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+title: How it happened
+id: howithappened
+genre: 'verse'
+
+project:
+    title: Elegies for alternate selves
+    class: elegies
+    order: 14
+    prev:
+    - title: I am
+      link: i-am
+    next:
+    - title: Love Song
+      link: lovesong
+...
+
+I was away on vacation when I heard--- \
+someone sat at my desk while I was away.  \
+They took my pen, while I was taking \
+surf lessons, and wrote the sun into the sky.  \
+They pre-approved the earth and the waters, \
+and all of the living things, without even \
+having the decency to text me.  It was not I \
+who was behind the phrase "creeping things."  \
+When I got back, of course I was pissed, \
+but it was [already written][] into the policy.  \
+I'm just saying: don't blame me for Cain \
+killing Abel.  That was a murder.  I'm not a cop.  \
+The Tower of Babel fell on its own.  The ark \
+never saw a single drop of rain.  I'm [the drunk][] \
+sitting on the curb who just pissed his pants, \
+holding up a sign asking where I am.
+
+[already written]: shipwright.html
+[the drunk]: problems.html