
530 | memo | ||
531 | to | ||
532 | the | ||
533 | head | ||
534 | of | ||
535 | telemarketing | ||
536 | requesting | ||
537 | disciplinary | ||
538 | action | ||
539 | and | ||
540 | the | ||
541 | head | ||
542 | would | ||
543 | delegate | ||
544 | the | ||
545 | action | ||
546 | to | ||
547 | larry's | ||
548 | immediate | ||
549 | supervisor | ||
550 | david | ||
551 | david | ||
552 | would | ||
553 | saunter | ||
554 | over | ||
555 | to | ||
556 | larry's | ||
557 | cubicle | ||
558 | sometime | ||
559 | within | ||
560 | the | ||
561 | next | ||
562 | week | ||
563 | depending | ||
564 | on | ||
565 | when | ||
566 | he | ||
567 | got | ||
568 | the | ||
569 | memo | ||
570 | and | ||
571 | when | ||
572 | he | ||
573 | felt | ||
574 | like | ||
575 | crossing | ||
576 | fifty | ||
577 | feet | ||
578 | of | ||
579 | office | ||
580 | space | ||
581 | and | ||
582 | have | ||
583 | one | ||
584 | of | ||
585 | what | ||
586 | david | ||
587 | liked | ||
588 | to | ||
589 | call | ||
590 | chats | ||
591 | but | ||
592 | what | ||
593 | larry | ||
594 | knew | ||
595 | were | ||
596 | lectures | ||
597 | after | ||
598 | about | ||
599 | half | ||
600 | an | ||
601 | hour | ||
602 | of | ||
603 | chatting | ||
604 | david | ||
605 | would | ||
606 | give | ||
607 | larry | ||
608 | a | ||
609 | warning | ||
610 | and | ||
611 | ask | ||
612 | him | ||
613 | to | ||
614 | come | ||
615 | in | ||
616 | for | ||
617 | overtime | ||
618 | to | ||
619 | make | ||
620 | up | ||
621 | for | ||
622 | the | ||
623 | discretion | ||
624 | and | ||
625 | walk | ||
626 | back | ||
627 | slowly | ||
628 | to | ||
629 | his | ||
630 | office | ||
631 | making | ||
632 | small | ||
633 | talk | ||
634 | with | ||
635 | the | ||
636 | cubicled | ||
637 | workers | ||
638 | on | ||
639 | the | ||
640 | way | ||
641 | the | ||
642 | world | ||
643 | suddenly | ||
644 | felt | ||
645 | too | ||
646 | small | ||
647 | for | ||
648 | larry | ||
649 | or | ||
650 | he | ||
651 | too | ||
652 | big | ||
653 | for | ||
654 | it | ||
655 | quietly | ||
656 | with | ||
657 | the | ||
658 | same | ||
659 | patience | ||
660 | but | ||
661 | with | ||
662 | a | ||
663 | bigger | ||
664 | pain | ||
665 | jane | ||
666 | said | ||
667 | my | ||
668 | husband | ||
669 | just | ||
670 | left | ||
671 | me | ||
672 | and | ||
673 | i | ||
674 | thought | ||
675 | you | ||
676 | could | ||
677 | take | ||
678 | my | ||
679 | mind | ||
680 | off | ||
681 | of | ||
682 | him | ||
683 | for | ||
684 | just | ||
685 | a | ||
686 | minute | ||
687 | and | ||
688 | hung | ||
689 | up | ||
diff --git a/river/the-night-we-met.river b/river/the-night-we-met.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5be9d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/the-night-we-met.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | night | ||
3 | we | ||
4 | met | ||
5 | i | ||
6 | was | ||
7 | out | ||
8 | of | ||
9 | my | ||
10 | mind | ||
11 | or | ||
12 | lying | ||
13 | in | ||
14 | the | ||
15 | dark | ||
16 | my | ||
17 | head | ||
18 | is | ||
19 | full | ||
20 | of | ||
21 | fire | ||
22 | my | ||
23 | tongue | ||
24 | swollen | ||
25 | pregnant | ||
26 | with | ||
27 | all | ||
28 | the | ||
29 | things | ||
30 | i | ||
31 | should've | ||
32 | said | ||
33 | but | ||
34 | didn't | ||
35 | last | ||
36 | night | ||
37 | we | ||
38 | met | ||
39 | each | ||
40 | other | ||
41 | in | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | dark | ||
44 | remember | ||
45 | you | ||
46 | told | ||
47 | me | ||
48 | time | ||
49 | was | ||
50 | pregnant | ||
51 | with | ||
52 | all | ||
53 | things | ||
54 | i | ||
55 | should've | ||
56 | said | ||
57 | something | ||
58 | to | ||
59 | draw | ||
60 | you | ||
61 | out | ||
62 | from | ||
63 | your | ||
64 | place | ||
65 | in | ||
66 | the | ||
67 | dark | ||
68 | remember | ||
69 | you | ||
70 | told | ||
71 | me | ||
72 | time | ||
73 | was | ||
74 | only | ||
75 | an | ||
76 | illusion | ||
77 | and | ||
78 | memory | ||
79 | was | ||
80 | only | ||
81 | something | ||
82 | to | ||
83 | draw | ||
84 | you | ||
85 | out | ||
86 | from | ||
87 | your | ||
88 | place | ||
89 | i | ||
90 | out | ||
91 | from | ||
92 | mine | ||
93 | that | ||
94 | night | ||
95 | i | ||
96 | believed | ||
97 | in | ||
98 | you | ||
99 | only | ||
100 | illusion | ||
101 | and | ||
102 | memory | ||
103 | were | ||
104 | one | ||
105 | lying | ||
106 | down | ||
107 | on | ||
108 | your | ||
109 | couch | ||
110 | through | ||
111 | the | ||
112 | night | ||
113 | you | ||
114 | drew | ||
115 | me | ||
116 | out | ||
117 | from | ||
118 | mine | ||
119 | that | ||
120 | night | ||
121 | i | ||
122 | believed | ||
123 | in | ||
124 | you | ||
125 | when | ||
126 | you | ||
127 | told | ||
128 | me | ||
129 | you | ||
130 | loved | ||
131 | me | ||
132 | i | ||
133 | lay | ||
134 | down | ||
135 | on | ||
136 | your | ||
137 | couch | ||
138 | through | ||
139 | the | ||
140 | night | ||
141 | you | ||
142 | drew | ||
143 | a | ||
144 | picture | ||
145 | of | ||
146 | our | ||
147 | future | ||
148 | together | ||
149 | when | ||
150 | you | ||
151 | told | ||
152 | me | ||
153 | you | ||
154 | loved | ||
155 | me | ||
156 | i | ||
157 | lied | ||
158 | in | ||
159 | the | ||
160 | dark | ||
161 | remember | ||
162 | you | ||
163 | told | ||
164 | me | ||
165 | time | ||
166 | was | ||
167 | a | ||
168 | picture | ||
169 | of | ||
170 | our | ||
171 | future | ||
172 | together | ||
173 | my | ||
174 | head | ||
175 | is | ||
176 | full | ||
177 | of | ||
178 | fire | ||
179 | my | ||
180 | tongue | ||
181 | swollen | ||
diff --git a/river/the-sea_the-beach.river b/river/the-sea_the-beach.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fae547 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/the-sea_the-beach.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | sea | ||
3 | and | ||
4 | the | ||
5 | beach | ||
6 | waiting | ||
7 | for | ||
8 | a | ||
9 | reading | ||
10 | to | ||
11 | start | ||
12 | when | ||
13 | there's | ||
14 | nobody | ||
15 | coming | ||
16 | anyway | ||
17 | is | ||
18 | like | ||
19 | waiting | ||
20 | for | ||
21 | the | ||
22 | tide | ||
23 | to | ||
24 | make | ||
25 | some | ||
26 | meaning | ||
27 | of | ||
28 | the | ||
29 | beach | ||
30 | the | ||
31 | sea | ||
32 | doesn't | ||
33 | know | ||
34 | or | ||
35 | care | ||
36 | what | ||
37 | the | ||
38 | beach | ||
39 | even | ||
40 | is | ||
41 | let | ||
42 | alone | ||
43 | its | ||
44 | cares | ||
45 | or | ||
46 | its | ||
47 | troubles | ||
48 | its | ||
49 | little | ||
50 | nagging | ||
51 | under-the-skin | ||
52 | annoyances | ||
53 | that | ||
54 | make | ||
55 | the | ||
56 | beach | ||
57 | the | ||
58 | beach | ||
59 | sandworms | ||
60 | for | ||
61 | example | ||
62 | or | ||
63 | those | ||
64 | crabs | ||
65 | with | ||
66 | big | ||
67 | pincers | ||
68 | on | ||
69 | one | ||
70 | side | ||
71 | but | ||
72 | not | ||
73 | the | ||
74 | other | ||
75 | those | ||
76 | really | ||
77 | get | ||
78 | the | ||
79 | beach's | ||
80 | gander | ||
81 | up | ||
82 | but | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | sea | ||
85 | doesn't | ||
86 | care | ||
87 | the | ||
88 | sea | ||
89 | only | ||
90 | wants | ||
91 | to | ||
92 | caress | ||
93 | the | ||
94 | beach | ||
95 | with | ||
96 | its | ||
97 | soft | ||
98 | arms | ||
99 | to | ||
100 | tell | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | beach | ||
103 | how | ||
104 | much | ||
105 | it's | ||
106 | loved | ||
107 | by | ||
108 | the | ||
109 | sea | ||
110 | that | ||
111 | complex | ||
112 | of | ||
113 | water | ||
114 | salt | ||
115 | and | ||
116 | the | ||
117 | moon's | ||
118 | gravity | ||
119 | the | ||
120 | mercury | ||
121 | rising | ||
122 | up | ||
123 | and | ||
124 | down | ||
125 | slowly | ||
126 | like | ||
127 | a | ||
128 | yawn | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | sea | ||
131 | only | ||
132 | cares | ||
133 | about | ||
134 | itself | ||
135 | the | ||
136 | beach | ||
137 | lays | ||
138 | there | ||
139 | and | ||
140 | takes | ||
141 | it | ||
diff --git a/river/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.river b/river/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3a7109 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.river | |||
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1 | the | ||
