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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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,626 @@ | |||
| 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 | ||
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| 14 | add | ||
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| 16 | & | ||
| 17 | background-colors | ||
| 18 | to | ||
| 19 | projects | ||
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| 62 | page | ||
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| 65 | pieces | ||
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| 2 | the | ||
| 3 | author | ||
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| 38 | a | ||
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| 41 | day | ||
| 42 | he | ||
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| 48 | tunnel | ||
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| 51 | his | ||
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| 83 | dress | ||
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| 121 | peanut | ||
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| 131 | it | ||
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| 135 | me | ||
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| 156 | the | ||
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| 159 | no | ||
| 160 | respect | ||
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| 163 | anymore | ||
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| 166 | night | ||
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| 190 | two | ||
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| 229 | and | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 69 | call | ||
| 70 | to | ||
| 71 | them | ||
| 72 | maybe | ||
| 73 | we | ||
| 74 | should | ||
| 75 | try | ||
| 76 | another | ||
| 77 | door | ||
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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 | ||
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| 63 | in | ||
| 64 | a | ||
| 65 | church | ||
| 66 | and | ||
| 67 | you | ||
| 68 | answered | ||
| 69 | with | ||
| 70 | the | ||
| 71 | look | ||
| 72 | on | ||
| 73 | your | ||
| 74 | face | ||
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| 80 | for | ||
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| 82 | but | ||
| 83 | that | ||
| 84 | they | ||
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| 86 | been | ||
| 87 | reminded | ||
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| 89 | by | ||
| 90 | a | ||
| 91 | catch | ||
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| 93 | the | ||
| 94 | light | ||
| 95 | or | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 157 | and | ||
| 158 | i | ||
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| 160 | tell | ||
| 161 | i | ||
| 162 | was | ||
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| 164 | something | ||
| 165 | important | ||
| 166 | and | ||
| 167 | you | ||
| 168 | nodded | ||
| 169 | to | ||
| 170 | yourself | ||
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| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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| 188 | surprised | ||
| 189 | at | ||
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| 192 | the | ||
| 193 | train | ||
| 194 | one | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 60 | winning | ||
| 61 | by | ||
| 62 | such | ||
| 63 | a | ||
| 64 | margin | ||
| 65 | it | ||
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| 68 | for | ||
| 69 | either | ||
| 70 | of | ||
| 71 | them | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 119 | he'd | ||
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| 122 | up | ||
| 123 | so | ||
| 124 | much | ||
| 125 | momentum | ||
| 126 | inside | ||
| 127 | inertia | ||
| 128 | he | ||
| 129 | thought | ||
| 130 | what's | ||
| 131 | the | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 150 | is | ||
| 151 | the | ||
| 152 | momentum | ||
| 153 | of | ||
| 154 | not | ||
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| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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| 81 | though | ||
| 82 | after | ||
| 83 | his | ||
| 84 | death | ||
| 85 | over | ||
| 86 | sixty | ||
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| 88 | been | ||
| 89 | found | ||
| 90 | and | ||
| 91 | catalogued | ||
| 92 | he | ||
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| 94 | them | ||
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| 96 | as | ||
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| 98 | to | ||
| 99 | pseudonyms | ||
| 100 | because | ||
| 101 | they | ||
| 102 | were | ||
| 103 | much | ||
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| 105 | than | ||
| 106 | names | ||
| 107 | he | ||
| 108 | wrote | ||
| 109 | under | ||
| 110 | they | ||
| 111 | were | ||
| 112 | truly | ||
| 113 | different | ||
| 114 | writing | ||
| 115 | selves | ||
| 116 | concerned | ||
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| 118 | different | ||
