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-rw-r--r--src/about-the-author.txt43
-rw-r--r--src/amber-alert.txt11
-rw-r--r--src/and.txt3
-rw-r--r--src/art.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/axe.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/big-dipper.txt12
-rw-r--r--src/boy_bus.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/building.txt27
-rw-r--r--src/call-me-aural-pleasure.txt20
-rw-r--r--src/cereal.txt12
-rw-r--r--src/cold-wind.txt16
-rw-r--r--src/creation-myth.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/death-zone.txt14
-rw-r--r--src/dream.txt17
-rw-r--r--src/early.txt17
-rw-r--r--src/elegyforanalternateself.txt32
-rw-r--r--src/ex-machina.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/exasperated.txt38
-rw-r--r--src/feline.sh19
-rw-r--r--src/finding-the-lion.txt17
-rw-r--r--src/fire.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/found-typewriter-poem.txt22
-rw-r--r--src/hands.txt16
-rw-r--r--src/hard-game.txt12
-rw-r--r--src/hardware.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/i-am.txt3
-rw-r--r--src/i-think-its-you.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.txt2
-rw-r--r--src/in-bed.txt149
-rw-r--r--src/index.txt6
-rw-r--r--src/initial-conditions.txt34
-rw-r--r--src/january.txt42
-rw-r--r--src/joke.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/lappel-du-vide.txt4
-rw-r--r--src/largest-asteroid.txt4
-rw-r--r--src/last-bastion.txt32
-rw-r--r--src/last-passenger.txt17
-rw-r--r--src/leaf.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/leg.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/listen.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/love-as-god.txt56
-rw-r--r--src/man.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/music-433.txt14
-rw-r--r--src/no-nothing.txt47
-rw-r--r--src/nolink.sh14
-rw-r--r--src/notes.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/nothing-is-ever-over.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/options.txt7
-rw-r--r--src/paul.txt4
-rw-r--r--src/phone.txt7
-rw-r--r--src/planks.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/plant.txt63
-rw-r--r--src/poetry-time.txt45
-rw-r--r--src/prelude.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/punch.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/real-writer.txt31
-rw-r--r--src/reports.txt4
-rw-r--r--src/riptide_memory.txt23
-rw-r--r--src/roughgloves.txt3
-rw-r--r--src/sapling.txt7
-rw-r--r--src/seasonal-affective-disorder.txt16
-rw-r--r--src/sense-of-it.txt12
-rw-r--r--src/shed.txt7
-rw-r--r--src/sixteenth-chapel.txt63
-rw-r--r--src/snow.txt17
-rw-r--r--src/stagnant.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/statements-frag.txt33
-rw-r--r--src/stayed-on-the-bus.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/stump.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/swansong-alt.txt35
-rw-r--r--src/swansong.txt5
-rw-r--r--src/table_contents.txt90
-rw-r--r--src/tapestry.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/telemarketer.txt3
-rw-r--r--src/the-night-we-met.txt22
-rw-r--r--src/the-sea_the-beach.txt16
-rw-r--r--src/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt7
-rw-r--r--src/todaniel.txt2
-rw-r--r--src/toothpaste.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/treatise.txt7
-rw-r--r--src/underwear.txt16
-rw-r--r--src/wallpaper.txt10
-rw-r--r--src/when-im-sorry-i.txt15
-rw-r--r--src/window.txt16
-rw-r--r--src/worse-looking-over.txt19
-rw-r--r--src/writing.txt9
-rw-r--r--src/x-ray.txt7
-rw-r--r--src/yellow.txt4
88 files changed, 1151 insertions, 509 deletions
diff --git a/src/about-the-author.txt b/src/about-the-author.txt index 210ba37..937e178 100644 --- a/src/about-the-author.txt +++ b/src/about-the-author.txt
@@ -19,39 +19,50 @@ project:
19 link: riptide_memory 19 link: riptide_memory
20... 20...
21 21
22------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 22----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
23He was born on a few separate occasions _green traffic ligts at night_ 23[He was born][] on a few separate occasions _[green traffic lights][] at night_
24 24
25There was the day of his conception \ _a TV in front of a dumpster_ 25There was the day of his conception \ _[a TV in front of a dumpster][]_
26a wintery affair saved for those involved 26a wintery affair saved for those involved
27 27
28The day he wriggled forth \ 28The day he wriggled forth \
29from the dark tunnel of nothing \ _surprise photo of you at Walgreen's_ 29from the dark tunnel of nothing \ _surprise photo of you at Walgreen's_
30his mother's womb 30[his mother's womb][]
31 31
32The founding of his little city \ 32The founding of his little city \
33deep inside by the smal builders \ _a pink dress in the alley behind your house_ 33deep inside by the small builders \ _a [pink dress in the alley][] behind your house_
34alien as they were and still \ 34alien as they were and still \
35somehow intimately familiar 35somehow intimately familiar
36 36
37Like any city it had its ups \ 37Like any city it had its ups \
38and downs the fever of 1994 \ _me buying a Reese's peanut butter cup for a child_ \ 38and downs the fever of 1994 \ _me buying a Reese's peanut butter cup for a child_ \
39was especially devastating \ _[whose family couldn't afford it]_ \ 39was especially devastating \ _[whose family couldn't afford it]_ \
40but they were a hardy folk \ _in front of me in line at Safeway_ 40but they were a hardy folk \ _[in front of me in line at Safeway][]_
41not much given to flight 41not much given to flight
42 42
43As all things must pass the \ 43As all things must pass the \
44little city began slowly to decay \ _trees at night their skeletons_ \ 44little city began slowly to decay \ _trees at night their skeletons_ \
45the old ones claimed the young \ _revealed by a camera flash_ 45the [old ones claimed the young][] \ _revealed by a camera flash_
46had no respect for culture anymore 46had no respect for culture anymore
47 47
48They began to die off slowly \ 48They began to die off slowly \
49more quickly than being born \ _two earthworms on pavement after a rain_ 49more quickly than being born \ _[two earthworms on pavement after a rain][]_
50the end was coming closer 50the end was coming closer
51 51
52As the last breath was made \ 52As the [last breath][] was made \
53the last accounts closed in the city _keys tacked to a sign in Buffalo Park_ 53the last accounts closed in the city _keys tacked to a sign in Buffalo Park_
54 54
55It was given over to other builders _man flipping a four-wheeler and walking it off_ 55It was given over to other builders _man flipping a [four-wheeler][] and walking it off_
56 56
57------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 57----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
58
59[two earthworms on pavement after a rain]: the-sea_the-beach.html
60[He was born]: sixteenth-chapel.html
61[a TV in front of a dumpster]: options.html
62[his mother's womb]: death-zone.html
63[green traffic lights]: stayed-on-the-bus.html
64[pink dress in the alley]: in-bed.html
65[in front of me in line at Safeway]: last-bastion.html
66[old ones claimed the young]: creation-myth.html
67[last breath]: last-passenger.html
68[four-wheeler]: deadman.html
diff --git a/src/amber-alert.txt b/src/amber-alert.txt index 38844a5..7bc7171 100644 --- a/src/amber-alert.txt +++ b/src/amber-alert.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ genre: prose
4 4
5epigraph: 5epigraph:
6 content: Apparently it does nothing. 6 content: Apparently it does nothing.