2 | ocean | ||
3 | overflows | ||
4 | with | ||
5 | camels | ||
6 | we | ||
7 | found | ||
8 | your | ||
9 | shirt | ||
10 | deep | ||
11 | in | ||
12 | the | ||
13 | dark | ||
14 | water | ||
15 | caught | ||
16 | on | ||
17 | the | ||
18 | clothesline | ||
19 | of | ||
20 | sleeping | ||
21 | pills | ||
22 | your | ||
23 | head | ||
24 | on | ||
25 | the | ||
26 | shore | ||
27 | was | ||
28 | streaming | ||
29 | tears | ||
30 | like | ||
31 | sleeves | ||
32 | or | ||
33 | the | ||
34 | coronas | ||
35 | of | ||
36 | saints | ||
37 | saved | ||
38 | from | ||
39 | fire | ||
40 | the | ||
41 | burning | ||
42 | bush | ||
43 | began | ||
44 | crying | ||
45 | like | ||
46 | a | ||
47 | child | ||
48 | who | ||
49 | misses | ||
50 | his | ||
51 | mother | ||
52 | traffic | ||
53 | slammed | ||
54 | shut | ||
55 | like | ||
56 | an | ||
57 | eye | ||
58 | god's | ||
59 | mean | ||
60 | left | ||
61 | hook | ||
62 | knocked | ||
63 | us | ||
64 | out | ||
65 | and | ||
66 | we | ||
67 | began | ||
68 | swimming | ||
69 | bruises | ||
70 | bloomed | ||
71 | like | ||
72 | algae | ||
73 | on | ||
74 | a | ||
75 | lake | ||
76 | your | ||
77 | father | ||
78 | beat | ||
79 | your | ||
80 | chest | ||
81 | and | ||
82 | screamed | ||
83 | for | ||
84 | someone | ||
85 | to | ||
86 | open | ||
87 | a | ||
88 | window | ||
89 | the | ||
90 | air | ||
91 | stopped | ||
92 | breathing | ||
93 | fish | ||
94 | clogged | ||
95 | its | ||
96 | gills | ||
97 | birds | ||
98 | sang | ||
99 | too | ||
100 | loudly | ||
101 | trying | ||
102 | to | ||
103 | drown | ||
104 | out | ||
105 | your | ||
106 | father's | ||
107 | cries | ||
108 | but | ||
109 | all | ||
110 | their | ||
111 | sweetness | ||
112 | was | ||
113 | not | ||
114 | enough | ||
115 | no | ||
116 | polite | ||
117 | noises | ||
118 | will | ||
119 | be | ||
120 | made | ||
121 | anymore | ||
122 | he | ||
123 | told | ||
124 | us | ||
125 | clawing | ||
126 | your | ||
127 | breastbone | ||
128 | he | ||
129 | opened | ||
130 | your | ||
131 | heart | ||
132 | to | ||
133 | air | ||
134 | again | ||
135 | camels | ||
136 | flowed | ||
137 | from | ||
138 | you | ||
139 | both | ||
140 | like | ||
141 | water | ||
142 | from | ||
143 | the | ||
144 | rock | ||
145 | god | ||
146 | spoke | ||
147 | up | ||
148 | but | ||
149 | nobody | ||
150 | listened | ||
151 | to | ||
152 | him | ||
153 | we | ||
154 | hung | ||
155 | you | ||
156 | up | ||
157 | on | ||
158 | the | ||
159 | line | ||
160 | to | ||
161 | dry | ||
diff --git a/river/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.river b/river/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bcf5eab --- /dev/null +++ b/river/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.river | |||
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1 | time | ||
2 | looks | ||
3 | up | ||
4 | to | ||
5 | the | ||
6 | sky | ||
7 | i | ||
8 | wish | ||
9 | i'd | ||
10 | kissed | ||
11 | you | ||
12 | when | ||
13 | i | ||
14 | had | ||
15 | the | ||
16 | chance | ||
17 | your | ||
18 | face | ||
19 | hovering | ||
20 | there | ||
21 | so | ||
22 | near | ||
23 | to | ||
24 | mine | ||
25 | your | ||
26 | mouth | ||
27 | pursed | ||
28 | what | ||
29 | word | ||
30 | was | ||
31 | it | ||
32 | you | ||
33 | pronounced | ||
34 | when | ||
35 | i | ||
36 | think | ||
37 | about | ||
38 | you | ||
39 | something | ||
40 | in | ||
41 | my | ||
42 | pants | ||
43 | tightens | ||
44 | and | ||
45 | my | ||
46 | thoughts | ||
47 | run | ||
48 | and | ||
49 | i | ||
50 | realize | ||
51 | i | ||
52 | should've | ||
53 | kissed | ||
54 | you | ||
55 | when | ||
56 | i | ||
57 | had | ||
58 | the | ||
59 | chance | ||
60 | i | ||
61 | want | ||
62 | that | ||
63 | moment | ||
64 | never | ||
65 | to | ||
66 | be | ||
67 | past | ||
68 | like | ||
69 | keats's | ||
70 | lovers | ||
71 | on | ||
72 | the | ||
73 | grecian | ||
74 | urn | ||
75 | his | ||
76 | mouth | ||
77 | pursed | ||
78 | her | ||
79 | figure | ||
80 | turned | ||
81 | to | ||
82 | pronounce | ||
83 | her | ||
84 | hips | ||
85 | in | ||
86 | ways | ||
87 | that | ||
88 | are | ||
89 | not | ||
90 | feminist | ||
91 | but | ||
92 | time | ||
93 | strolls | ||
94 | mildly | ||
95 | on | ||
96 | not | ||
97 | glancing | ||
98 | at | ||
99 | my | ||
100 | wish | ||
101 | to | ||
102 | kiss | ||
103 | you | ||
104 | when | ||
105 | i | ||
106 | had | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | chance | ||
109 | whispered | ||
110 | like | ||
111 | a | ||
112 | beggar | ||
113 | to | ||
114 | a | ||
115 | prince | ||
116 | outside | ||
117 | his | ||
118 | palace | ||
119 | time | ||
120 | looks | ||
121 | up | ||
122 | to | ||
123 | the | ||
124 | sky | ||
125 | purses | ||
126 | his | ||
127 | lips | ||
128 | and | ||
129 | hears | ||
130 | what | ||
131 | i | ||
132 | pronounce | ||
133 | but | ||
134 | pays | ||
135 | it | ||
136 | little | ||
137 | mind | ||
138 | if | ||
139 | he | ||
140 | would | ||
141 | just | ||
142 | turn | ||
143 | back | ||
144 | bend | ||
145 | down | ||
146 | and | ||
147 | follow | ||
148 | my | ||
149 | design | ||
150 | i | ||
151 | would | ||
152 | have | ||
153 | kissed | ||
154 | you | ||
155 | when | ||
156 | i | ||
157 | had | ||
158 | the | ||
159 | chance | ||
160 | as | ||
161 | your | ||
162 | mouth | ||
163 | pursed | ||
164 | and | ||
165 | you | ||
166 | pronounced | ||
167 | goodbye | ||
diff --git a/river/todaniel.river b/river/todaniel.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4284d54 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/todaniel.river | |||
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1 | to | ||
2 | daniel | ||
3 | an | ||
4 | elaboration | ||
5 | of | ||
6 | a | ||
7 | previous | ||
8 | comment | ||
9 | there | ||
10 | are | ||
11 | more | ||
12 | modern | ||
13 | ideals | ||
14 | of | ||
15 | beauty | ||
16 | than | ||
17 | yours | ||
18 | young | ||
19 | padowan | ||
20 | jessica | ||
21 | has | ||
22 | some | ||
23 | assets | ||
24 | that | ||
25 | i'll | ||
26 | give | ||
27 | you | ||
28 | easily | ||
29 | but | ||
30 | in | ||
31 | my | ||
32 | women | ||
33 | i | ||
34 | prefer | ||
35 | pizzazz | ||
36 | i | ||
37 | don't | ||
38 | want | ||
39 | to | ||
40 | bring | ||
41 | you | ||
42 | down | ||
43 | or | ||
44 | make | ||
45 | you | ||
46 | think | ||
47 | that | ||
48 | your | ||
49 | perfected | ||
50 | woman | ||
51 | isn't | ||
52 | so | ||
53 | it's | ||
54 | just | ||
55 | that | ||
56 | like | ||
57 | adam | ||
58 | said | ||
59 | 2006 | ||
60 | has | ||
61 | come | ||
62 | and | ||
63 | gone | ||
64 | what | ||
65 | did | ||
66 | she | ||
67 | do | ||
68 | in | ||
69 | that | ||
70 | year | ||
71 | anyway | ||
72 | imdb | ||
73 | has | ||
74 | surprisingly | ||
75 | none | ||
76 | though | ||
77 | in | ||
78 | 05 | ||
79 | she's | ||
80 | in | ||
81 | four | ||
82 | titles | ||
83 | sin | ||
84 | city | ||
85 | i've | ||
86 | never | ||
87 | seen | ||
88 | although | ||
89 | from | ||
90 | many | ||
91 | i've | ||
92 | heard | ||
93 | it's | ||
94 | good | ||
95 | but | ||
96 | it's | ||
97 | still | ||
98 | irrelevant | ||
99 | no | ||
100 | matter | ||
101 | how | ||
102 | comely | ||
103 | she | ||
104 | lacks | ||
105 | talent | ||
diff --git a/river/toilet.river b/river/toilet.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b8f681 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/toilet.river | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ | |||
1 | toilet | ||
2 | paul | ||
3 | only | ||
4 | did | ||
5 | his | ||
6 | reading | ||
7 | on | ||
8 | the | ||
9 | toilet | ||
10 | he | ||
11 | read | ||
12 | in | ||
13 | a | ||
14 | magazine | ||
15 | that | ||
16 | the | ||
17 | universe | ||
18 | as | ||
19 | we | ||
20 | know | ||
21 | it | ||
22 | is | ||
23 | actually | ||
24 | a | ||
25 | hologram | ||
26 | a | ||
27 | three-dimensional | ||
28 | projection | ||
29 | of | ||
30 | a | ||
31 | lower | ||
32 | two-dimensional | ||
33 | realer | ||
34 | reality | ||
35 | the | ||
36 | article | ||
37 | said | ||
38 | that | ||
39 | this | ||
40 | model | ||
41 | explains | ||
42 | things | ||
43 | like | ||
44 | quantum | ||
45 | entanglement | ||
46 | what | ||
47 | it | ||
48 | called | ||
49 | spooky | ||
50 | action | ||
51 | at | ||
52 | a | ||
53 | distance | ||
54 | after | ||
55 | he | ||
56 | finished | ||
57 | he | ||
58 | ran | ||
59 | back | ||
60 | out | ||