| 119 | ideas | ||
| 120 | and | ||
| 121 | writing | ||
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| 125 | alberto | ||
| 126 | caeiro | ||
| 127 | wrote | ||
| 128 | pastorals | ||
| 129 | ricardo | ||
| 130 | reis | ||
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| 134 | odes | ||
| 135 | lvaro | ||
| 136 | de | ||
| 137 | campos | ||
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| 143 | one | ||
| 144 | to | ||
| 145 | whitman | ||
| 146 | himself | ||
| 147 | and | ||
| 148 | pessoa's | ||
| 149 | own | ||
| 150 | name | ||
| 151 | was | ||
| 152 | used | ||
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| 154 | poems | ||
| 155 | that | ||
| 156 | are | ||
| 157 | kind | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 177 | he | ||
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| 179 | only | ||
| 180 | in | ||
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| 185 | he | ||
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| 188 | the | ||
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| 190 | pieces | ||
| 191 | and | ||
| 192 | developed | ||
| 193 | them | ||
| 194 | into | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 215 | real | ||
| 216 | than | ||
| 217 | the | ||
| 218 | others | ||
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| 220 | substantial | ||
| 221 | less | ||
| 222 | personal | ||
| 223 | and | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 299 | and | ||
| 300 | adapting | ||
| 301 | to | ||
| 302 | new | ||
| 303 | stimuli | ||
| 304 | from | ||
| 305 | the | ||
| 306 | environment | ||
| 307 | from | ||
| 308 | other | ||
| 309 | selves | ||
| 310 | from | ||
| 311 | inside | ||
| 312 | itself | ||
| 313 | and | ||
| 314 | each | ||
| 315 | time | ||
| 316 | it | ||
| 317 | forms | ||
| 318 | anew | ||
| 319 | into | ||
| 320 | something | ||
| 321 | that's | ||
| 322 | never | ||
| 323 | existed | ||
| 324 | before | ||
| 325 | the | ||
| 326 | person | ||
| 327 | i | ||
| 328 | am | ||
| 329 | beginning | ||
| 330 | a | ||
| 331 | poem | ||
| 332 | is | ||
| 333 | a | ||
| 334 | separate | ||
| 335 | being | ||
| 336 | than | ||
| 337 | the | ||
| 338 | one | ||
| 339 | i | ||
| 340 | am | ||
| 341 | finishing | ||
| 342 | a | ||
| 343 | poem | ||
| 344 | and | ||
| 345 | part | ||
| 346 | of | ||
| 347 | it | ||
| 348 | is | ||
| 349 | the | ||
| 350 | poem | ||
| 351 | i've | ||
| 352 | written | ||
| 353 | has | ||
| 354 | brought | ||
| 355 | forth | ||
| 356 | some | ||
| 357 | other | ||
| 358 | dish | ||
| 359 | onto | ||
| 360 | the | ||
| 361 | great | ||
| 362 | table | ||
| 363 | that | ||
| 364 | is | ||
| 365 | myself | ||
| 366 | in | ||
| 367 | the | ||
| 368 | same | ||
| 369 | way | ||
| 370 | with | ||
| 371 | each | ||
| 372 | poem | ||
| 373 | you | ||
| 374 | read | ||
| 375 | of | ||
| 376 | this | ||
| 377 | you | ||
| 378 | too | ||
| 379 | could | ||
| 380 | become | ||
| 381 | a | ||
| 382 | different | ||
| 383 | person | ||
| 384 | depending | ||
| 385 | on | ||
| 386 | which | ||
| 387 | order | ||
| 388 | you | ||
| 389 | read | ||
| 390 | them | ||
| 391 | in | ||
| 392 | you | ||
| 393 | could | ||
| 394 | be | ||
| 395 | any | ||
| 396 | number | ||
| 397 | of | ||
| 398 | possible | ||
| 399 | people | ||
| 400 | if | ||
| 401 | you | ||
| 402 | follow | ||
| 403 | the | ||
| 404 | threads | ||
| 405 | i've | ||
| 406 | laid | ||
| 407 | out | ||
| 408 | for | ||
| 409 | you | ||
| 410 | there | ||
| 411 | are | ||
| 412 | so | ||
| 413 | many | ||
| 414 | possible | ||
| 415 | selves | ||
| 416 | if | ||
| 417 | you | ||
| 418 | disregard | ||
| 419 | those | ||
| 420 | and | ||
| 421 | go | ||
| 422 | a | ||
| 423 | different | ||
| 424 | way | ||
| 425 | there | ||
| 426 | are | ||
| 427 | quite | ||
| 428 | a | ||
| 429 | few | ||
| 430 | more | ||
| 431 | however | ||
| 432 | at | ||
| 433 | the | ||
| 434 | end | ||
| 435 | of | ||
| 436 | the | ||
| 437 | journey | ||
| 438 | there | ||
| 439 | is | ||
| 440 | only | ||
| 441 | one | ||
| 442 | self | ||
| 443 | that | ||
| 444 | you | ||
| 445 | will | ||
| 446 | occupy | ||
| 447 | the | ||
| 448 | others | ||
| 449 | disappearing | ||
| 450 | from | ||
| 451 | this | ||
| 452 | universe | ||
| 453 | and | ||
| 454 | going | ||
| 455 | maybe | ||
| 456 | somewhere | ||
| 457 | else | ||
| 458 | maybe | ||
| 459 | nowhere | ||
| 460 | at | ||
| 461 | all | ||
| 462 | there | ||
| 463 | is | ||
| 464 | a | ||
| 465 | scene | ||
| 466 | in | ||
| 467 | the | ||
| 468 | neverending | ||
| 469 | story | ||
| 470 | where | ||
| 471 | bastian | ||
| 472 | is | ||
| 473 | trying | ||
| 474 | to | ||
| 475 | find | ||
| 476 | his | ||
| 477 | way | ||
| 478 | out | ||
| 479 | of | ||
| 480 | the | ||
| 481 | desert | ||
| 482 | he | ||
| 483 | opens | ||
| 484 | a | ||
| 485 | door | ||
| 486 | and | ||
| 487 | finds | ||
| 488 | himself | ||
| 489 | in | ||
| 490 | the | ||
| 491 | temple | ||
| 492 | of | ||
| 493 | a | ||
| 494 | thousand | ||
| 495 | doors | ||
| 496 | which | ||
| 497 | is | ||
| 498 | never | ||
| 499 | seen | ||
| 500 | from | ||
| 501 | the | ||