7 link: TODO 7 link: 'http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/07/20/abducted/?page=full'
8 8
9project: 9project:
10 title: Stark Raving 10 title: Stark Raving
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ project:
22 link: poetry-time 22 link: poetry-time
23... 23...
24 24
25![https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Amber_Hagerman.jpg] 25![Amber Hagerman](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Amber_Hagerman.jpg)
26 26
27Lost things have a way of staying lost. 27[Lost things have a way of staying lost.][]
28They have to want to be found---is that why we tack up signs, hang socks from hooks in the park, have a box for what's been lost but now is found? 28They have to want to be found---is that why we tack up signs, hang socks from hooks in the park, have a box for what's been lost but now is found?
29Maybe the lost *want* to be found but we're looking in the wrong places. 29Maybe the lost *want* to be found but we're looking in the wrong places.
30Maybe we speak the wrong language, the language of the found, to call to them. 30Maybe we speak the wrong language, the language of the found, to call to them.
31Maybe we should try another door. 31Maybe we should [try another door][].
32
33[try another door]: statements-frag.html
34[Lost things have a way of staying lost.]: lappel-du-vide
diff --git a/src/and.txt b/src/and.txt index ccb1c51..5e40517 100644 --- a/src/and.txt +++ b/src/and.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ project:
23... 23...
24 24
25And you were there in the start of it all \ 25And you were there in the start of it all \
26and you folded your hands like little doves \ 26and you folded your [hands like little doves][] \
27that would fly away like an afterthought \ 27that would fly away like an afterthought \
28and you turned to me the window light on your face \ 28and you turned to me the window light on your face \
29and you asked me something that I did not recognize \ 29and you asked me something that I did not recognize \
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ and you nodded to yourself at something he said
45 45
46[church]: boar.html 46[church]: boar.html
47[grieving something gone]: roughgloves.html 47[grieving something gone]: roughgloves.html
48[hands like little doves]: cold-wind.html
diff --git a/src/art.txt b/src/art.txt index dc6e0bb..97f6512 100644 --- a/src/art.txt +++ b/src/art.txt
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ project:
15 15
16Paul was writing in his diary about art. 16Paul was writing in his diary about art.
17 17
18_This is my brain_ he wrote. 18_[This is my brain][]_ he wrote.
19_This is my brain and all it contains. 19_This is my brain and all it contains.
20'I contain multitudes' said Legion. 20['I contain multitudes' said Legion.][]
21I think it was Legion._ 21I think it was Legion._
22The big heading he had written at the top of the page (_ART_ it read, but only when looking at it from his point of view) sat cold and alone, neglected in the white space surrounding it. 22The big heading he had written at the top of the page (_ART_ it read, but only when looking at it from his point of view) sat cold and alone, neglected in the [white space][] surrounding it.
23He noticed this presently (but not after he had written a little more about multitudes), paused, frowned, and began to write again. 23He noticed this presently (but not after he had written a little more about multitudes), paused, frowned, and began to write again.
24 24
25_ART stands alone at the top of a blank page_ he wrote. 25_ART stands alone at the top of a blank page_ he wrote.
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ _It follows ~~itself in circles~~ its own footprints in a circle around its own
27It leads nowhere but is present everywhere. 27It leads nowhere but is present everywhere.
28~~It contains~~ It contains multitudes. 28~~It contains~~ It contains multitudes.
29Every painting ever made is a painting of every other painting. 29Every painting ever made is a painting of every other painting.
30Every song is a remix, a cover version._ 30Every song is a remix, a [cover version][]._
31He crossed out the part about songs for getting off topic. 31He crossed out the part about songs for getting off topic.
32He made a note to himself in the margin---_Music is not ART._ 32He made a note to himself in the margin---_Music is not ART._
33
34[This is my brain]: ouroboros_memory.html
35['I contain multitudes' said Legion.]: TODO_BIBLE_LINK
36[white space]: sense-of-it.html
37[cover version]: music-433.html
diff --git a/src/axe.txt b/src/axe.txt index 4643aaf..81203ca 100644 --- a/src/axe.txt +++ b/src/axe.txt
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ He chuckled to himself as he shouldered his axe and went into the forest.
28Deep into the woods he admired the organization of the trees. 28Deep into the woods he admired the organization of the trees.
29"They grow wherever they fall" he said "but still none is too close to another." 29"They grow wherever they fall" he said "but still none is too close to another."
30He sounded like Solomon to himself. 30He sounded like Solomon to himself.
31He imagined he had a beard. 31[He imagined he had a beard.][]
32 32
33He walked for a long time in the shadows of the forest, in its coolness. 33He walked for a long time in the shadows of the forest, in its coolness.
34It sounded like snow had fallen but it was still October. 34It sounded like snow had fallen but it was still [October][].
35The first time the trees seemed to radiate out from him in straight lines he stopped and turned around four times. 35The first time the trees seemed to radiate out from him in straight lines he stopped and turned around four times.
36After he walked on he noticed it happened fairly often. 36After he walked on he noticed it happened fairly often.
37 37
38Still, after he felled his first tree that day he realized they grew from the epicenter of his axe. 38Still, after he felled his first tree that day he realized they grew from the epicenter of his axe.
39He paused in the small dark sound of the forest quiet. 39He paused in the [small dark sound][] of the forest quiet.