61 | to | ||
62 | his | ||
63 | writing | ||
64 | shack | ||
65 | and | ||
66 | hammered | ||
67 | out | ||
68 | a | ||
69 | treatise | ||
70 | on | ||
71 | literature | ||
72 | as | ||
73 | spooky | ||
74 | action | ||
75 | his | ||
76 | mind | ||
77 | was | ||
78 | reeling | ||
79 | he | ||
80 | typed | ||
81 | out | ||
82 | an | ||
83 | entire | ||
84 | notecard | ||
85 | on | ||
86 | the | ||
87 | subject | ||
88 | he | ||
89 | stopped | ||
90 | to | ||
91 | catch | ||
92 | his | ||
93 | breath | ||
94 | reading | ||
95 | it | ||
96 | over | ||
97 | he | ||
98 | realized | ||
99 | he | ||
100 | was | ||
101 | completely | ||
102 | wrong | ||
103 | paper | ||
104 | is | ||
105 | made | ||
106 | from | ||
107 | trees | ||
108 | he | ||
109 | thought | ||
110 | and | ||
111 | so | ||
112 | is | ||
113 | furniture | ||
114 | he | ||
115 | had | ||
116 | thought | ||
117 | that | ||
118 | art | ||
119 | and | ||
120 | craft | ||
121 | were | ||
122 | two | ||
123 | separate | ||
124 | enterprises | ||
125 | but | ||
126 | he | ||
127 | realized | ||
128 | in | ||
129 | a | ||
130 | flash | ||
131 | that | ||
132 | they | ||
133 | were | ||
134 | two | ||
135 | sides | ||
136 | of | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | same | ||
139 | building | ||
140 | were | ||
141 | there | ||
142 | other | ||
143 | walls | ||
diff --git a/river/toothpaste.river b/river/toothpaste.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fd1d176 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/toothpaste.river | |||
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1 | toothpaste | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | couldn't | ||
4 | find | ||
5 | a | ||
6 | shirt | ||
7 | to | ||
8 | go | ||
9 | to | ||
10 | work | ||
11 | in | ||
12 | they | ||
13 | all | ||
14 | had | ||
15 | stains | ||
16 | on | ||
17 | them | ||
18 | somewhere | ||
19 | he | ||
20 | pulled | ||
21 | out | ||
22 | a | ||
23 | vest | ||
24 | to | ||
25 | put | ||
26 | on | ||
27 | over | ||
28 | the | ||
29 | stains | ||
30 | but | ||
31 | somehow | ||
32 | all | ||
33 | of | ||
34 | them | ||
35 | were | ||
36 | still | ||
37 | visible | ||
38 | most | ||
39 | of | ||
40 | them | ||
41 | were | ||
42 | unidentifiable | ||
43 | but | ||
44 | one | ||
45 | he | ||
46 | thought | ||
47 | could | ||
48 | have | ||
49 | come | ||
50 | from | ||
51 | that | ||
52 | peach | ||
53 | he | ||
54 | ate | ||
55 | two | ||
56 | weeks | ||
57 | before | ||
58 | another | ||
59 | looked | ||
60 | like | ||
61 | toothpaste | ||
62 | but | ||
63 | he | ||
64 | was | ||
65 | paranoid | ||
66 | it | ||
67 | was | ||
68 | something | ||
69 | else | ||
70 | when | ||
71 | he | ||
72 | took | ||
73 | the | ||
74 | bus | ||
75 | into | ||
76 | work | ||
77 | he | ||
78 | couldn't | ||
79 | relax | ||
80 | he | ||
81 | was | ||
82 | paranoid | ||
83 | everyone | ||
84 | was | ||
85 | staring | ||
86 | at | ||
87 | his | ||
88 | stain | ||
89 | and | ||
90 | kept | ||
91 | looking | ||
92 | out | ||
93 | the | ||
94 | corners | ||
95 | of | ||
96 | his | ||
97 | eyes | ||
98 | to | ||
99 | make | ||
100 | sure | ||
101 | they | ||
102 | weren't | ||
103 | they | ||
104 | didn't | ||
105 | seem | ||
106 | to | ||
107 | be | ||
108 | but | ||
109 | they | ||
110 | could | ||
111 | also | ||
112 | be | ||
113 | looking | ||
114 | away | ||
115 | just | ||
116 | as | ||
117 | he | ||
118 | looked | ||
119 | at | ||
120 | them | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | observation | ||
123 | paradox | ||
124 | he | ||
125 | muttered | ||
126 | to | ||
127 | himself | ||
128 | jill | ||
129 | was | ||
130 | the | ||
131 | only | ||
132 | one | ||
133 | to | ||
134 | notice | ||
135 | the | ||
136 | stain | ||
137 | at | ||
138 | work | ||
139 | she | ||
140 | came | ||
141 | around | ||
142 | to | ||
143 | his | ||
144 | cubicle | ||
145 | during | ||
146 | a | ||
147 | break | ||
148 | because | ||
149 | he | ||
150 | dared | ||
151 | not | ||
152 | show | ||
153 | his | ||
154 | stain | ||
155 | in | ||
156 | the | ||
157 | break | ||
158 | room | ||
159 | you | ||
160 | have | ||
161 | a | ||
162 | stain | ||
163 | on | ||
164 | your | ||
165 | shoulder | ||
166 | she | ||
167 | said | ||
168 | it | ||
169 | looks | ||
170 | like | ||
171 | toothpaste | ||
172 | do | ||
173 | i | ||
174 | he | ||
175 | feigned | ||
176 | ignorance | ||
177 | but | ||
178 | went | ||
179 | red | ||
180 | at | ||
181 | the | ||
182 | same | ||
183 | time | ||
184 | i | ||
185 | didn't | ||
186 | see | ||
187 | that | ||
188 | there | ||
189 | this | ||
190 | morning | ||
191 | how | ||
192 | do | ||
193 | you | ||
194 | get | ||
195 | toothpaste | ||
196 | on | ||
197 | your | ||
198 | shoulder | ||
199 | i | ||
200 | don't | ||
201 | know | ||
202 | skills | ||
203 | i | ||
204 | guess | ||
205 | he | ||
206 | said | ||
207 | and | ||
208 | she | ||
209 | grinned | ||
210 | you | ||
211 | know | ||
212 | vinegar | ||
213 | will | ||
214 | take | ||
215 | that | ||
216 | out | ||
217 | she | ||
218 | said | ||
219 | although | ||
220 | i | ||
221 | think | ||
222 | i | ||
223 | like | ||
224 | it | ||
225 | you | ||
226 | should | ||
227 | start | ||
228 | a | ||
229 | museum | ||
230 | of | ||
231 | shirt | ||
232 | stains | ||
233 | i | ||
234 | don't | ||
235 | have | ||
236 | that | ||
237 | many | ||
238 | shirts | ||
239 | with | ||
240 | stains | ||
241 | he | ||
242 | said | ||
243 | frowning | ||
244 | yes | ||
245 | you | ||
246 | do | ||
247 | she | ||
248 | said | ||
diff --git a/river/treatise.river b/river/treatise.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba18696 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/treatise.river | |||
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1 | treatise | ||
2 | treatise | ||
3 | on | ||
4 | literature | ||
5 | as | ||
6 | spooky | ||
7 | action | ||
8 | from | ||
9 | a | ||
10 | distance | ||
11 | there | ||
12 | is | ||
13 | this | ||
14 | thing | ||
15 | called | ||
16 | spooky | ||
17 | action | ||
18 | at | ||
19 | a | ||
20 | distance | ||
21 | einstein | ||
22 | mentioned | ||
23 | it | ||
24 | first | ||
25 | i | ||
26 | believe | ||
27 | it | ||
28 | is | ||
29 | about | ||
30 | how | ||
31 | two | ||
32 | electrons | ||
33 | can | ||
34 | act | ||
35 | like | ||
36 | they | ||
37 | are | ||
38 | right | ||
39 | next | ||
40 | to | ||
41 | each | ||
42 | other | ||
43 | although | ||
44 | they | ||
45 | are | ||
46 | very | ||
47 | far | ||
48 | away | ||
49 | lightyears | ||
50 | even | ||
51 | for | ||
52 | a | ||
53 | long | ||
54 | time | ||
55 | this | ||
56 | puzzled | ||
57 | scientists | ||
58 | until | ||
59 | someone | ||
60 | not | ||
61 | einstein | ||
62 | figured | ||
63 | out | ||
64 | that | ||
65 | maybe | ||
66 | the | ||
67 | universe | ||
68 | is | ||
69 | a | ||
70 | hologram | ||
71 | or | ||
72 | projection | ||
73 | so | ||
74 | what | ||
75 | appears | ||
76 | to | ||
77 | be | ||
78 | very | ||
79 | far | ||
80 | apart | ||
81 | in | ||
82 | the | ||
83 | hologram | ||
84 | might | ||
85 | actually | ||
86 | be | ||
87 | very | ||
88 | close | ||
89 | in | ||
90 | the | ||
91 | substrate | ||
92 | reality | ||
93 | i | ||
94 | want | ||
95 | to | ||
96 | talk | ||
97 | about | ||
98 | this | ||
99 | effect | ||
100 | in | ||
101 | literature | ||
102 | in | ||
103 | literature | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | writer | ||
106 | writes | ||
107 | words | ||
108 | on | ||
109 | a | ||
110 | substrate | ||
111 | paper | ||
112 | and | ||
113 | later | ||
114 | the | ||
115 | reader | ||
116 | reads | ||
117 | the | ||
118 | same | ||
119 | words | ||
120 | off | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | substrate | ||
123 | although | ||
124 | the | ||
125 | writer | ||
126 | and | ||
127 | reader | ||
128 | might | ||
129 | be | ||
130 | very | ||
131 | far | ||
132 | apart | ||
133 | from | ||
134 | each | ||
135 | other | ||
136 | in | ||
137 | time | ||
138 | and | ||
139 | space | ||
140 | they | ||
141 | experience | ||
142 | the | ||
143 | same | ||
144 | effect | ||
145 | from | ||
146 | reading | ||
147 | the | ||
148 | words | ||
149 | even | ||
150 | the | ||
151 | writer | ||
152 | reading | ||
153 | his | ||
154 | own | ||
155 | words | ||
156 | after | ||
157 | he | ||
158 | has | ||
159 | written | ||
160 | them | ||
161 | becomes | ||
162 | a | ||