| 502 | outside | ||
| 503 | but | ||
| 504 | only | ||
| 505 | once | ||
| 506 | someone | ||
| 507 | enters | ||
| 508 | it | ||
| 509 | it | ||
| 510 | is | ||
| 511 | a | ||
| 512 | series | ||
| 513 | of | ||
| 514 | rooms | ||
| 515 | with | ||
| 516 | six | ||
| 517 | sides | ||
| 518 | each | ||
| 519 | and | ||
| 520 | three | ||
| 521 | doors | ||
| 522 | one | ||
| 523 | from | ||
| 524 | the | ||
| 525 | room | ||
| 526 | before | ||
| 527 | and | ||
| 528 | two | ||
| 529 | choices | ||
| 530 | in | ||
| 531 | life | ||
| 532 | each | ||
| 533 | of | ||
| 534 | these | ||
| 535 | rooms | ||
| 536 | is | ||
| 537 | a | ||
| 538 | moment | ||
| 539 | but | ||
| 540 | where | ||
| 541 | bastian | ||
| 542 | can | ||
| 543 | choose | ||
| 544 | which | ||
| 545 | of | ||
| 546 | only | ||
| 547 | two | ||
| 548 | doors | ||
| 549 | to | ||
| 550 | enter | ||
| 551 | each | ||
| 552 | time | ||
| 553 | in | ||
| 554 | life | ||
| 555 | there | ||
| 556 | can | ||
| 557 | be | ||
| 558 | any | ||
| 559 | number | ||
| 560 | of | ||
| 561 | doors | ||
| 562 | and | ||
| 563 | we | ||
| 564 | don't | ||
| 565 | always | ||
| 566 | choose | ||
| 567 | which | ||
| 568 | to | ||
| 569 | go | ||
| 570 | through | ||
| 571 | in | ||
| 572 | fact | ||
| 573 | i | ||
| 574 | would | ||
| 575 | argue | ||
| 576 | that | ||
| 577 | most | ||
| 578 | of | ||
| 579 | the | ||
| 580 | time | ||
| 581 | we | ||
| 582 | aren't | ||
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| 584 | the | ||
| 585 | luxury | ||
| 586 | what | ||
| 587 | happens | ||
| 588 | to | ||
| 589 | those | ||
| 590 | other | ||
| 591 | doors | ||
| 592 | those | ||
| 593 | other | ||
| 594 | possibilities | ||
| 595 | is | ||
| 596 | there | ||
| 597 | some | ||
| 598 | other | ||
| 599 | version | ||
| 600 | of | ||
| 601 | the | ||
| 602 | self | ||
| 603 | that | ||
| 604 | for | ||
| 605 | whatever | ||
| 606 | complexities | ||
| 607 | of | ||
| 608 | circumstance | ||
| 609 | and | ||
| 610 | will | ||
| 611 | chose | ||
| 612 | a | ||
| 613 | different | ||
| 614 | door | ||
| 615 | at | ||
| 616 | an | ||
| 617 | earlier | ||
| 618 | moment | ||
| 619 | the | ||
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| 621 | to | ||
| 622 | this | ||
| 623 | of | ||
| 624 | course | ||
| 625 | is | ||
| 626 | that | ||
| 627 | we | ||
| 628 | can | ||
| 629 | never | ||
| 630 | know | ||
| 631 | for | ||
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| 633 | though | ||
| 634 | this | ||
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| 636 | keep | ||
| 637 | us | ||
| 638 | from | ||
| 639 | trying | ||
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| 641 | the | ||
| 642 | process | ||
| 643 | of | ||
| 644 | regret | ||
| 645 | we | ||
| 646 | go | ||
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| 648 | and | ||
| 649 | try | ||
| 650 | that | ||
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| 653 | in | ||
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| 655 | mind | ||
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| 657 | a | ||
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| 665 | is | ||
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| 668 | not | ||
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| 670 | because | ||
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| 1533 | 2000 | ||
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| 1548 | least | ||
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| 1552 | flip | ||
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| 1555 | i | ||
| 1556 | think | ||
| 1557 | writing | ||
| 1558 | is | ||
| 1559 | a | ||
| 1560 | communication | ||
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| 1562 | the | ||
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| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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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| 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 | ||
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| 36 | or | ||
| 37 | in | ||
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| 40 | that | ||
| 41 | gasp | ||
| 42 | as | ||
| 43 | it | ||
| 44 | binds | ||
| 45 | our | ||
| 46 | necks | ||
| 47 | for | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 70 | a | ||
| 71 | year | ||
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| 73 | we | ||
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| 82 | her | ||
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| 84 | i'm | ||
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| 86 | with | ||
| 87 | you | ||
| 88 | i | ||
| 89 | mourn | ||
| 90 | no | ||
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| 92 | your | ||
| 93 | voice | ||
| 94 | the | ||
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| 96 | sound | ||
| 97 | i | ||
| 98 | heard | ||
| 99 | outside | ||
| 100 | my | ||
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| 102 | that | ||
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| 105 | my | ||
| 106 | throat | ||
| 107 | and | ||
| 108 | set | ||