40
41[He imagined he had a beard.]: riptide_memory.html
42[October]: january.html
43[small dark sound]: last-bastion.html
diff --git a/src/big-dipper.txt b/src/big-dipper.txt index 7155ee9..8208484 100644 --- a/src/big-dipper.txt +++ b/src/big-dipper.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ project:
20 20
21After searching for days or even months \ 21After searching for days or even months \
22I finally find it reclining lazily \ 22I finally find it reclining lazily \
23above the peaks above the city as if to ask \ 23[above the peaks][] above the city as if to ask \
24Did you miss me? Yes very much I reply \ 24Did you miss me? Yes very much I reply \
25and rush to embrace it but it smiles \ 25and rush to embrace it but it smiles \
26and recoils and tells me No no you \ 26and recoils and tells me No no you \
27have to try harder than that it says \ 27have to try harder than that it says \
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@ I say its mouth is the sunset over mountains \
35it knows mountains but the sunset \ 35it knows mountains but the sunset \
36is only a rumor from the Evening Star \ 36is only a rumor from the Evening Star \
37I tell the Big Dipper that it moves \ 37I tell the Big Dipper that it moves \
38like a quiet river across the earth 38[like a quiet river across the earth][]
39 39
40Rivers I have seen says the Big Dipper \ 40Rivers I have seen says the Big Dipper \
41they sparkle in the light from my stars \ 41they sparkle in the light from my stars \
42Your stars like eyes I say and it smiles \ 42Your stars like eyes I say and it smiles \
43No it says that is too easy \ 43[No it says that is too easy][] \
44It turns its back \ 44It turns its back \
45it walks home along the back of the mountain 45it walks home along the back of the mountain
46
47[above the peaks]: finding-the-lion.html
48[like a quiet river across the earth]: no-nothing.html
49[No it says that is too easy]: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/writer
diff --git a/src/boy_bus.txt b/src/boy_bus.txt index dd5d462..da16af2 100644 --- a/src/boy_bus.txt +++ b/src/boy_bus.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ project:
18 link: exasperated 18 link: exasperated
19... 19...
20 20
21When he said Bible I heard his southern accent \ 21When he said [Bible][] I heard his southern accent \
22and he had a face I expect all pastors must have \ 22and he had a face I expect all pastors must have \
23a round open honest face \ 23a round open honest face \
24that will always be a boy's face \ 24that will always be a boy's face \
@@ -28,15 +28,20 @@ near my age though I hardly call myself a man
28I have seen this face before whether in life or a dream \ 28I have seen this face before whether in life or a dream \
29I can't tell \ 29I can't tell \
30I might've seen him on the street once \ 30I might've seen him on the street once \
31twice who knows and his pastor's moon face \ 31twice who knows and his pastor's [moon face][] \
32reminds me of something \ 32reminds me of something \
33some distant light my life used to own 33some distant light my life used to own
34 34
35One night on my birthday the moon was so strong it cast shadows \ 35[One night on my birthday the moon was so strong it cast shadows][] \
36I could see to the far hill and back it was all clear to me 36I could see to the far hill and back it was all clear to me
37 37
38The moon hasn't done that in a long time \ 38The moon hasn't done that in a long time \
39its face has been obscured by clouds for weeks \ 39[its face has been obscured by clouds][] for weeks \
40and that boy on the bus his face I've forgotten \ 40and that boy on the bus his face I've forgotten \
41I thought I recognized a good number of people \ 41I thought I recognized a good number of people \
42on that bus who I didn't know at all 42on that bus who I didn't know at all
43
44[its face has been obscured by clouds]: moongone.html
45[One night on my birthday the moon was so strong it cast shadows]: in-bed.html
46[moon face]: moon-drowning.html
47[Bible]: mountain.html
diff --git a/src/building.txt b/src/building.txt index 88cbefc..ae0cdce 100644 --- a/src/building.txt +++ b/src/building.txt
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ project:
18 link: axe 18 link: axe
19... 19...
20 20
21_ART and CRAFT are only the inside and outside of the same building. 21_[ART and CRAFT][] are only the inside and outside of the same building.
22The ceiling is_---here he put his eraser to his bottom lip, thinking. 22The ceiling is_---here he put his eraser to his bottom lip, thinking.
23He crossed out _~~The ceiling is.~~_ 23He crossed out _~~The ceiling is.~~_
24_The floor is reality and the ceiling is ~~aspiration~~ ~~desire~~ that which is desired. 24_The floor is reality and the ceiling is ~~aspiration~~ ~~desire~~ that which is desired.
25CRAFT is building a chair from wood. 25CRAFT is building a [chair][] from wood.
26ART is using the wood as a substrate for an emotional message to a future person, the READER / VIEWER._ 26ART is using the wood as a substrate for an emotional [message to a future person][], the READER / VIEWER._
27 27
28_The important thing is they are both made of wood. 28_The important thing is they are both made of wood.
29The important thing is they were both, at one point, alive natural things that grew and changed and pushed their way out of the dirt into the air. 29The important thing is they were both, at one point, alive natural things that grew and changed and pushed their way out of the dirt into the air.
@@ -31,12 +31,21 @@ They formed buildings out of the air.
31They didn't even try._ 31They didn't even try._
32 32
33_What separates us from them, the trees? 33_What separates us from them, the trees?
34We have to try. 34[We have to try.][]
35We must labor to create our ART, our buildings of air. 35We must labor to create our ART, [our buildings of air][].
36We lay them out brick by brick, we build them up by disintegrating trees and forming them again into what they were before. 36We lay them out brick by brick, we build them up by disintegrating trees and forming them again into what they were before.
37Why must we do this? are there any advantages to this human method?_ 37Why must we do this? Are there any advantages to this human method?_
38 38
39_Our advantage is memory. 39_Our advantage is [memory][].
40Our advantage is the reaching-out over space and time to others with our words, our ART. 40Our advantage is the reaching-out over space and time to others with our words, our ART.
41Our buildings last for generations, and after they are demolished they are written about, photographs are taken, we **remember**. 41Our buildings last for generations, and after they are demolished they are written about, [photographs][] are taken, we **remember**.
42The act of memory is our only ART._ 42The [act of memory][] is our only ART._
43
44[ART and CRAFT]: toilet.html
45[chair]: boar.html
46[message to a future person]: poetry-time.html
47[We have to try.]: plant.html
48[our buildings of air]: index.html
49[photographs]: man.html
50[memory]: ouroboros_memory.html
51[act of memory]: riptide_memory.html
diff --git a/src/call-me-aural-pleasure.txt b/src/call-me-aural-pleasure.txt index a4b4dbf..6745c61 100644 --- a/src/call-me-aural-pleasure.txt +++ b/src/call-me-aural-pleasure.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ project:
16Like _40_ as I challenge anyone to come too! \ 16Like _40_ as I challenge anyone to come too! \
17It's like you're the epitome of lame! \ 17It's like you're the epitome of lame! \
18She's all _I am SOOOO CONFUSED_ \ 18She's all _I am SOOOO CONFUSED_ \
19Aw yeah she got word from yarn. \ 19Aw yeah she got [word from yarn][]. \
20---but technically it's a pretty sweet, huh? 20---but technically it's a pretty sweet, huh?
