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@@ -15,24 +15,61 @@ project: | |||
15 | link: angeltoabraham | 15 | link: angeltoabraham |
16 | ... | 16 | ... |
17 | 17 | ||
18 | | A dead man finds his way into our [hearts][] | 18 | | The dead man finds [his way into our hearts][] |
19 | | simply by opening the door and walking in. | 19 | | by [opening the door][] and walking in. |
20 | | He pours himself a drink, speaks aimlessly | 20 | |
21 | | about hunting or some bats he saw | 21 | | He pours himself [a drink][], something like |
22 | | on the way over, wheeling around each other. | 22 | | German cognac, from the mini-bar. He starts talking |
23 | | Look how [they spin][], he says, it's like the | 23 | |
24 | | ripples atoms make as they hurl past each other | 24 | | aimlessly about hunting or some bats he saw |
25 | | in the space between their bodies. | 25 | | on the way over, wheeling around each other |
26 | | We mention the eels at the aquarium, how | 26 | |
27 | | their bodies [knot while mating][]. The dead man | 27 | | like [x-rays][] around bones and soft tissue. |
28 | | was a boyscout once, and tied a lot of knots. | 28 | | The dead man can see x-rays now, he says, |
29 | | His favorite was the one with the rabbit | 29 | |
30 | | and the hole, and the rabbit going in and out | 30 | | a perk of his [condition][]. |
31 | | and around the tree. The dead man liked it | 31 | | It's not so bad, he says, though |
32 | | because he liked to pretend that the rabbit | 32 | |
33 | | was running from a fox, and the rabbit | 33 | | he stops short of saying it's as good as |
34 | | always ended up safe, back in his hole. | 34 | | being alive, an omission we can, ultimately, |
35 | 35 | ||
36 | [hearts]: words-meaning.html | 36 | | forgive. There's [a short silence][] where nothing |
37 | [they spin]: moongone.html | 37 | | is said, we're just looking at him as he looks |
38 | [knot while mating]: spittle.html | 38 | |
39 | | at the ceiling or through it. He looks good | ||
40 | | for being dead. We mention this to him | ||
41 | |||
42 | | but he just looks embarrassed. He mentions | ||
43 | | eels he saw in the aquarium earlier, how they knot | ||
44 | |||
45 | | while mating. For hours, it's just a huge mass | ||
46 | | of [eel flesh, he says, undulating in the water][]. | ||
47 | |||
48 | | We nod, waiting for what he'll say next. He seems | ||
49 | | uncomfortable carrying the conversation, but we | ||
50 | |||
51 | | can't think of anything either. Now it's his turn | ||
52 | | to look at us, and [ours to stare at the ceiling][] | ||
53 | |||
54 | | or wherever. Finally, we mention the knots we tied | ||
55 | | in Boy Scouts, especially the loop---a noose? he asks--- | ||
56 | |||
57 | | but we say no, the one with the rabbit in its hole | ||
58 | | and the tree it goes around. The dead man | ||
59 | |||
60 | | knows that knot, he says, it's a good knot. But what | ||
61 | | he really likes is the rabbit, coming out of its hole | ||
62 | |||
63 | | in the morning, eating some grass, and a fox creeping | ||
64 | | out of its hiding place and chasing the rabbit around | ||
65 | |||
66 | | the tree, back into its hole, where it always ends up safe. | ||
67 | |||
68 | [his way into our hearts]: last-bastion.html | ||
69 | [opening the door]: words-meaning.html | ||
70 | [a drink]: ex-machina.html | ||
71 | [x-rays]: x-ray.html | ||
72 | [condition]: initial-conditions.html | ||
73 | [a short silence]: creation-myth.html | ||
74 | [eel flesh, he says, undulating in the water]: spittle.html | ||
75 | [ours to stare at the ceiling]: moongone.html | ||