| 109 | me | ||
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| 111 | but | ||
| 112 | that | ||
| 113 | string | ||
| 114 | memory | ||
| 115 | that | ||
| 116 | feels | ||
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| 119 | like | ||
| 120 | a | ||
| 121 | tide | ||
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| 123 | yoked | ||
| 124 | together | ||
| 125 | bound | ||
| 126 | your | ||
| 127 | voice | ||
| 128 | to | ||
| 129 | that | ||
| 130 | bird | ||
| 131 | the | ||
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| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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| 115 | must | ||
| 116 | select | ||
| 117 | which | ||
| 118 | to | ||
| 119 | use | ||
| 120 | chop | ||
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| 122 | those | ||
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| 124 | bring | ||
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| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 9 | the | ||
| 10 | stone | ||
| 11 | the | ||
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| 16 | waiting | ||
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| 18 | i | ||
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| 20 | the | ||
| 21 | stone | ||
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| 28 | as | ||
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| 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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| 290 | longing | ||
| 291 | maybe | ||
| 292 | love | ||
| 293 | is | ||
| 294 | god | ||
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| 300 | for | ||
| 301 | what | ||
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| 303 | is | ||
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| 307 | that | ||
| 308 | most | ||
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| 313 | all | ||
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| 316 | supposed | ||
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| 319 | their | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 32 | an | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 70 | you | ||
| 71 | to | ||
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| 73 | what | ||
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| 81 | you | ||
| 82 | i | ||
| 83 | am | ||
| 84 | telling | ||
| 85 | you | ||
| 86 | can | ||
| 87 | you | ||
| 88 | see | ||
| 89 | can | ||
| 90 | you | ||
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| 92 | into | ||
| 93 | me | ||
| 94 | and | ||
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| 107 | shirt | ||
| 108 | will | ||
| 109 | you | ||
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| 111 | me | ||
| 112 | until | ||
| 113 | i | ||
| 114 | unravel | ||
| 115 | on | ||
| 116 | your | ||
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| 118 | will | ||
| 119 | you | ||
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| 129 | up | ||
| 130 | the | ||
| 131 | cola | ||
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| 149 | to | ||
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| 153 | want | ||
| 154 | me | ||
| 155 | to | ||
| 156 | know | ||
| 157 | is | ||
| 158 | to | ||
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| 160 | i | ||
| 161 | you | ||
| 162 | want | ||
| 163 | we | ||
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| 166 | that | ||
| 167 | is | ||
| 168 | why | ||
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| 171 | to | ||
| 172 | want | ||
| 173 | is | ||
| 174 | to | ||
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| 178 | want | ||
| 179 | and | ||
| 180 | i | ||
| 181 | want | ||
| 182 | you | ||
| 183 | do | ||
| 184 | you | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 211 | tears | ||
| 212 | i | ||
| 213 | cannot | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 235 | big | ||
| 236 | enough | ||
| 237 | we | ||
| 238 | wake | ||
| 239 | up | ||
| 240 | every | ||
| 241 | day | ||
| 242 | sometimes | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 23 | bus | ||
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| 25 | town | ||
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| 27 | check | ||
| 28 | out | ||
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| 32 | on | ||
| 33 | woodworking | ||
| 34 | and | ||
| 35 | got | ||
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| 39 | true | ||
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| 43 | found | ||
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| 45 | mugshot | ||
| 46 | in | ||
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| 131 | was | ||
| 132 | in | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 22 | are | ||
| 23 | flailing | ||
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| 27 | to | ||
| 28 | my | ||
| 29 | shadow | ||
| 30 | how | ||
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| 32 | is | ||
| 33 | the | ||
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| 35 | how | ||
| 36 | great | ||
| 37 | its | ||