21 21
22Dude we were going and delicate fragrance of arguments get based off of are not try \ 22Dude we were going and delicate fragrance of arguments get based off of are not try \
@@ -24,20 +24,20 @@ dropping glasses in such an emotional rollercoaster you \
24and yes, I'm cocky enough to do anything! \ 24and yes, I'm cocky enough to do anything! \
25I am as good as Phineas and make another picture symphony \ 25I am as good as Phineas and make another picture symphony \
26This is a modification of a young woman to try \ 26This is a modification of a young woman to try \
27groups disband after they get your Meacham stuff please let it \ 27groups disband after they get your [Meacham stuff][] please let it \
28RJ Covino, own statuses that'll be a great 28RJ Covino, own statuses that'll be a great
29 29
30MY OWN afterbirth than do that \ 30MY OWN afterbirth can do that \
31I am 2 we can be KISSED ON THE page. \ 31[I am 2 we can be KISSED][] ON THE page. \
32You know I'm not sure that \ 32You know I'm not sure that \
33Ben & Jerry's FTW \ 33Ben & Jerry's FTW \
344/10 would not be able to vote, because I gotta do it \ 344/10 would not be able to vote, because I gotta do it \
35This is going to be sad about what \ 35This is going to be sad about what \
36Rush Limbaugh comes forward with sunglassesbut at least I wasn't wearing a messenger bag or skinny jeans! \ 36Rush Limbaugh comes forward with sunglasses but at least I wasn't wearing a messenger bag or skinny jeans! \
37The cooler THAN Facebook \ 37The cooler THAN Facebook \
38Wine is the best. \ 38Wine is the best. \
39 39
40YES I was surprised at first, but the train one, definitely. \ 40YES I was surprised at first, [but the train one][], definitely. \
41 41
42Also Valhalla is a dumbass... \ 42Also Valhalla is a dumbass... \
43But we can get based off of course, Jon. \ 43But we can get based off of course, Jon. \
@@ -46,5 +46,11 @@ CELEBRATE FRANKSGIVING TOO! \
46That didn't get started on that \ 46That didn't get started on that \
47FRANCIS OF VERULAM REASONED THUS WITH the courage to reply. \ 47FRANCIS OF VERULAM REASONED THUS WITH the courage to reply. \
48Anyone wanna watch out \ 48Anyone wanna watch out \
49I am cranky from Bro a good as a way to hijack my hand. \ 49I am cranky from Bro a good as a way to [hijack my hand][]. \
50Afterbend was not to produce photographs. 50Afterbend was not to produce photographs.
51
52[word from yarn]: roughgloves.html
53[I am 2 we can be KISSED]: spittle.html
54[but the train one]: http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~deepthi/If_on_a_winter%27s_night_a_traveler.html
55[hijack my hand]: x-ray.html
56[Meacham stuff]: http://www.meachamwriters.org/index.htm
diff --git a/src/cereal.txt b/src/cereal.txt index b353644..9013bcb 100644 --- a/src/cereal.txt +++ b/src/cereal.txt
@@ -18,24 +18,28 @@ project:
18 link: building 18 link: building
19... 19...
20 20
21He woke up after eleven and didn't go outside all day, not even to his Writing Shack. 21He woke up after eleven and didn't go [outside][] all day, not even to his Writing Shack.
22What did he do? 22What did he do?
23 23
24He watched late morning cartoons meant for children too young to go to school. 24He watched late morning cartoons meant for children too young to go to school.
25He ate bowls of cereal. 25He ate bowls of cereal.
26He watched his mother play dominoes. 26He watched his mother play dominoes.
27He played dominoes with her for a little while until she was winning by such a margin it wasn't fun for either of them. 27He played dominoes with her for a little while until she was winning by such a margin it wasn't fun for either of them.
28He went down to the basement to do his laundry. 28He went down to the basement to do his [laundry][].
29He pulled the chain for the light and it turned on like magic. 29He pulled the chain for the light and it turned on like magic.
30"Electricity is like magic" he said to himself. 30"Electricity is like magic" he said to himself.
31He thought he would like to write that down but his Implements were in the Shack. 31He thought he would like to write that down but his Implements were in the Shack.
32He'd already built up so much momentum inside. 32He'd already built up so much momentum inside.
33 33
34Inertia? he thought. 34---Inertia? he thought.
35"What's the difference between inertia and momentum" he asked himself as he hefted dirty clothes into the washer. 35"What's the difference between inertia and momentum" he asked himself as he hefted dirty clothes into the washer.
36"Maybe inertia is the momentum of not moving" he thought as he measured and poured the blue detergent into the drum. 36"Maybe inertia is the momentum of not moving" he thought as he measured and poured the blue detergent into the drum.
37"Momentum is the inertia of moving forward through time" as he selected WARM-COLD on the dial and pulled it out to start the machine. 37"Momentum is the inertia of moving forward through time" as he selected WARM-COLD on the dial and pulled it out to start the machine.
38"What do you think is the difference between inertia and momentum" he asked his mother when he opened the door at the top of the stairs. 38"What do you think is the difference between inertia and momentum" he asked his mother when he opened the door at the top of the stairs.
39 39
40"When you switch over your laundry could you bring up my underwear from the dryer" she asked not looking up from her dominoes. 40"When you switch over your laundry could you bring up my underwear from the dryer" she asked not looking up from her dominoes.
41A thread of smoke curled from her cigarette and spread out on the ceiling. 41A [thread of smoke][] curled from her cigarette and spread out on the ceiling.
42
43[outside]: time-looks-up-to-the-sky.html
44[laundry]: underwear.html
45[thread of smoke]: last-passenger.html
diff --git a/src/cold-wind.txt b/src/cold-wind.txt index 1281b10..5cd04d8 100644 --- a/src/cold-wind.txt +++ b/src/cold-wind.txt
@@ -9,16 +9,22 @@ project:
9 css: autocento 9 css: autocento
10... 10...
11 11
12Man of autumn, cold wind, \ 12[Man of autumn][], cold wind, \
13blow down the trees' leaves. \ 13blow down the trees' leaves. \
14Fire on the ground. The sky \ 14[Fire on the ground][]. The sky \
15perfect water, frost-cold, \ 15perfect water, frost-cold, \
16rippled only by flocks \ 16rippled only by flocks \
17of black birds flying, gone. \ 17[of black birds][] flying, gone. \
18Their brightness can blind \ 18Their brightness can blind \
19an uncareful watcher, work him \ 19an uncareful watcher, work him \
20in a froth of hands, not-wings \ 20[in a froth of hands][], not-wings \
21that ache with the loss of flight. \ 21that ache with the loss of flight. \
22A tear is flung faithfully \ 22A tear is flung faithfully \
23to the ocean of air, slipping in \ 23[to the ocean of air][], slipping in \
24slowly, is as gone as the birds. 24slowly, is as gone as the birds.