163 | reader | ||
164 | and | ||
165 | feels | ||
166 | who | ||
167 | he | ||
168 | was | ||
169 | at | ||
170 | that | ||
171 | time | ||
172 | like | ||
173 | a | ||
174 | ghost | ||
175 | problems | ||
176 | maybe | ||
177 | the | ||
178 | substrate | ||
179 | isn't | ||
180 | paper | ||
181 | it's | ||
182 | what | ||
183 | the | ||
184 | writing | ||
185 | is | ||
186 | about | ||
187 | where | ||
188 | is | ||
189 | the | ||
190 | hologram | ||
191 | are | ||
192 | physics | ||
193 | and | ||
194 | literature | ||
195 | comparable | ||
196 | what | ||
197 | if | ||
198 | the | ||
199 | universe | ||
200 | isn't | ||
201 | a | ||
202 | hologram | ||
203 | what | ||
204 | then | ||
diff --git a/river/underwear.river b/river/underwear.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..733c41d --- /dev/null +++ b/river/underwear.river | |||
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1 | underwear | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | dropped | ||
4 | the | ||
5 | penny | ||
6 | in | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | dryer | ||
9 | turned | ||
10 | it | ||
11 | on | ||
12 | and | ||
13 | turned | ||
14 | around | ||
15 | what | ||
16 | he | ||
17 | called | ||
18 | upstairs | ||
19 | pretending | ||
20 | not | ||
21 | to | ||
22 | hear | ||
23 | his | ||
24 | mother's | ||
25 | question | ||
26 | over | ||
27 | the | ||
28 | noise | ||
29 | of | ||
30 | the | ||
31 | dryer | ||
32 | he | ||
33 | had | ||
34 | heard | ||
35 | her | ||
36 | ask | ||
37 | could | ||
38 | you | ||
39 | bring | ||
40 | up | ||
41 | my | ||
42 | underwear | ||
43 | from | ||
44 | the | ||
45 | dryer | ||
46 | but | ||
47 | didn't | ||
48 | want | ||
49 | to | ||
50 | touch | ||
51 | her | ||
52 | underwear | ||
53 | any | ||
54 | more | ||
55 | than | ||
56 | he | ||
57 | had | ||
58 | to | ||
59 | i | ||
60 | don't | ||
61 | want | ||
62 | to | ||
63 | bring | ||
64 | up | ||
65 | your | ||
66 | underwear | ||
67 | he | ||
68 | said | ||
69 | to | ||
70 | himself | ||
71 | and | ||
72 | walked | ||
73 | back | ||
74 | upstairs | ||
75 | as | ||
76 | his | ||
77 | mother | ||
78 | was | ||
79 | calling | ||
80 | down | ||
81 | again | ||
82 | for | ||
83 | her | ||
84 | underwear | ||
85 | did | ||
86 | you | ||
87 | get | ||
88 | them | ||
89 | she | ||
90 | asked | ||
91 | when | ||
92 | he | ||
93 | opened | ||
94 | the | ||
95 | basement | ||
96 | door | ||
97 | to | ||
98 | the | ||
99 | kitchen | ||
100 | she | ||
101 | was | ||
102 | sitting | ||
103 | at | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | table | ||
106 | playing | ||
107 | dominoes | ||
108 | get | ||
109 | what | ||
110 | he | ||
111 | asked | ||
112 | she | ||
113 | peered | ||
114 | at | ||
115 | him | ||
116 | and | ||
117 | said | ||
118 | my | ||
119 | underwear | ||
120 | oh | ||
121 | i | ||
122 | didn't | ||
123 | see | ||
124 | them | ||
125 | he | ||
126 | answered | ||
127 | he | ||
128 | reflexively | ||
129 | opened | ||
130 | the | ||
131 | refrigerator | ||
132 | reflexively | ||
133 | bent | ||
134 | down | ||
135 | reflexively | ||
136 | tried | ||
137 | to | ||
138 | feign | ||
139 | non-disappointment | ||
140 | appointment | ||
141 | he | ||
142 | thought | ||
143 | at | ||
144 | seeing | ||
145 | the | ||
146 | same | ||
147 | disappointing | ||
148 | empty | ||
149 | pickle | ||
150 | jar | ||
151 | old | ||
152 | head | ||
153 | of | ||
154 | lettuce | ||
155 | crusty | ||
156 | mayonnaise | ||
157 | he'd | ||
158 | seen | ||
159 | already | ||
160 | on | ||
161 | the | ||
162 | way | ||
163 | down | ||
164 | to | ||
165 | switch | ||
166 | his | ||
167 | laundry | ||
168 | over | ||
169 | paul | ||
170 | she | ||
171 | said | ||
172 | in | ||
173 | that | ||
174 | way | ||
175 | that | ||
176 | means | ||
177 | look | ||
178 | at | ||
179 | me | ||
180 | paul | ||
181 | looked | ||
182 | at | ||
183 | her | ||
184 | you | ||
185 | had | ||
186 | to | ||
187 | get | ||
188 | them | ||
189 | out | ||
190 | of | ||
191 | the | ||
192 | dryer | ||
193 | to | ||
194 | put | ||
195 | your | ||
196 | clothes | ||
197 | in | ||
198 | where | ||
199 | did | ||
200 | you | ||
201 | put | ||
202 | them | ||
diff --git a/river/wallpaper.river b/river/wallpaper.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b4b7afb --- /dev/null +++ b/river/wallpaper.river | |||
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1 | wallpaper | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | didn't | ||
4 | go | ||
5 | back | ||
6 | into | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | shed | ||
9 | for | ||
10 | a | ||
11 | long | ||
12 | time | ||
13 | his | ||
14 | hatchet | ||
15 | was | ||
16 | in | ||
17 | there | ||
18 | and | ||
19 | his | ||
20 | axe | ||
21 | he | ||
22 | didn't | ||
23 | want | ||
24 | to | ||
25 | face | ||
26 | them | ||
27 | his | ||
28 | papers | ||
29 | he | ||
30 | decided | ||
31 | could | ||
32 | wait | ||
33 | in | ||
34 | the | ||
35 | top | ||
36 | drawer | ||
37 | for | ||
38 | a | ||
39 | while | ||
40 | before | ||
41 | being | ||
42 | looked | ||
43 | at | ||
44 | again | ||
45 | the | ||
46 | pain | ||
47 | medication | ||
48 | made | ||
49 | him | ||
50 | loopy | ||
51 | he | ||
52 | couldn't | ||
53 | think | ||
54 | as | ||
55 | well | ||
56 | as | ||
57 | he | ||
58 | was | ||
59 | used | ||
60 | to | ||
61 | which | ||
62 | wasn't | ||
63 | well | ||
64 | to | ||
65 | begin | ||
66 | with | ||
67 | even | ||
68 | saying | ||
69 | his | ||
70 | thoughts | ||
71 | out | ||
72 | loud | ||
73 | it | ||
74 | was | ||
75 | as | ||
76 | though | ||
77 | they | ||
78 | were | ||
79 | on | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | tv | ||
82 | in | ||
83 | the | ||
84 | next | ||
85 | room | ||
86 | someone | ||
87 | was | ||
88 | cheering | ||
89 | they | ||
90 | had | ||
91 | just | ||
92 | won | ||
93 | a | ||
94 | car | ||
95 | his | ||
96 | mother | ||
97 | came | ||
98 | in | ||
99 | with | ||
100 | lunch | ||
101 | on | ||
102 | a | ||
103 | tray | ||
104 | it | ||
105 | was | ||
106 | hot | ||
107 | tomato | ||
108 | soup | ||
109 | and | ||
110 | a | ||
111 | grilled | ||
112 | cheese | ||
113 | sandwich | ||
114 | what | ||
115 | have | ||
116 | you | ||
117 | been | ||
118 | doing | ||
119 | all | ||
120 | day | ||
121 | she | ||
122 | asked | ||
123 | you | ||
124 | haven't | ||
125 | just | ||
126 | been | ||
127 | staring | ||
128 | at | ||
129 | the | ||
130 | wall | ||
131 | have | ||
132 | you | ||
133 | he | ||
134 | had | ||
135 | been | ||
136 | staring | ||
137 | at | ||
138 | the | ||
139 | wall | ||
140 | most | ||
141 | of | ||
142 | the | ||
143 | day | ||
144 | the | ||
145 | wall | ||
146 | without | ||
147 | the | ||
148 | window | ||
149 | on | ||
150 | it | ||
151 | with | ||
152 | the | ||
153 | woodgrain | ||
154 | wallpaper | ||
155 | no | ||
156 | he | ||
157 | said | ||
158 | what | ||
159 | have | ||
160 | you | ||
161 | been | ||
162 | doing | ||
163 | then | ||
164 | she | ||
165 | asked | ||
166 | setting | ||
167 | the | ||
168 | tray | ||
169 | down | ||
170 | on | ||
171 | his | ||
172 | lap | ||
173 | he | ||
174 | sat | ||
175 | up | ||
176 | and | ||
177 | almost | ||
178 | upset | ||
179 | it | ||
180 | but | ||
181 | she | ||
182 | caught | ||
183 | it | ||
184 | before | ||
185 | it | ||
186 | spilled | ||
187 | anything | ||
188 | composing | ||
189 | in | ||
190 | my | ||
191 | head | ||
192 | he | ||
193 | lied | ||
194 | a | ||
195 | novel | ||
196 | of | ||
197 | my | ||
198 | experience | ||
199 | do | ||
200 | you | ||
201 | really | ||
202 | think | ||
203 | anyone | ||
204 | will | ||
205 | want | ||
206 | to | ||
207 | read | ||
208 | about | ||
209 | you | ||
210 | she | ||
211 | asked | ||
212 | and | ||
213 | walked | ||
214 | out | ||
215 | of | ||
216 | the | ||
217 | room | ||
diff --git a/river/weplayedthosegamestoo.river b/river/weplayedthosegamestoo.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1501c0d --- /dev/null +++ b/river/weplayedthosegamestoo.river | |||
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1 | we | ||
2 | played | ||
3 | those | ||
4 | games | ||
5 | too | ||
6 | i | ||
7 | saw | ||
8 | two | ||
9 | eskimo | ||
10 | girls | ||
11 | playing | ||
12 | a | ||
13 | game | ||
14 | blowing | ||
15 | on | ||
16 | each | ||
17 | other's | ||
18 | vocal | ||
19 | chords | ||
20 | to | ||