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| 39 | my | ||
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| 46 | father | ||
| 47 | though | ||
| 48 | it | ||
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| 50 | also | ||
| 51 | the | ||
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| 56 | are | ||
| 57 | like | ||
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| 60 | father | ||
| 61 | my | ||
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| 66 | like | ||
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| 69 | a | ||
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| 71 | ocean | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 96 | little | ||
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| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ | |||
| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ | |||
| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ | |||
| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ | |||
| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,246 @@ | |||
| 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 | ||
| diff --git a/river/plant.river b/river/plant.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..13df8de --- /dev/null +++ b/river/plant.river | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,639 @@ | |||
| 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 | ||
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| 1 | proverbs | ||
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| 224 | really | ||
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| 228 | i | ||
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| 240 | what | ||
| 241 | you're | ||
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| 244 | when | ||
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| 254 | but | ||
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| 260 | claws | ||
| 261 | so | ||
| 262 | it | ||
| 263 | just | ||
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| 268 | hand | ||
| 269 | back | ||
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| 272 | lake | ||
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| 274 | the | ||
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| 276 | nirvana | ||
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| 278 | thought | ||
| 279 | to | ||
| 280 | be | ||
| 281 | what | ||
| 282 | a | ||
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| 292 | doesn't | ||
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| 294 | seem | ||
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| 298 | seem | ||
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| 306 | water | ||
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| 313 | course | ||
| 314 | that | ||
| 315 | the | ||
| 316 | fish | ||
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| 318 | reality | ||
| 319 | here | ||
| diff --git a/river/punch.river b/river/punch.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fc74ca2 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/punch.river | |||
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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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 65 | on | ||
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| 67 | table | ||
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| 69 | he | ||
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| 71 | punch | ||
| 72 | in | ||
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| 74 | his | ||
| 75 | right | ||
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| 82 | gauze | ||
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| 86 | you | ||
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| 91 | paul | ||
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| 95 | feeling | ||
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| 103 | ladle | ||
| 104 | and | ||
| 105 | their | ||
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| 109 | picked | ||
| 110 | the | ||
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| 112 | up | ||
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| 125 | you | ||
| 126 | know | ||
| 127 | she | ||
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| 131 | worried | ||
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| 133 | you | ||
| 134 | when | ||
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| 136 | heard | ||
| 137 | about | ||
| 138 | your | ||
| 139 | hand | ||
| 140 | he | ||
| 141 | said | ||
| 142 | there | ||
| 143 | goes | ||
| 144 | one | ||
| 145 | of | ||
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| 147 | best | ||
| 148 | data | ||
| 149 | entry | ||
| 150 | men | ||
| 151 | i | ||
| 152 | still | ||
| 153 | can't | ||
| 154 | really | ||
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| 156 | my | ||
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| 158 | hand | ||
| 159 | said | ||
| 160 | paul | ||
| 161 | that's | ||
| 162 | alright | ||
| 163 | you | ||
| 164 | can | ||
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| 167 | time | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 18 | jill | ||