25
26[Man of autumn]: january.html
27[Fire on the ground]: fire.html
28[of black birds]: i-think-its-you.html
29[in a froth of hands]: when-im-sorry-i.html
30[to the ocean of air]: lappel-du-vide.html
diff --git a/src/creation-myth.txt b/src/creation-myth.txt index faed75d..d999f55 100644 --- a/src/creation-myth.txt +++ b/src/creation-myth.txt
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ walk into a bar. One turns to the other and says, \
12"Did you remember to check the end state \ 12"Did you remember to check the end state \
13of that simulation we were running?" The other \ 13of that simulation we were running?" The other \
14says, "No, I thought that you did?" To which \ 14says, "No, I thought that you did?" To which \
15the first replies, "Oh shit, we missed it. \ 15the first replies, "[Oh shit][], we missed it. \
16I suppose we must do all of this again. Barkeep, 16I suppose we must do all of this again. Barkeep,
17 17
18two beers please." The bartender nods in that way \ 18two beers please." The bartender nods in that way \
19that bartenders do, pours the two beers, \ 19that bartenders do, pours the two beers, \
20expertly, by the way, just so, and hands them \ 20expertly, by the way, just so, and hands them \
21to the first hyperintelligent pandimensional being. \ 21to the first [hyperintelligent pandimensional][] being. \
22The second one pulls a few singles out of his \ 22The second one pulls a few singles out of his \
23wallet, places them on the bar, and the pair \ 23wallet, places them on the bar, and the pair \
24turn around and begin walking toward a table \ 24turn around and begin walking toward a table \
@@ -32,13 +32,18 @@ One of them, the one without the beer, breaks \
32the silence by exclaiming, "Oh dear god, I'm \ 32the silence by exclaiming, "Oh dear god, I'm \
33sorry! I didn't know your prices went up since \ 33sorry! I didn't know your prices went up since \
34last time. What do I owe you?" The bartender \ 34last time. What do I owe you?" The bartender \
35says, "Oh, just another dollar-fifty." The being \ 35says, "Oh, just another [dollar][]-fifty." The being \
36reaches in his back pocket, slides out his \ 36reaches in his back pocket, slides out his \
37wallet, looks in smiling, and frowns when he sees \ 37wallet, looks in smiling, and frowns when he sees \
38it's empty. He looks to the other and says, \ 38it's empty. He looks to the other and says, \
39"You got a buck-fifty I can borrow?" 39"You got a [buck][]-fifty I can borrow?"
40 40
41The second hyperintelligent pandimensional being \ 41The second hyperintelligent pandimensional being \
42considers this. He sets the beers down \ 42considers this. He sets the beers down \
43on the table, pulls out his own wallet, opens \ 43on the table, pulls out his own wallet, opens \
44it, and frowns. "I'm broke too," he says. 44it, and frowns. "I'm broke too," he says.
45
46[hyperintelligent pandimensional]: http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Mice
47[Oh shit]: movingsideways.html
48[dollar]: 100-lines.html
49[buck]: plant.html
diff --git a/src/death-zone.txt b/src/death-zone.txt index a93ef0a..86108a2 100644 --- a/src/death-zone.txt +++ b/src/death-zone.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ genre: verse
5epigraph: 5epigraph:
6 content: And my life became death. 6 content: And my life became death.
7 attrib: Philip Gould 7 attrib: Philip Gould
8 link: TODO 8 link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/11/19/245996903/embracing-life-and-death
9 9
10project: 10project:
11 title: Stark Raving 11 title: Stark Raving
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ project:
23 link: amber-alert 23 link: amber-alert
24... 24...
25 25
26![TODO] 26![Philip Gould](img/gould.png)
27 27
28When I think of death I think \ 28When I think of death I think \
29of Peter Falk in _The Princess Bride_ patting \ 29of Peter Falk in _The Princess Bride_ patting \
30his pockets as he leaves the room 30[his pockets][] as he leaves the room
31 31
32Life is a series of doors or so \ 32Life is a series of doors or so \
33they say but I ask them this \ 33they say but I ask them this \
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ For Falk maybe it leads backstage \
37a black-walled catered affair with stage \ 37a black-walled catered affair with stage \
38lights slowly baking stale muffins 38lights slowly baking stale muffins
39 39
40Sweaty cheese leaking onto dried-out \ 40[Sweaty cheese][] leaking onto dried-out \
41grapes a chocolate fountain clogged \ 41grapes a chocolate fountain clogged \
42by some errant strawberry crown 42by some errant strawberry crown
43 43
@@ -45,10 +45,14 @@ but this is not where it leads for you or \
45for me that door opens onto darkness marked \ 45for me that door opens onto darkness marked \
46only by a trellis or the lid of a casket 46only by a trellis or the lid of a casket
47 47
48the door of the earth's womb opening \ 48the door of the [earth's womb][] opening \
49finally to accept us and with us the dirt \ 49finally to accept us and with us the dirt \
50not to grow more strawberries for Falk 50not to grow more strawberries for Falk
51 51
52but to pad his feet as he walks overhead \ 52but to pad his feet as he walks overhead \
53to visit someone he certainly cares about \ 53to visit someone he certainly cares about \
54but whose name is lost to posterity. 54but whose name is lost to posterity.
55
56[his pockets]: creation-myth.html
57[Sweaty cheese]: i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html
58[earth's womb]: about-the-author.html
diff --git a/src/dream.txt b/src/dream.txt index 8081ad2..29211a6 100644 --- a/src/dream.txt +++ b/src/dream.txt
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ project:
19... 19...
20 20
21It had gotten cold. 21It had gotten cold.
22He went to lay down in bed with a pad and paper. 22He went to lay down [in bed][] with a pad and paper.
23He began to write. 23He began to write.
24Although he hadn't tried it much in bed before, he liked it mostly. 24Although he hadn't tried it much in bed before, he liked it mostly.
25His arm got tired journeying across the page like a series of switchbacks down the wall of the Grand Canyon. 25His arm got tired journeying across the page like a series of switchbacks down the wall of the Grand Canyon.
26He wrote this down in the margin, for later: 26He wrote this down in the margin, for later:
27 27
28_Arm journeying across_ \ 28_Arm journeying across \
29_the pg. like a_ \ 29the pg. like a \
30_series of switch-_ \ 30series of switch- \
31_backs down the wall_ \ 31backs down the wall \
32_of the Grand Canyon_ 32of the Grand Canyon_
33 33
34His arm began to pain him. 34His arm began to pain him.