21 | make | ||
22 | music | ||
23 | on | ||
24 | the | ||
25 | tundra | ||
26 | i | ||
27 | thought | ||
28 | about | ||
29 | how | ||
30 | once | ||
31 | we | ||
32 | played | ||
33 | the | ||
34 | same | ||
35 | game | ||
36 | and | ||
37 | the | ||
38 | sounds | ||
39 | blowing | ||
40 | over | ||
41 | the | ||
42 | chords | ||
43 | of | ||
44 | our | ||
45 | throats | ||
46 | was | ||
47 | the | ||
48 | same | ||
49 | as | ||
50 | a | ||
51 | wind | ||
52 | over | ||
53 | frozen | ||
54 | prairie | ||
55 | we | ||
56 | are | ||
57 | the | ||
58 | eskimo | ||
59 | girls | ||
60 | who | ||
61 | played | ||
62 | the | ||
63 | game | ||
64 | that | ||
65 | night | ||
66 | to | ||
67 | keep | ||
68 | ourselves | ||
69 | warm | ||
70 | i | ||
71 | run | ||
72 | my | ||
73 | hands | ||
74 | over | ||
75 | my | ||
76 | daughter's | ||
77 | voicebox | ||
78 | as | ||
79 | she | ||
80 | hums | ||
81 | a | ||
82 | song | ||
83 | about | ||
84 | a | ||
85 | seal | ||
86 | and | ||
87 | about | ||
88 | killing | ||
89 | the | ||
90 | seal | ||
91 | and | ||
92 | about | ||
93 | skinning | ||
94 | it | ||
95 | and | ||
96 | rendering | ||
97 | the | ||
98 | blubber | ||
99 | into | ||
100 | clear | ||
101 | oil | ||
102 | to | ||
103 | light | ||
104 | lamps | ||
105 | i | ||
106 | remember | ||
107 | you | ||
108 | are | ||
109 | my | ||
110 | lamp | ||
111 | she | ||
112 | remembers | ||
113 | you | ||
114 | although | ||
115 | you | ||
116 | left | ||
117 | before | ||
118 | she | ||
119 | arrived | ||
120 | i | ||
121 | can | ||
122 | never | ||
123 | tell | ||
124 | her | ||
125 | about | ||
126 | you | ||
127 | i | ||
128 | will | ||
129 | never | ||
130 | be | ||
131 | able | ||
132 | to | ||
133 | express | ||
134 | that | ||
135 | taste | ||
136 | of | ||
137 | your | ||
138 | oil | ||
139 | as | ||
140 | we | ||
141 | pushed | ||
142 | our | ||
143 | throats | ||
144 | together | ||
145 | i | ||
146 | will | ||
147 | never | ||
148 | be | ||
149 | able | ||
150 | to | ||
151 | say | ||
152 | how | ||
153 | we | ||
154 | share | ||
155 | this | ||
156 | blemish | ||
157 | like | ||
158 | conjoined | ||
159 | twins | ||
160 | i | ||
161 | will | ||
162 | fail | ||
163 | you | ||
164 | always | ||
165 | to | ||
166 | remember | ||
167 | you | ||
diff --git a/river/when-im-sorry-i.river b/river/when-im-sorry-i.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2f6591 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/when-im-sorry-i.river | |||
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1 | when | ||
2 | i'm | ||
3 | sorry | ||
4 | i | ||
5 | wash | ||
6 | dishes | ||
7 | your | ||
8 | casserole | ||
9 | dish | ||
10 | takes | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | longest | ||
13 | it | ||
14 | has | ||
15 | some | ||
16 | baked-in | ||
17 | crust | ||
18 | from | ||
19 | when | ||
20 | you | ||
21 | cooked | ||
22 | chicken | ||
23 | last | ||
24 | night | ||
25 | washing | ||
26 | it | ||
27 | allows | ||
28 | me | ||
29 | to | ||
30 | think | ||
31 | about | ||
32 | this | ||
33 | poem's | ||
34 | title | ||
35 | and | ||
36 | the | ||
37 | first | ||
38 | few | ||
39 | lines | ||
40 | now | ||
41 | that | ||
42 | i've | ||
43 | written | ||
44 | them | ||
45 | down | ||
46 | i've | ||
47 | forgotten | ||
48 | the | ||
49 | rest | ||
50 | while | ||
51 | scraping | ||
52 | at | ||
53 | something | ||
54 | with | ||
55 | my | ||
56 | finger | ||
57 | nail | ||
58 | i | ||
59 | catch | ||
60 | myself | ||
61 | wondering | ||
62 | again | ||
63 | whether | ||
64 | you'll | ||
65 | thank | ||
66 | me | ||
67 | for | ||
68 | washing | ||
69 | your | ||
70 | dishes | ||
71 | i | ||
72 | realize | ||
73 | that | ||
74 | this | ||
75 | would | ||
76 | defeat | ||
77 | the | ||
78 | point | ||
79 | of | ||
80 | my | ||
81 | gesture | ||
82 | that | ||
83 | this | ||
84 | has | ||
85 | destroyed | ||
86 | all | ||
87 | good | ||
88 | thoughts | ||
89 | i've | ||
90 | had | ||
91 | about | ||
92 | saying | ||
93 | i'm | ||
94 | sorry | ||
95 | this | ||
96 | this | ||
97 | is | ||
98 | the | ||
99 | reason | ||
100 | why | ||
101 | i | ||
102 | am | ||
103 | always | ||
104 | apologizing | ||
105 | because | ||
106 | i | ||
107 | never | ||
108 | mean | ||
109 | it | ||
110 | because | ||
111 | there | ||
112 | is | ||
113 | always | ||
114 | in | ||
115 | some | ||
116 | attic | ||
117 | a | ||
118 | thought | ||
119 | roaming | ||
120 | that | ||
121 | says | ||
122 | insists | ||
123 | i've | ||
124 | done | ||
125 | nothing | ||
126 | wrong | ||
127 | and | ||
128 | i | ||
129 | deserve | ||
130 | all | ||
131 | i | ||
132 | can | ||
133 | take | ||
134 | and | ||
135 | more | ||
136 | than | ||
137 | that | ||
diff --git a/river/window.river b/river/window.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0ec596 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/window.river | |||
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1 | window | ||
2 | hymn | ||
3 | 386 | ||
4 | jokes | ||
5 | tell | ||
6 | us | ||
7 | a | ||
8 | joke | ||
9 | everyone | ||
10 | asks | ||
11 | of | ||
12 | the | ||
13 | clown | ||
14 | he | ||
15 | sits | ||
16 | on | ||
17 | a | ||
18 | log | ||
19 | and | ||
20 | begins | ||
21 | to | ||
22 | think | ||
23 | everyone | ||
24 | waits | ||
25 | gap-mouthed | ||
26 | in | ||
27 | anticipation | ||
28 | a | ||
29 | slight | ||
30 | breeze | ||
31 | ruffles | ||
32 | the | ||
33 | clown's | ||
34 | coat | ||
35 | his | ||
36 | pompom | ||
37 | buttons | ||
38 | his | ||
39 | bright | ||
40 | red | ||
41 | hair | ||
42 | his | ||
43 | nose | ||
44 | becomes | ||
45 | redder | ||
46 | in | ||
47 | the | ||
48 | cold | ||
49 | hours | ||
50 | pass | ||
51 | all | ||
52 | but | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | most | ||
55 | dedicated | ||
56 | of | ||
57 | joke | ||
58 | listeners | ||
59 | leave | ||
60 | him | ||
61 | to | ||
62 | rot | ||
63 | for | ||
64 | all | ||
65 | they | ||
66 | may | ||
67 | care | ||
68 | the | ||
69 | clown | ||
70 | opens | ||
71 | his | ||
72 | mouth | ||
73 | to | ||
74 | speak | ||
75 | but | ||
76 | no | ||
77 | words | ||
78 | come | ||
79 | out | ||
80 | a | ||
81 | tear | ||
82 | falls | ||
83 | down | ||
84 | his | ||
85 | cheek | ||
86 | and | ||
87 | another | ||
88 | he | ||
89 | begins | ||
90 | to | ||
91 | sob | ||
92 | the | ||
93 | last | ||
94 | joke | ||
95 | listener | ||
96 | comes | ||
97 | over | ||
98 | to | ||
99 | comfort | ||
100 | him | ||
101 | she | ||
102 | puts | ||
103 | a | ||
104 | hand | ||
105 | on | ||
106 | his | ||
107 | shoulder | ||
108 | he | ||
109 | looks | ||
110 | up | ||
111 | at | ||
112 | her | ||
113 | red | ||
114 | face | ||
115 | red | ||
116 | nose | ||
117 | white | ||
118 | lips | ||
119 | and | ||
120 | says | ||
121 | thank | ||
122 | you | ||
123 | he | ||
124 | vanishes | ||
125 | from | ||
126 | the | ||
127 | clearing | ||
128 | the | ||
129 | last | ||
130 | joke | ||
131 | listener | ||
132 | sits | ||
133 | on | ||
134 | the | ||
135 | log | ||
136 | and | ||
137 | looks | ||
138 | up | ||
139 | at | ||
140 | the | ||
141 | sky | ||
142 | the | ||
143 | moon | ||
144 | is | ||
145 | full | ||
146 | the | ||
147 | world | ||
148 | creaks | ||
149 | on | ||
150 | its | ||
151 | axis | ||
152 | paul | ||
153 | looked | ||
154 | up | ||
155 | to | ||
156 | the | ||
157 | space | ||
158 | on | ||
159 | the | ||
160 | wall | ||
161 | where | ||
162 | a | ||
163 | window | ||
164 | should | ||
165 | be | ||
166 | the | ||
167 | shadow | ||
168 | of | ||
169 | his | ||
170 | face | ||
171 | wavered | ||
172 | in | ||
173 | the | ||
174 | candle | ||
175 | light | ||
176 | he | ||
177 | looked | ||
178 | back | ||
179 | down | ||
180 | at | ||
181 | the | ||
182 | card | ||
183 | he'd | ||
184 | been | ||
185 | writing | ||
186 | on | ||
187 | he | ||
188 | read | ||
189 | the | ||
190 | card | ||
191 | he | ||
192 | crossed | ||
193 | out | ||
194 | the | ||
195 | for | ||
196 | all | ||
197 | they | ||
198 | may | ||
199 | care | ||
200 | in | ||
201 | the | ||
202 | first | ||
203 | paragraph | ||
204 | and | ||
205 | thank | ||
206 | you | ||
207 | from | ||
208 | the | ||
209 | second | ||
210 | one | ||
211 | what | ||
212 | could | ||
213 | he | ||
214 | say | ||
215 | he | ||
216 | thought | ||
217 | to | ||
218 | himself | ||
219 | what | ||
220 | could | ||
221 | he | ||
222 | possibly | ||