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| 192 | am | ||
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| 255 | me | ||
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| 258 | smoke | ||
| 259 | i | ||
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| 269 | want | ||
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| 280 | of | ||
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| 292 | but | ||
| 293 | furniture | ||
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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 | ||
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| 19 | his | ||
| 20 | reports | ||
| 21 | typed | ||
| 22 | carefully | ||
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| 24 | twelve | ||
| 25 | four-by-six | ||
| 26 | notecards | ||
| 27 | he | ||
| 28 | had | ||
| 29 | spent | ||
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| 32 | going | ||
| 33 | to | ||
| 34 | the | ||
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| 36 | supply | ||
| 37 | store | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 64 | hour | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 85 | seconds | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 108 | he'd | ||
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| 112 | paper | ||
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| 120 | and | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 147 | type | ||
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| 149 | notecard | ||
| 150 | reports | ||
| 151 | for | ||
| 152 | her | ||
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| 156 | she | ||
| 157 | shook | ||
| 158 | her | ||
| 159 | head | ||
| 160 | paul | ||
| 161 | you | ||
| 162 | don't | ||
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| 164 | to | ||
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| 167 | that | ||
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| 170 | home | ||
| 171 | just | ||
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| 174 | up | ||
| 175 | on | ||
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| 178 | here | ||
| 179 | that's | ||
| 180 | all | ||
| 181 | you | ||
| 182 | need | ||
| 183 | to | ||
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| 186 | for | ||
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| 189 | though | ||
| 190 | he | ||
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| 193 | she | ||
| 194 | threw | ||
| 195 | the | ||
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| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,234 @@ | |||
| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ | |||
| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ | |||
| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ | |||
| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ | |||
| 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 | ||
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| 159 | so | ||
| 160 | i | ||
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| 163 | my | ||
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| 168 | is | ||
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| 170 | and | ||
| 171 | texting | ||
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| 173 | drew | ||
| 174 | carrey | ||
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| 179 | speech | ||
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| 182 | when | ||
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| 188 | his | ||
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| 190 | red | ||
| 191 | puffy | ||
| 192 | streaks | ||
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| 203 | which | ||
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| 205 | almost | ||
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| 216 | i | ||
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| 218 | been | ||
| 219 | laughing | ||
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| 225 | the | ||
| 226 | price | ||
| 227 | is | ||
| 228 | right | ||
| 229 | and | ||
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| 232 | jon | ||
| 233 | was | ||
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| 235 | me | ||
| 236 | but | ||
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| 238 | eli | ||
| 239 | came | ||
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| 242 | the | ||
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| 246 | and | ||
| 247 | just | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 350 | the | ||
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| 352 | tv | ||
| 353 | the | ||
| 354 | blanket | ||
| 355 | i | ||
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| 364 | him | ||
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| 366 | a | ||
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| 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 | |||
| @@ -0,0 +1,219 @@ | |||
| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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| diff --git a/river/toilet.river b/river/toilet.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b8f681 --- /dev/null +++ b/river/toilet.river | |||
