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author | Case Duckworth | 2015-03-02 16:46:17 -0700 |
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committer | Case Duckworth | 2015-03-02 16:46:17 -0700 |
commit | b5f04621a188ffd07463d66c233601a32e970f11 (patch) | |
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parent | Touch css/* (diff) | |
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@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ genre: verse | |||
5 | project: | 5 | project: |
6 | title: Autocento of the breakfast table | 6 | title: Autocento of the breakfast table |
7 | css: autocento | 7 | css: autocento |
8 | |||
9 | TODO: revise based on reading notes | ||
8 | ... | 10 | ... |
9 | 11 | ||
10 | Memory works strangely, spooling its thread \ | 12 | Memory works strangely, [spooling its thread][] \ |
11 | over the nails of events barely related, \ | 13 | over the [nails of events][] barely related, \ |
12 | creating finally some picture, if we're \ | 14 | creating finally some picture, if we're \ |
13 | lucky, of a life---but more likely, it knots \ | 15 | lucky, of a life---but more likely, it knots \ |
14 | itself, catches on a nail or in our throats \ | 16 | itself, catches on a nail or in our throats \ |
@@ -17,16 +19,21 @@ that gasp, as it binds our necks, for air. | |||
17 | An example: today marks one hundred years \ | 19 | An example: today marks one hundred years \ |
18 | since your namesake, the last living passenger \ | 20 | since your namesake, the last living passenger \ |
19 | pigeon, died in Cincinnati. It also marks \ | 21 | pigeon, died in Cincinnati. It also marks \ |
20 | one year since we last spoke. Although around \ | 22 | a year since we last spoke. Although around \ |
21 | the world, zoos mourn her loss, I'm done \ | 23 | the world, zoos mourn her loss, I'm done \ |
22 | with you. I mourn no more your voice, the first \ | 24 | with you. I mourn no more your voice, the first \ |
23 | sound I heard outside my body that reached \ | 25 | sound I heard outside my body that reached \ |
24 | into my throat and set me ringing. But that string--- | 26 | [into my throat and set me ringing][]. But that string--- |
25 | 27 | ||
26 | memory that feels sometimes more like a tide \ | 28 | memory that feels sometimes more like a tide \ |
27 | has yoked together, bound your voice to that bird, \ | 29 | has yoked together, bound your voice to that bird, \ |
28 | the frozen, stuffed, forgotten pigeon---my heart \ | 30 | the frozen, stuffed, forgotten pigeon---my heart \ |
29 | is too easy, but it must do---to blink, to flex \ | 31 | is too easy, but it must do---to blink, to flex \ |
30 | its unused toes, slowly thaw to the wetness \ | 32 | its unused toes, slowly thaw to the wetness \ |
31 | of beating wings, fly to me again, and alight, \ | 33 | of [beating wings][], fly to me again, and alight, \ |
32 | singing full-throated, on my broken shoulder. | 34 | singing full-throated, on my broken shoulder. |
35 | |||
36 | [spooling its thread]: roughgloves.html | ||
37 | [nails of events]: when-im-sorry.html | ||
38 | [into my throat and set me ringing]: weplayedthosegamestoo.html | ||
39 | [beating wings]: cold-wind.html | ||