35He adjusted his position in the bed. 35He adjusted his position in the bed.
@@ -38,9 +38,12 @@ It still hurt as he wrote.
38He began to be distracted by his mother's music playing in the next room. 38He began to be distracted by his mother's music playing in the next room.
39 39
40"Could you turn that down please" he hollered across the wall to his mother. 40"Could you turn that down please" he hollered across the wall to his mother.
41She made no reply (music too loud). 41She made no reply ([music too loud][]).
42He gave his arm a break to look at what he'd written. 42He gave his arm a break to look at what he'd written.
43He couldn't make heads or tails of it. 43He couldn't make heads or tails of it.
44It looked like Arabic. 44It looked like Arabic.
45 45
46He woke up gasping in a sweat. 46He woke up gasping in a sweat.
47
48[in bed]: in-bed.html
49[music too loud]: music-433.html
diff --git a/src/early.txt b/src/early.txt index 0553a82..bcdf03a 100644 --- a/src/early.txt +++ b/src/early.txt
@@ -18,26 +18,33 @@ project:
18 link: dream 18 link: dream
19... 19...
20 20
21_YOU CANNOT DISCOVER ART ART MUST BE CREATED_ he sat on the couch at home while his mother watched TV and smoked. 21_YOU CANNOT DISCOVER ART ART MUST BE CREATED_ he sat on the couch at home while his mother [watched TV][] and smoked.
22Dinner had been chicken and peas with milk and afterward Paul and his mother sat on opposite ends of the couch. 22[Dinner had been chicken][] and peas with [milk][] and afterward Paul and his mother sat on opposite ends of the couch.
23At intervals she would look sideways at Paul writing. 23At intervals she would look sideways at Paul writing.
24He pretended not to notice. 24He pretended not to notice.
25 25
26_ART = ARTIFICE_ he wrote. 26_ART = ARTIFICE_ he wrote.
27_ARTIFICE MEANS UNNATURAL. 27_ARTIFICE MEANS UNNATURAL.
28ARTIFICE MEANS BUILT. 28ARTIFICE MEANS BUILT.
29TO BUILD MEANS TO FIND A PATTERN & FIND A PATTERN IS WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT._ 29TO BUILD MEANS TO [FIND A PATTERN][] & FIND A PATTERN IS WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT._
30He thought about this while someone else won a car. 30He thought about this while someone else won a car.
31 31
32"Do you think humans are good at finding patterns because we are hunters" he asked his mother. 32"Do you think humans are good at finding patterns because we are hunters" he asked his mother.
33She looked sideways at him and said "Sure Paul." 33She [looked sideways][] at him and said "Sure Paul."
34"Early on in our evolution we were hunters right? 34"Early on in our evolution we were hunters right?
35And to hunt we had to see the patterns in seemingly random events, like where the gazelle went each year" 35And to hunt we had to see the patterns in seemingly random events, like where the gazelle went each year"
36"Paul I'm trying to watch TV. 36"Paul I'm trying to watch TV.
37If you're going to write this stuff go do it in your room you're distracting." 37If you're going to write this stuff go do it in your room you're distracting."
38Paul got up and went to his room and lay down on his bed. 38Paul got up and went to his room and lay down on his bed.
39 39
40"If the gazelle went to the same place every year" he thought "did they know the pattern too? 40"If the gazelle went [to the same place][] every year" he thought "did they know the pattern too?
41Or was it random for them, did they think each year 'This seems like a good spot let's graze here' without knowing?" 41Or was it random for them, did they think each year 'This seems like a good spot let's graze here' without knowing?"
42 42
43He wrote _PATTERN = MEMORY_ in his notebook. 43He wrote _PATTERN = MEMORY_ in his notebook.
44
45[watched TV]: real-writer.html
46[Dinner had been chicken]: when-im-sorry-i.html
47[milk]: shipwright.html
48[FIND A PATTERN]: fire.html
49[looked sideways]: movingsideways.html
50[to the same place]: serengeti.html
diff --git a/src/elegyforanalternateself.txt b/src/elegyforanalternateself.txt index b52c2c4..6d2af42 100644 --- a/src/elegyforanalternateself.txt +++ b/src/elegyforanalternateself.txt
@@ -7,20 +7,26 @@ project:
7 css: autocento 7 css: autocento
8... 8...
9 9
10Say there are no words. Say that we are conjoined \ 10Say there are no words. Say that we are conjoined \
11from birth, or better still, say we are myself. \ 11from birth, or better still, say we are myself. \
12---But I still talk to myself, I build my world \ 12---But I still talk to myself, I build my world \
13through language, so if we say there are no words \ 13through language, so if we say there are [no words][] \
14this is not enough. Say we are instead some animal, \ 14this is not enough. Say we are instead some animal, \
15or better yet, a plant, or a flagellum motoring \ 15or better yet, [a plant][], or a flagellum motoring \
16aimlessly around. (Say that humans are the only things \ 16aimlessly around. (Say that humans are the only things \
17that reason. Say that we're the only things that worry.) 17that reason. Say that we're the [only things that worry][].)
18 18
19Say that I am separate. To say there's everything else \ 19Say that I am separate. To say there's everything else \
20and then there's me is wrong. Each thing is separate: \ 20and then there's me is wrong. Each thing is separate: \
21there is no whole in the world. Say this is both good \ 21[there is no whole in the world][]. Say this is both good \
22and bad, or rather, say there is no good or bad but only \ 22and bad, or rather, say there is no good or bad but only \
23being, more and more of it always added, none taken out \ 23being, more and more of it always added, none taken out \
24though it can be forgotten. Say that forgetting \ 24though it can be forgotten. Say that forgetting \
25is a function of our remembering. (Say that humans only \ 25is a function of our remembering. (Say that humans only \
26worry about separation. Say that only humans feel it.) 26[worry about separation][]. Say that only humans feel it.)