223 | say | ||
224 | to | ||
225 | her | ||
226 | he | ||
227 | went | ||
228 | outside | ||
229 | to | ||
230 | clear | ||
231 | his | ||
232 | head | ||
233 | with | ||
234 | a | ||
235 | cigarette | ||
236 | he | ||
237 | took | ||
238 | his | ||
239 | axe | ||
240 | with | ||
241 | him | ||
242 | this | ||
243 | time | ||
diff --git a/river/words-meaning.river b/river/words-meaning.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..02f572b --- /dev/null +++ b/river/words-meaning.river | |||
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1 | words | ||
2 | and | ||
3 | meaning | ||
4 | how | ||
5 | astonishing | ||
6 | it | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | that | ||
9 | language | ||
10 | can | ||
11 | almost | ||
12 | mean | ||
13 | / | ||
14 | and | ||
15 | frightening | ||
16 | that | ||
17 | it | ||
18 | does | ||
19 | not | ||
20 | quite | ||
21 | jack | ||
22 | gilbert | ||
23 | opens | ||
24 | his | ||
25 | poem | ||
26 | the | ||
27 | forgotten | ||
28 | dialect | ||
29 | of | ||
30 | the | ||
31 | heart | ||
32 | in | ||
33 | a | ||
34 | similar | ||
35 | vein | ||
36 | hass's | ||
37 | meditation | ||
38 | at | ||
39 | legunitas | ||
40 | states | ||
41 | a | ||
42 | word | ||
43 | is | ||
44 | elegy | ||
45 | to | ||
46 | what | ||
47 | it | ||
48 | signifies | ||
49 | these | ||
50 | poems | ||
51 | get | ||
52 | to | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | heart | ||
55 | of | ||
56 | language | ||
57 | and | ||
58 | express | ||
59 | the | ||
60 | old | ||
61 | duality | ||
62 | of | ||
63 | thought | ||
64 | by | ||
65 | giving | ||
66 | a | ||
67 | word | ||
68 | to | ||
69 | an | ||
70 | entity | ||
71 | it | ||
72 | is | ||
73 | both | ||
74 | tethered | ||
75 | and | ||
76 | made | ||
77 | meaningful | ||
78 | words | ||
79 | are | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | inevitable | ||
82 | byproduct | ||
83 | of | ||
84 | an | ||
85 | analytic | ||
86 | mind | ||
87 | humans | ||
88 | are | ||
89 | constantly | ||
90 | classifying | ||
91 | and | ||
92 | reclassifying | ||
93 | ideas | ||
94 | objects | ||
95 | animals | ||
96 | people | ||
97 | into | ||
98 | ten | ||
99 | thousand | ||
100 | arbitrary | ||
101 | categories | ||
102 | a | ||
103 | favorite | ||
104 | saying | ||
105 | of | ||
106 | mine | ||
107 | is | ||
108 | that | ||
109 | everything | ||
110 | is | ||
111 | everything | ||
112 | a | ||
113 | tautology | ||
114 | that | ||
115 | i | ||
116 | like | ||
117 | because | ||
118 | it | ||
119 | gets | ||
120 | to | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | core | ||
123 | of | ||
124 | the | ||
125 | human | ||
126 | linguistic | ||
127 | machine | ||
128 | and | ||
129 | because | ||
130 | every | ||
131 | time | ||
132 | i | ||
133 | say | ||
134 | it | ||
135 | people | ||
136 | think | ||
137 | i'm | ||
138 | being | ||
139 | disingenuous | ||
140 | but | ||
141 | what | ||
142 | i | ||
143 | mean | ||
144 | by | ||
145 | everything | ||
146 | is | ||
147 | everything | ||
148 | is | ||
149 | that | ||
150 | there | ||
151 | is | ||
152 | a | ||
153 | continuity | ||
154 | to | ||
155 | existence | ||
156 | that | ||
157 | works | ||
158 | beyond | ||
159 | or | ||
160 | rather | ||
161 | underneath | ||
162 | our | ||
163 | capacity | ||
164 | to | ||
165 | understand | ||
166 | it | ||
167 | through | ||
168 | language | ||
169 | language | ||
170 | by | ||
171 | definition | ||
172 | compartmentalizes | ||
173 | reality | ||
174 | sets | ||
175 | this | ||
176 | bit | ||
177 | apart | ||
178 | from | ||
179 | that | ||
180 | bit | ||
181 | sets | ||
182 | up | ||
183 | boundaries | ||
184 | as | ||
185 | to | ||
186 | what | ||
187 | is | ||
188 | and | ||
189 | is | ||
190 | not | ||
191 | a | ||
192 | stone | ||
193 | a | ||
194 | leaf | ||
195 | a | ||
196 | door | ||
197 | most | ||
198 | of | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | time | ||
201 | i | ||
202 | think | ||
203 | of | ||
204 | language | ||
205 | as | ||
206 | limiting | ||
207 | as | ||
208 | defining | ||
209 | a | ||
210 | thing | ||
211 | as | ||
212 | the | ||
213 | inverse | ||
214 | of | ||
215 | everything | ||
216 | is | ||
217 | not | ||
218 | in | ||
219 | this | ||
220 | way | ||
221 | everything | ||
222 | is | ||
223 | everything | ||
224 | becomes | ||
225 | everything | ||
226 | is | ||
227 | nothing | ||
228 | which | ||
229 | is | ||
230 | another | ||
231 | thing | ||
232 | i | ||
233 | like | ||
234 | to | ||
235 | say | ||
236 | and | ||
237 | something | ||
238 | that | ||
239 | pisses | ||
240 | people | ||
241 | off | ||
242 | to | ||
243 | me | ||
244 | infinity | ||
245 | and | ||
246 | zero | ||
247 | are | ||
248 | the | ||
249 | same | ||
250 | two | ||
251 | ways | ||
252 | of | ||
253 | looking | ||
254 | at | ||
255 | the | ||
256 | same | ||
257 | point | ||
258 | on | ||
259 | the | ||
260 | circle | ||
261 | of | ||
262 | numbers | ||
263 | of | ||
264 | the | ||
265 | universe | ||
266 | whatever | ||
267 | maybe | ||
268 | it's | ||
269 | because | ||
270 | i | ||
271 | wear | ||
272 | an | ||
273 | analogue | ||
274 | watch | ||
275 | and | ||
276 | so | ||
277 | my | ||
278 | view | ||
279 | of | ||
280 | time | ||
281 | is | ||
282 | cyclical | ||
283 | or | ||
284 | maybe | ||
285 | it's | ||
286 | some | ||
287 | brain | ||
288 | trauma | ||
289 | i | ||
290 | had | ||
291 | in | ||
292 | vitro | ||
293 | but | ||
294 | whatever | ||
295 | it | ||
296 | is | ||
297 | that's | ||
298 | how | ||
299 | i | ||
300 | see | ||
301 | the | ||
302 | world | ||
303 | because | ||
304 | i'm | ||
305 | working | ||
306 | against | ||
307 | the | ||
308 | limitations | ||
309 | that | ||
310 | language | ||
311 | sets | ||
312 | upon | ||
313 | us | ||
314 | i | ||
315 | think | ||
316 | that's | ||
317 | the | ||
318 | role | ||
319 | of | ||
320 | the | ||
321 | poet | ||
322 | or | ||
323 | of | ||
324 | any | ||
325 | artist | ||
326 | to | ||
327 | take | ||
328 | the | ||
329 | over-expansive | ||
330 | experience | ||
331 | of | ||
332 | existing | ||
333 | and | ||
334 | to | ||
335 | boil | ||
336 | it | ||
337 | down | ||
338 | boil | ||
339 | and | ||
340 | boil | ||
341 | away | ||
342 | until | ||
343 | there | ||
344 | is | ||
345 | the | ||
346 | ultimate | ||
347 | concentrate | ||
348 | at | ||
349 | the | ||
350 | center | ||
351 | that | ||
352 | is | ||
353 | what | ||
354 | the | ||
355 | poem | ||
356 | talks | ||
357 | around | ||
358 | at | ||
359 | etc | ||
360 | but | ||
361 | never | ||
362 | of | ||
363 | because | ||
364 | it | ||
365 | is | ||
366 | ultimately | ||
367 | made | ||
368 | of | ||
369 | language | ||
370 | and | ||
371 | cannot | ||
372 | get | ||
373 | to | ||
374 | it | ||
375 | a | ||
376 | poem | ||
377 | is | ||
378 | getting | ||
379 | as | ||
380 | close | ||
381 | as | ||
382 | possible | ||
383 | to | ||
384 | the | ||
385 | speed | ||
386 | of | ||
387 | light | ||
388 | to | ||
389 | absolute | ||
390 | zero | ||
391 | to | ||
392 | god | ||
393 | while | ||
394 | knowing | ||
395 | that | ||
396 | it | ||
397 | can't | ||
398 | get | ||
399 | all | ||
400 | the | ||
401 | way | ||
402 | there | ||
403 | and | ||
404 | never | ||
405 | will | ||
406 | a | ||
407 | poem | ||
408 | is | ||
409 | doing | ||
410 | this | ||
411 | and | ||
412 | coming | ||
413 | back | ||
414 | and | ||
415 | showing | ||
416 | what | ||
417 | happened | ||
418 | as | ||
419 | it | ||
420 | happened | ||
421 | exegesis | ||
422 | is | ||
423 | hard | ||
424 | because | ||
425 | a | ||
426 | really | ||
427 | good | ||
428 | poem | ||
429 | will | ||
430 | be | ||
431 | just | ||
432 | that | ||
433 | it | ||
434 | will | ||
435 | be | ||
436 | the | ||
437 | most | ||
438 | basic | ||
439 | and | ||
440 | best | ||
441 | way | ||
442 | to | ||
443 | say | ||
444 | what | ||
445 | it's | ||
446 | saying | ||
447 | so | ||
448 | attempts | ||
449 | to | ||
450 | say | ||
451 | the | ||
452 | same | ||
453 | thing | ||
454 | differently | ||
455 | will | ||
456 | fail | ||
457 | a | ||
458 | poem | ||
459 | is | ||
460 | a | ||
461 | kernel | ||
462 | of | ||
463 | existence | ||
464 | it | ||
465 | is | ||
466 | a | ||
467 | description | ||
468 | of | ||
469 | the | ||
470 | kernel | ||
471 | it | ||
472 | is | ||
