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authorCase Duckworth2015-03-25 21:49:45 -0700
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Flatten directory structure
All content files (*.txt, *.html, *.river) are now in /.
I did this to simplify the compilation step, and to make
linking easier.  I'm still thinking about whether I should
move the contents of js/, img/, and lua/ into /, or into
an 'assets' folder of some sort.  We'll see.
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2title: In bed
3id: in-bed
4genre: verse
5
6project:
7 title: Autocento of the breakfast table
8 class: autocento
9...
10
11## I
12
13I hear [the rats][] run \
14in the walls like water \
15through a tree. My blood
16
17thickens. As I dream \
18the masturbation dream \
19the shelf above my bed
20
21falls covering me in \
22dirt and decaying beetles. \
23[I see my reflection is headless][].
24
25## II
26
27When the waves stop \
28[and the moon grins down][] \
29to overtake me: the car
30
31ran up the street that night \
32when you were nearly \
33molested in your neighbor's house:
34
35is this why we don't have \
36neighbors? For this the trees \
37[rot only for us][]?
38
39## III
40
41I woke screaming and you \
42came to sit next to me. I felt \
43my eyes were open too wide
44
45that I could not shut them \
46from the horror movie sitting \
47on your lap in the easy chair
48
49in the dream the other dream \
50in the living room under \
51the tree. Why do I feel guilty?
52
53
54## IV
55
56I wake up in a pool of water \
57[closed over me like an eyelid][]. \
58There is no longer comfort
59
60in staring at the ceiling. \
61Its pitch blackness beckons \
62into a future of blankness.
63
64My body lay still quaking. \
65My mind is chained fast \
66to the beating of my heart.
67
68## V
69
70I sit up slowly creaking. \
71I find myself alone buried \
72[in an ocean][]. Far off
73
74[there is an eagle][] flying \
75toward me. She lands on \
76my knee and lays an egg.
77
78I think *not this again* \
79something I've never \
80thought in my life.
81
82## VI
83
84I think *not this again* \
85something I've never \
86thought in my life. Not
87
88after losing my car keys \
89in the easy chair. Not after \
90scratching myself on a branch.
91
92Not after finding the thing \
93in your dresser drawer that \
94night. [I remember you suddenly.][]
95
96
97## VII
98
99[You run through me \
100like rats][rats] down an alley. \
101You are in my [blood][].
102
103You scared me once \
104remember? Jumped out \
105of the bathroom door.
106
107I fell screaming onto \
108the linoleum. Did you \
109apologize? Did you need to?
110
111## VIII
112
113The ocean that surrounds me \
114creaks like a rocking \
115cradle. Your face bright
116
117as the moon at eclipse \
118and as [red][]. Low song \
119my tide stretching
120
121to the horizon. Ripples \
122on the surface belie \
123something bigger beneath.
124
125## IX
126
127In bed I am alone for \
128the only time. In bed \
129I am a grown man.
130
131Below the blankets I \
132know you for who you are. \
133In bed I see your face
134
135pressed against the window. \
136I look out and see you \
137and I am not afraid.
138
139[the rats]: last-bastion.html
140[I see my reflection is headless]: deathstrumpet.html
141[and the moon grins down]: moon-drowning.html
142[rot only for us]: options.html
143[closed over me like an eyelid]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html
144[in an ocean]: the-sea_the-beach.html
145[there is an eagle]: mountain.html
146[I remember you suddenly.]: ouroboros_memory.html
147[rats]: #I
148[blood]: plant.html
149[red]: window.html