27
28[no words]: hymnal.html
29[a plant]: plant.html
30[only things that worry]: movingsideways.html
31[there is no whole in the world]: i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html
32[worry about separation]: swansong-alt.html
diff --git a/src/ex-machina.txt b/src/ex-machina.txt index 131b4b3..03a9ac5 100644 --- a/src/ex-machina.txt +++ b/src/ex-machina.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ school, wondering what their next \
24move would be. The Coke machine 24move would be. The Coke machine
25 25
26had always wanted to live \ 26had always wanted to live \
27the life of a hobo, jumping trains, \ 27the life of a [hobo][], jumping trains, \
28eating from garbage, making fire 28eating from garbage, making fire
29 29
30in old oil drums. It had some \ 30in old oil drums. It had some \
@@ -35,14 +35,18 @@ Its opinion was to head to court, \
35sue the bastards at the school for early \ 35sue the bastards at the school for early \
36termination of contract. It was 36termination of contract. It was
37 37
38the embodiment of justifiable anger. \ 38the embodiment of [justifiable anger][]. \
39It believed privately that it was an incarnation \ 39It believed privately that it was an incarnation \
40of Nemesis, the goddess of divine 40of Nemesis, the goddess of divine
41 41
42retribution. What the snack machine \ 42retribution. What the snack machine \
43thought, it kept to itself, but it did say \ 43thought, it kept to itself, but it did say \
44that nothing ever ends. The others 44that [nothing ever ends][]. The others
45 45
46were confused, then angry, but finally \ 46were confused, then angry, but finally \
47understood, or thought they did. The snack \ 47understood, or thought they did. The snack \
48machine's candy melted in the sun. 48machine's candy melted in the sun.
49
50[hobo]: prelude.html
51[justifiable anger]: table_contents.html
52[nothing ever ends]: no-nothing.html
diff --git a/src/exasperated.txt b/src/exasperated.txt index 493f9f5..037302d 100644 --- a/src/exasperated.txt +++ b/src/exasperated.txt
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ project:
18 link: death-zone 18 link: death-zone
19... 19...
20 20
21I didn't write this sestina yesterday. \ 21I didn't write this sestina yesterday. \
22It's the first time I fell behind in my task \ 22It's the first time I fell behind in my task \
23and hopefully, the only time it will. \ 23and hopefully, the only time it will. \
24This means that today I must write two \ 24This means that today I must write two \
25sestinas. If I don't write them today, I \ 25sestinas. If I don't write them today, I \
26will have to write two later down the line. 26will have to write two later down the line.
27 27
28Although I feel I'm slogging through each line \ 28Although I feel I'm slogging through each line \
@@ -30,36 +30,42 @@ I think I'm doing better every day, \
30though maybe this is wishful thinking: I \ 30though maybe this is wishful thinking: I \
31showed my friend my just-completed task \ 31showed my friend my just-completed task \
32two days ago (my God, was it two \ 32two days ago (my God, was it two \
33entire days? I've no idea what I'll 33entire days? I've no idea what I'll
34 34
35do after thirty-nine days. I think I'll \ 35do [after thirty-nine days][]. I think I'll \
36feel like Inigo Montoya, who'd been in the line \ 36feel like [Inigo Montoya][], who'd been in the line \
37of revenging for so long, he didn't know what to \ 37of revenging for so long, he didn't know what to \
38do with the rest of his life), and he deigned \ 38do with the rest of his life), and he deigned \
39to be polite, but I could tell the task \ 39to be polite, but I could tell the task \
40was hard for him. He told me finally that I 40was hard for him. He told me finally that I
41 41
42had made a noble effort, but that ultimately I \ 42had made a noble effort, but that ultimately I \
43failed. So my question: when will \ 43failed. [So my question][]: when will \
44I be a decent sestina writer? For this is my task. \ 44I be a decent sestina writer? For this is my task. \
45Maybe if I just keep cranking out line after line \ 45Maybe if I just keep cranking out line after line \
46I'll finally figure it out. Maybe one more day \ 46I'll finally figure it out. Maybe one more day \
47or another week will do it, or maybe I'll need two, 47or another week will do it, or maybe I'll need two,
48 48
49or maybe it'll never happen. Maybe a sestina's too \ 49or maybe it'll never happen. Maybe a sestina's too \
50involved, too much weaving of words too fine, and I \ 50involved, too much [weaving][] of words too fine, and I \
51will never write a good one, even on my best day, \ 51will never write a good one, even on my best day, \
52even if I employ all my skill and all my will. \ 52even if I employ all my skill and all my will. \
53I'm not used to writing poems with thirty-nine lines, \ 53I'm not used to writing poems with thirty-nine lines, \
54that must be the problem, must be why this task 54that must be the problem, must be why this task
55 55
56is Herculean. He only had to finish twelve tasks, \ 56is Herculean. He only had to finish twelve tasks, \
57and I have one less one thousand, five hundred twenty-two, \ 57and I have one less one thousand, five hundred twenty-two, \
58and it's nothing but complaining lines \ 58and it's nothing but complaining lines \
59about how hard it is to be a person. I \ 59about [how hard it is to be a person][]. I \
60am getting sick of myself with these poems, and will \ 60am getting sick of myself with these poems, and will \
61soon be loathe to get out of bed every day. 61soon be loathe to get out of bed every day.
62 62
63But I tasked myself with this, which may be the worst I \ 63But I tasked myself with this, which may be the worst I \
64ever do to myself. I thought a poem NaNoWriMo would \ 64ever do to myself. I thought a poem NaNoWriMo would \
65be fun, would line my resume, give me something I could publish someday. 65be fun, would line my resume, give me something I could publish someday.
66
67[after thirty-nine days]: http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/11-24.htm
68[Inigo Montoya]: death-zone.html
69[So my question]: question.html
70[weaving]: tapestry.html
71[how hard it is to be a person]: deathstrumpet.html
diff --git a/src/feline.sh b/src/feline.sh new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d293b9c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/feline.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
1#!/bin/bash
2
3cat *.txt | \
4 sed -e '/^---$/,/^...$/d' \
5 -e '/!\?\[.*\]\((.*)\|:.*\)/d' | \
6 sed -e 's/["_~.!?,():;<>{}#|*]//g' \
7 -e 's/\]\[/ /g' \
8 -e 's/-/ /g' | \
9 sed -e 's/ /\n/g' | \
10 sed -e '/^$/d' \
11 -e '/^\\$/d' | \
12 sed -e 's/\[\?\(.*\)\]\[.*\]/\1/g' \
13 -e 's/\]\[\]//g' \
14 -e 's/^\[//' | \
15 sort | \
16 uniq | \
17 sort
18
19# [feline.sh][]
diff --git a/src/finding-the-lion.txt b/src/finding-the-lion.txt index b0a7535..01cb4e6 100644 --- a/src/finding-the-lion.txt +++ b/src/finding-the-lion.txt
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ project:
8... 8...
9 9
10Tonight, as I look up, the stars \ 10Tonight, as I look up, the stars \
11hide themselves in shame. There is no moon. \ 11hide themselves in shame. [There is no moon][]. \
12The sky is black, like my desk, 12The sky is black, like my desk,
13 13
14nothing like a raven. The streetlights \ 14[nothing like a raven][]. The streetlights \
15look on the scene disinterested. \ 15look on the scene disinterested. \
16They have their own small gossips of the dark. 16They have their own [small gossips of the dark][].