diff --git a/river/worse-looking-over.river b/river/worse-looking-over.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bd1bede --- /dev/null +++ b/river/worse-looking-over.river | |||
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1 | worse | ||
2 | looking | ||
3 | over | ||
4 | the | ||
5 | radio | ||
6 | is | ||
7 | screaming | ||
8 | the | ||
9 | man | ||
10 | on | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | radio | ||
13 | will | ||
14 | not | ||
15 | be | ||
16 | quiet | ||
17 | he | ||
18 | is | ||
19 | pushed | ||
20 | far | ||
21 | into | ||
22 | the | ||
23 | background | ||
24 | while | ||
25 | some | ||
26 | npr | ||
27 | talkers | ||
28 | murmur | ||
29 | over | ||
30 | his | ||
31 | screaming | ||
32 | he | ||
33 | lost | ||
34 | something | ||
35 | very | ||
36 | important | ||
37 | he | ||
38 | says | ||
39 | it | ||
40 | over | ||
41 | and | ||
42 | over | ||
43 | but | ||
44 | they | ||
45 | do | ||
46 | not | ||
47 | listen | ||
48 | they | ||
49 | think | ||
50 | of | ||
51 | their | ||
52 | children | ||
53 | at | ||
54 | home | ||
55 | lying | ||
56 | in | ||
57 | bed | ||
58 | dreaming | ||
59 | sweet | ||
60 | childhood | ||
61 | one | ||
62 | of | ||
63 | them | ||
64 | is | ||
65 | staying | ||
66 | over | ||
67 | at | ||
68 | a | ||
69 | friend's | ||
70 | house | ||
71 | they | ||
72 | are | ||
73 | staying | ||
74 | up | ||
75 | late | ||
76 | they | ||
77 | never | ||
78 | want | ||
79 | it | ||
80 | to | ||
81 | be | ||
82 | over | ||
83 | not | ||
84 | like | ||
85 | the | ||
86 | man | ||
87 | his | ||
88 | life | ||
89 | on | ||
90 | the | ||
91 | radio | ||
92 | will | ||
93 | be | ||
94 | the | ||
95 | only | ||
96 | one | ||
97 | he | ||
98 | ever | ||
99 | has | ||
100 | his | ||
101 | life | ||
102 | it | ||
103 | is | ||
104 | wasted | ||
105 | he's | ||
106 | being | ||
107 | spoken | ||
108 | over | ||
109 | such | ||
110 | pain | ||
111 | is | ||
112 | in | ||
113 | his | ||
114 | voice | ||
115 | i | ||
116 | wish | ||
117 | you | ||
118 | could | ||
119 | hear | ||
120 | it | ||
121 | it's | ||
122 | something | ||
123 | never | ||
124 | over | ||
125 | suffering | ||
126 | everywhere | ||
127 | always | ||
128 | and | ||
129 | over | ||
130 | it | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | same | ||
133 | serene | ||
134 | murmur | ||
135 | of | ||
136 | the | ||
137 | comfortable | ||
138 | distracted | ||
139 | or | ||
140 | worse | ||
141 | looking | ||
142 | over | ||
143 | the | ||
144 | shoulder | ||
145 | and | ||
146 | quietly | ||
147 | looking | ||
148 | away | ||
diff --git a/river/writing.river b/river/writing.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f645a88 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/writing.river | |||
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1 | writing | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | sat | ||
4 | down | ||
5 | at | ||
6 | his | ||
7 | writing | ||
8 | desk | ||
9 | and | ||
10 | removed | ||
11 | his | ||
12 | new | ||
13 | pen | ||
14 | from | ||
15 | its | ||
16 | plastic | ||
17 | wrapping | ||
18 | he | ||
19 | remembered | ||
20 | how | ||
21 | to | ||
22 | fill | ||
23 | it | ||
24 | from | ||
25 | the | ||
26 | view | ||
27 | from | ||
28 | saturday | ||
29 | which | ||
30 | he'd | ||
31 | read | ||
32 | as | ||
33 | a | ||
34 | kid | ||
35 | it | ||
36 | had | ||
37 | been | ||
38 | one | ||
39 | of | ||
40 | his | ||
41 | favorite | ||
42 | books | ||
43 | he | ||
44 | remembered | ||
45 | the | ||
46 | heart | ||
47 | puzzle | ||
48 | they | ||
49 | completed | ||
50 | the | ||
51 | origin | ||
52 | of | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | word | ||
55 | posh | ||
56 | and | ||
57 | most | ||
58 | of | ||
59 | all | ||
60 | his | ||
61 | fourth-grade | ||
62 | teacher | ||
63 | ms | ||
64 | mrs | ||
65 | he | ||
66 | could | ||
67 | never | ||
68 | remember | ||
69 | samovar | ||
70 | he | ||
71 | smiled | ||
72 | as | ||
73 | he | ||
74 | opened | ||
75 | the | ||
76 | lid | ||
77 | on | ||
78 | the | ||
79 | ink | ||
80 | well | ||
81 | he'd | ||
82 | just | ||
83 | bought | ||
84 | he | ||
85 | dipped | ||
86 | his | ||
87 | pen | ||
88 | in | ||
89 | the | ||
90 | inkwell | ||
91 | screwed | ||
92 | the | ||
93 | converter | ||
94 | piston | ||
95 | up | ||
96 | and | ||
97 | watched | ||
98 | as | ||
99 | nothing | ||
100 | entered | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | chamber | ||
103 | he | ||
104 | screwed | ||
105 | it | ||
106 | back | ||
107 | down | ||
108 | and | ||
109 | up | ||
110 | again | ||
111 | while | ||
112 | dipping | ||
113 | the | ||
114 | nib | ||
115 | more | ||
116 | deeply | ||
117 | into | ||
118 | the | ||
119 | ink | ||
120 | well | ||
121 | he | ||
122 | watched | ||
123 | as | ||
124 | again | ||
125 | nothing | ||
126 | filled | ||
127 | the | ||
128 | capsule | ||
129 | he | ||
130 | screwed | ||
131 | it | ||
132 | down | ||
133 | a | ||
134 | third | ||
135 | time | ||
136 | his | ||
137 | thumb | ||
138 | knocked | ||
139 | the | ||
140 | inkwell | ||
141 | over | ||
142 | somehow | ||
143 | by | ||
144 | accident | ||
145 | as | ||
146 | he | ||
147 | swore | ||
148 | stood | ||
149 | up | ||
150 | and | ||
151 | away | ||
152 | from | ||
153 | the | ||
154 | table | ||
155 | and | ||
156 | went | ||
157 | into | ||
158 | the | ||
159 | house | ||
160 | proper | ||
161 | for | ||
162 | paper | ||
163 | towels | ||
164 | he | ||
165 | resolved | ||
166 | to | ||
167 | buy | ||
168 | a | ||
169 | typewriter | ||
diff --git a/river/x-ray.river b/river/x-ray.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..96a2491 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/x-ray.river | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@ | |||
1 | x-ray | ||
2 | while | ||
3 | chopping | ||
4 | a | ||
5 | tree | ||
6 | in | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | woods | ||
9 | with | ||
10 | his | ||
11 | hatchet | ||
12 | a | ||
13 | christmas | ||
14 | gift | ||
15 | from | ||
16 | his | ||
17 | mother | ||
18 | a | ||
19 | bird | ||
20 | he'd | ||
21 | never | ||
22 | heard | ||
23 | before | ||
24 | cried | ||
25 | out | ||
26 | he | ||
27 | jerked | ||
28 | his | ||
29 | head | ||
30 | up | ||
31 | and | ||
32 | to | ||
33 | the | ||
34 | right | ||
35 | as | ||
36 | the | ||
37 | hatchet | ||
38 | fell | ||
39 | down | ||
40 | and | ||
41 | to | ||
42 | the | ||
43 | left | ||
44 | it | ||
45 | cut | ||
46 | deep | ||
47 | into | ||
48 | the | ||
49 | back | ||
50 | of | ||
51 | his | ||
52 | left | ||
53 | hand | ||
54 | a | ||
55 | low | ||
56 | thud | ||
57 | didn't | ||
58 | echo | ||
59 | in | ||
60 | the | ||
61 | forest | ||
62 | because | ||
63 | all | ||
64 | the | ||
65 | needles | ||
66 | and | ||
67 | snow | ||
68 | absorbed | ||
69 | sound | ||
70 | well | ||
71 | the | ||
72 | sound | ||
73 | when | ||
74 | he | ||
75 | got | ||
76 | back | ||
77 | to | ||
78 | the | ||
79 | house | ||
80 | his | ||
81 | hand | ||
82 | wrapped | ||
83 | in | ||
84 | the | ||
85 | end | ||
86 | of | ||
87 | his | ||
88 | shirt | ||
89 | he | ||
90 | still | ||
91 | felt | ||
92 | no | ||
93 | pain | ||
94 | he | ||
95 | called | ||
96 | for | ||
97 | his | ||
98 | mother | ||
99 | and | ||
100 | found | ||
101 | her | ||
102 | watching | ||
103 | tv | ||
104 | in | ||
105 | the | ||
106 | main | ||
107 | room | ||
108 | he | ||
109 | stayed | ||
110 | in | ||
111 | the | ||
112 | kitchen | ||
113 | not | ||
114 | wanting | ||
115 | to | ||
116 | get | ||
117 | blood | ||
118 | on | ||
119 | the | ||
120 | carpet | ||
121 | she | ||
122 | turned | ||
123 | around | ||
124 | cigarette | ||
125 | dangling | ||
126 | from | ||
127 | her | ||
128 | open | ||
129 | mouth | ||
130 | said | ||
131 | oh | ||
132 | god | ||
133 | what | ||
134 | happened | ||
135 | she | ||
136 | drove | ||
137 | him | ||
138 | to | ||
139 | the | ||
140 | hospital | ||
141 | in | ||
142 | the | ||
143 | car | ||
144 | the | ||
145 | radio | ||
146 | stayed | ||
147 | off | ||
148 | the | ||
149 | entire | ||
150 | way | ||
151 | paul | ||
152 | wanted | ||
153 | to | ||
154 | turn | ||
155 | it | ||
156 | on | ||
157 | but | ||
158 | he | ||
159 | didn't | ||
160 | want | ||
161 | the | ||
162 | desire | ||
163 | not | ||
164 | to | ||
165 | annoy | ||
166 | his | ||
167 | mother | ||
168 | was | ||
169 | stronger | ||
170 | they | ||
171 | drove | ||
172 | in | ||
173 | silence | ||
174 | at | ||
175 | the | ||
