1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

@@ -12,18 +12,23 @@ it has some baked-in crust from when you \
 cooked chicken last night.  Washing it \
 allows me to think about this poem's title \
 and the first few lines.  Now that I've \
-written them down, I've forgotten the rest.
+written them down, I've [forgotten the rest][].
 
-While sraping at something with my finger- \
+While scraping at something with my finger- \
 nail, I catch myself wondering again whether \
 you'll thank me for washing your dishes.  \
 I realize that this would defeat the point \
 of my gesture, that this has destroyed \
 all good thoughts I've had about saying
 
-"I'm sorry."  This, this is the reason why \
+"I'm sorry."  This, [this is the reason][] why \
 I am always apologizing: because I never \
-mean it, because there is always, in some \
-attic, a thought roaming that says, insists: \
+mean it, because there is always, in [some \
+attic][attic], a thought roaming that says, insists: \
+
 "I've done nothing wrong, and I deserve \
 all I can take, and more than that."
+
+[this is the reason]: http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1703/
+[forgotten the rest]: elegyforanalternateself.html
+[attic]: real-writer.html