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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) | |
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parent | Change compile.sh to also compile RIVER files (diff) | |
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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 | ||