176 | hospital | ||
177 | after | ||
178 | the | ||
179 | x-rays | ||
180 | and | ||
181 | stitching | ||
182 | and | ||
183 | pain | ||
184 | medication | ||
185 | prescription | ||
186 | the | ||
187 | doctor | ||
188 | said | ||
189 | you | ||
190 | got | ||
191 | lucky | ||
192 | son | ||
193 | if | ||
194 | that | ||
195 | axe | ||
196 | had | ||
197 | hit | ||
198 | a | ||
199 | half-inch | ||
200 | lower | ||
201 | you'd | ||
202 | have | ||
203 | lost | ||
204 | your | ||
205 | hand | ||
206 | you | ||
207 | won't | ||
208 | get | ||
209 | full | ||
210 | mobility | ||
211 | back | ||
212 | because | ||
213 | we | ||
214 | had | ||
215 | to | ||
216 | tie | ||
217 | the | ||
218 | tendons | ||
219 | but | ||
220 | with | ||
221 | therapy | ||
222 | you | ||
223 | should | ||
224 | be | ||
225 | able | ||
226 | to | ||
227 | work | ||
228 | it | ||
229 | pretty | ||
230 | well | ||
231 | on | ||
232 | the | ||
233 | drive | ||
234 | back | ||
235 | home | ||
236 | all | ||
237 | he | ||
238 | could | ||
239 | think | ||
240 | was | ||
241 | that | ||
242 | he | ||
243 | was | ||
244 | glad | ||
245 | he | ||
246 | didn't | ||
247 | hit | ||
248 | his | ||
249 | writing | ||
250 | hand | ||
diff --git a/river/yellow.river b/river/yellow.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3357796 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/yellow.river | |||
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1 | yellow | ||
2 | he | ||
3 | would | ||
4 | enter | ||
5 | data | ||
6 | at | ||
7 | work | ||
8 | for | ||
9 | fifty | ||
10 | minutes | ||
11 | and | ||
12 | then | ||
13 | go | ||
14 | on | ||
15 | break | ||
16 | he | ||
17 | would | ||
18 | walk | ||
19 | down | ||
20 | the | ||
21 | hallway | ||
22 | to | ||
23 | the | ||
24 | breakroom | ||
25 | which | ||
26 | had | ||
27 | a | ||
28 | white | ||
29 | refrigerator | ||
30 | a | ||
31 | black | ||
32 | microwave | ||
33 | on | ||
34 | a | ||
35 | brown | ||
36 | plyboard | ||
37 | cart | ||
38 | stocked | ||
39 | with | ||
40 | powdered | ||
41 | creamer | ||
42 | sugar | ||
43 | and | ||
44 | swizzle | ||
45 | sticks | ||
46 | a | ||
47 | dark | ||
48 | red | ||
49 | coffee | ||
50 | maker | ||
51 | and | ||
52 | yellow | ||
53 | paint | ||
54 | on | ||
55 | the | ||
56 | wall | ||
57 | he'd | ||
58 | remember | ||
59 | that | ||
60 | somewhere | ||
61 | he'd | ||
62 | read | ||
63 | an | ||
64 | article | ||
65 | about | ||
66 | yellow | ||
67 | walls | ||
68 | being | ||
69 | calming | ||
70 | they | ||
71 | use | ||
72 | yellow | ||
73 | in | ||
74 | asylums | ||
75 | he'd | ||
76 | say | ||
77 | to | ||
78 | himself | ||
79 | he | ||
80 | would | ||
81 | sit | ||
82 | down | ||
83 | at | ||
84 | the | ||
85 | round | ||
86 | table | ||
87 | covered | ||
88 | in | ||
89 | newspapers | ||
90 | that | ||
91 | took | ||
92 | up | ||
93 | the | ||
94 | half | ||
95 | of | ||
96 | the | ||
97 | room | ||
98 | not | ||
99 | occupied | ||
100 | by | ||
101 | the | ||
102 | refrigerator | ||
103 | microwave | ||
104 | or | ||
105 | counter | ||
106 | with | ||
107 | coffee | ||
108 | pot | ||
109 | and | ||
110 | sink | ||
111 | he | ||
112 | didn't | ||
113 | drink | ||
114 | coffee | ||
115 | but | ||
116 | he | ||
117 | would | ||
118 | think | ||
119 | about | ||
120 | starting | ||
121 | he | ||
122 | would | ||
123 | shuffle | ||
124 | the | ||
125 | newspapers | ||
126 | around | ||
127 | on | ||
128 | the | ||
129 | table | ||
130 | and | ||
131 | see | ||
132 | they | ||
133 | were | ||
134 | all | ||
135 | the | ||
136 | same | ||
137 | ones | ||
138 | as | ||
139 | an | ||
140 | hour | ||
141 | ago | ||
142 | or | ||
143 | technically | ||
144 | fifty | ||
145 | minutes | ||
146 | ago | ||
147 | he | ||
148 | would | ||
149 | say | ||
150 | to | ||
151 | himself | ||
152 | sometimes | ||
153 | jill | ||
154 | would | ||
155 | come | ||
156 | in | ||
157 | for | ||
158 | a | ||
159 | cup | ||
160 | of | ||
161 | coffee | ||
162 | she | ||
163 | would | ||
164 | always | ||
165 | check | ||
166 | that | ||
167 | her | ||
168 | lunch | ||
169 | which | ||
170 | she | ||
171 | brought | ||
172 | each | ||
173 | morning | ||
174 | in | ||
175 | a | ||
176 | tupperware | ||
177 | container | ||
178 | with | ||
179 | a | ||
180 | blue | ||
181 | lid | ||
182 | with | ||
183 | her | ||
184 | name | ||
185 | written | ||
186 | on | ||
187 | it | ||
188 | in | ||
189 | black | ||
190 | sharpie | ||
191 | was | ||
192 | still | ||
193 | there | ||
194 | once | ||
195 | he | ||
196 | asked | ||
197 | her | ||
198 | why | ||
199 | she | ||
200 | checked | ||
201 | why | ||
202 | do | ||
203 | you | ||
204 | always | ||
205 | check | ||
206 | if | ||
207 | your | ||
208 | lunch | ||
209 | is | ||
210 | in | ||
211 | the | ||
212 | fridge | ||
213 | he | ||
214 | asked | ||
215 | i | ||
216 | don't | ||
217 | she | ||
218 | said | ||
219 | oh | ||
220 | i | ||
221 | thought | ||
222 | you | ||
223 | did | ||
224 | i | ||
225 | don't | ||
226 | think | ||
227 | so | ||
228 | why | ||
229 | do | ||
230 | you | ||
231 | check | ||
232 | at | ||
233 | all | ||
234 | once | ||
235 | it | ||
236 | was | ||
237 | stolen | ||
238 | out | ||
239 | of | ||
240 | the | ||
241 | fridge | ||
242 | and | ||
243 | returned | ||
244 | empty | ||
245 | before | ||
246 | i | ||
247 | had | ||
248 | a | ||
249 | chance | ||
250 | to | ||
251 | eat | ||
252 | my | ||
253 | lunch | ||
254 | she | ||
255 | said | ||
256 | so | ||
257 | you | ||
258 | make | ||
259 | sure | ||
260 | it | ||
261 | won't | ||
262 | happen | ||
263 | again | ||
264 | no | ||
265 | i'm | ||
266 | waiting | ||
267 | for | ||
268 | the | ||
269 | day | ||
270 | that | ||
271 | it | ||
272 | does | ||
diff --git a/river/zzyzzx.river b/river/zzyzzx.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f4dc53d --- /dev/null +++ b/river/zzyzzx.river | |||
@@ -0,0 +1 @@ | |||
zzyzzx | |||
diff --git a/src/.TODO.txt b/src/.TODO.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0fccba --- /dev/null +++ b/src/.TODO.txt | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ | |||
1 | THINGS STILL TO DO FOR AUTOCENTO.ME | ||
2 | =================================== | ||
3 | |||
4 | - Link old poems to new poems | ||
5 | - add colors & background-colors to projects' css | ||
6 | - add a "notes" or "about" page | ||
7 | - do something about verse: | ||
8 | - `s,<p>\(.*<br />\),<div class="stanza"><p class="line">\1,` ? | ||
9 | - `s,<br />,</p><p class="line">,` ? | ||
10 | |||
11 | - think about --html-q-tags option for pandoc | ||
12 | - think about changing nav links::after to borders | ||
13 | - and change :hover thing to contrast hovered navlinks | ||
14 | |||
15 | Done | ||
16 | ---- | ||
17 | |||
18 | - ~~add index page with all pieces~~ | ||
diff --git a/src/TODO.txt b/src/TODO.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 074df0d..0000000 --- a/src/TODO.txt +++ /dev/null | |||
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ | |||
1 | THINGS STILL TO DO FOR AUTOCENTO.ME | ||
2 | =================================== | ||
3 | |||
4 | - Link old poems to new poems | ||
5 | - add colors to projects' css | ||
6 | - and background colors | ||
7 | - add index page with all pieces | ||
8 | - add a "notes" or "about" page | ||
9 | - think about --html-q-tags option for pandoc | ||
10 | - and --ascii option | ||
diff --git a/src/hymnal.txt b/src/hymnal.txt index f806aff..1a4357c 100644 --- a/src/hymnal.txt +++ b/src/hymnal.txt | |||
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ project: | |||
19 | ... | 19 | ... |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | _It's all [jokes][]_ Paul wrote in what he was now calling his Hymnal. | 21 | _It's all [jokes][]_ Paul wrote in what he was now calling his Hymnal. |
22 | He had been writing non-stop all day, because he didn't count pee- or cigarette- breaks. | 22 | He had been writing non-stop all day, because he didn't count pee or cigarette breaks. |
23 | _All art is an inside joke. | 23 | _All art is an inside joke. |
24 | The symbology involved must be_---and here he put down his pen and held his head in his hands. | 24 | The symbology involved must be_---and here he put down his pen and held his head in his hands. |
25 | He could never think of the word---he said often that he had no words. | 25 | He could never think of the word---he said often that he had no words. |