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| 1 | toilet | ||
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| 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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| 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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| 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 | ||
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| 5 | penny | ||
| 6 | in | ||
| 7 | the | ||
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| 10 | it | ||
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| 14 | around | ||
| 15 | what | ||
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| 35 | her | ||
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| 38 | you | ||
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| 190 | of | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 39 | it | ||
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| 97 | he | ||
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| 111 | is | ||
| 112 | in | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 17 | wrapping | ||
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| 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 | |||
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| 1 | x-ray | ||
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| 31 | and | ||
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| 34 | right | ||
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| 131 | oh | ||
| 132 | god | ||
| 133 | what | ||
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| 135 | she | ||
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| 137 | him | ||
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| 144 | the | ||
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| 180 | and | ||
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| 182 | and | ||
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| 192 | son | ||
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| 212 | because | ||
| 213 | we | ||
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| 219 | but | ||
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| 223 | should | ||
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| 250 | hand | ||
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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 | ||
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| 15 | break | ||
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| 17 | would | ||
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| 20 | the | ||
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| 22 | to | ||
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| 25 | which | ||
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| 28 | white | ||
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| 30 | a | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 65 | about | ||
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| 68 | being | ||
| 69 | calming | ||
| 70 | they | ||
| 71 | use | ||
| 72 | yellow | ||
| 73 | in | ||
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| 75 | he'd | ||
| 76 | say | ||
| 77 | to | ||
| 78 | himself | ||
| 79 | he | ||
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| 81 | sit | ||
| 82 | down | ||
| 83 | at | ||
| 84 | the | ||
| 85 | round | ||
| 86 | table | ||
| 87 | covered | ||
| 88 | in | ||
| 89 | newspapers | ||
| 90 | that | ||
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| 93 | the | ||
| 94 | half | ||
| 95 | of | ||
| 96 | the | ||
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| 99 | occupied | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 139 | an | ||
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| 142 | or | ||
| 143 | technically | ||
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| 145 | minutes | ||
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| 147 | he | ||
| 148 | would | ||
| 149 | say | ||
| 150 | to | ||
| 151 | himself | ||
| 152 | sometimes | ||
| 153 | jill | ||
| 154 | would | ||
| 155 | come | ||
| 156 | in | ||
| 157 | for | ||
| 158 | a | ||
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| 161 | coffee | ||
| 162 | she | ||
| 163 | would | ||
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| 167 | her | ||
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| 169 | which | ||
| 170 | she | ||
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| 172 | each | ||
| 173 | morning | ||
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| 175 | a | ||
| 176 | tupperware | ||
| 177 | container | ||
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| 179 | a | ||
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| 183 | her | ||
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| 188 | in | ||
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| 190 | sharpie | ||
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| 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. |