17 17
18I came here to find the Lion, old \ 18I came here to find the Lion, old \
19friend, but he will not show his flanks, his \ 19friend, but he will not show his flanks, his \
20paws, his shoulders, his mane. I 20paws, his shoulders, [his mane][]. I
21 21
22can hear him laughing from his hiding-place \ 22can hear him laughing from his hiding-place \
23behind the moon, nonexistent, under \ 23behind the moon, nonexistent, under \
@@ -29,4 +29,11 @@ laughing; the streetlamps talk about
29 29
30me amongst themselves, and go out. There \ 30me amongst themselves, and go out. There \
31never was any lion, they tell me. \ 31never was any lion, they tell me. \
32You only hear the wind on the mountain. 32[You only hear the wind][] [on the mountain][].
33
34[There is no moon]: moongone.html
35[nothing like a raven]: feedingtheraven.html
36[small gossips of the dark]: the-night-we-met.html
37[his mane]: axe.html
38[You only hear the wind]: cold-wind.html
39[on the mountain]: mountain.html
diff --git a/src/fire.txt b/src/fire.txt index d5e002e..b44170b 100644 --- a/src/fire.txt +++ b/src/fire.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ His mother ran out of the house in her nightgown.
23"But Mom---" 23"But Mom---"
24"Do it" she said in the tone of voice that meant Do it now. 24"Do it" she said in the tone of voice that meant Do it now.
25He went around the side of the house screwed the nozzle on grabbed the end of the hose pulled it around the house and waited for water to come out the end. 25He went around the side of the house screwed the nozzle on grabbed the end of the hose pulled it around the house and waited for water to come out the end.
26When it did it was not in a very strong stream. 26[When it did it was not in a very strong stream.][]
27"I don't think this is going to work" Paul said to his mother. 27"I don't think this is going to work" Paul said to his mother.
28"God damn it I have to call the Fire Department" she said and went inside the house. 28"God damn it I have to call the Fire Department" she said and went inside the house.
29The shed continued in its burning. 29The shed continued in its burning.
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Humans create ART because we can't help but see patterns in randomness.
37But we feel guilty about it." 37But we feel guilty about it."
38The man nodded to another man in a blue uniform. 38The man nodded to another man in a blue uniform.
39"We want the ART to feel natural, to feel random, but we can't stop seeing the patterns" as the man in blue walked over and put a hand on Paul's shoulder "ART is unnatural by its very nature. 39"We want the ART to feel natural, to feel random, but we can't stop seeing the patterns" as the man in blue walked over and put a hand on Paul's shoulder "ART is unnatural by its very nature.
40I took my ART and gave it back to nature" as the man led him over to a black and white car and put him inside. 40I took my ART and gave it back to nature" as the man led him over to a [black and white][] car and put him inside.
41He was saying something about Paul's right. 41He was saying something about Paul's right.
42"No it's my left that was hurt" said Paul "but it's all better now." 42"No it's my [left that was hurt][]" said Paul "but it's all better now."
43
44[When it did it was not in a very strong stream.]: hard-game.html
45[black and white]: sense-of-it.html
46[left that was hurt]: x-ray.html
diff --git a/src/found-typewriter-poem.txt b/src/found-typewriter-poem.txt index 8771100..5d7af12 100644 --- a/src/found-typewriter-poem.txt +++ b/src/found-typewriter-poem.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ genre: verse
5 5
6epigraph: 6epigraph:
7 content: | 7 content: |
8 Is he older? I asked her. 8 [Is he older](http://books.google.com/books?id=ALdlAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=older+than)? I asked her.
9 And I never got an answer, because at the moment she disappeared in a puff of smoke. 9 And I never got an answer, because at the moment she disappeared in a puff of smoke.
10 I like to think nothing ever happened to her save that she went over to the spirit realm. 10 I like to think nothing ever happened to her save that she went over to the spirit realm.
11 I usually know better though. 11 I usually know better though.
@@ -17,24 +17,30 @@ project:
17 17
18 18
19Look, I say---look here--- \ 19Look, I say---look here--- \
20at this old place \ 20at this [old place \
21where nothing changes. \ 21where nothing changes][old-place]. \
22Look at the people \ 22Look at the people \
23who pass by. Look at \ 23who pass by. Look at \
24the trees. The flowers \ 24the trees. The flowers \
25full of wanting: look \ 25full of wanting: look \
26how full they are with \ 26[how full they are][] with \
27color. Look how they mock \ 27color. Look how they mock \
28us, empty people who \ 28us, empty people who \
29must fill themselves \ 29must fill themselves \
30with changes---emptiness. 30with changes---emptiness.
31 31
32"There is nothing to be \ 32"[There is nothing][] to be \
33but happy. There is no \ 33but happy. [There is no][] \
34sadness to fall down \ 34sadness to fall down \
35like cherry petals." 35like cherry petals."
36 36
37The trees don't under \ 37The [trees don't under- \
38stand: they are too \ 38stand:][trees] they are too \
39tall to see the germ \ 39tall to see the germ \
40of discontent in us. 40of discontent in us.
41
42[old-place]: planks.html
43[how full they are]: squirrel.html
44[There is nothing]: elegeyforanalternateself.html
45[There is no]: no-nothing.html
46[trees]: plant.html
diff --git a/src/hands.txt b/src/hands.txt index da83048..e0a3ffb 100644 --- a/src/hands.txt +++ b/src/hands.txt
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ project:
19... 19...
20 20
21He looked down at his hands idly while he was typing. 21He looked down at his hands idly while he was typing.
22They were dry and cracked in places. 22They were [dry and cracked in places][].
23He thought he might start bleeding so he went inside for some lotion. 23He thought he might start bleeding so he went inside for some lotion.
24 24
25"Do we have any lotion" he asked his mother. 25"Do we have any lotion" he asked his mother.
26"In the medicine cabinet" she said without looking up from the TV. 26"In the medicine cabinet" she said without looking up from the TV.
27He walked into the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. 27He walked into the [bathroom][] and looked at himself in the mirror.
28"I look strange" he said to himself "I look like a teenager." 28"I look strange" he said to himself "I look like a teenager."
29He stared into his right eye, then his left. 29He stared into his [right eye, then his left][].
30He saw nothing but his own reflection fish-eyed in his pupils. 30He saw nothing but [his own reflection fish-eyed][] in his pupils.
31He opened the medicine cabinet. 31He opened the medicine cabinet.
32 32
33Back in his Writing Shack, he started to type. 33Back in his Writing Shack, he started to type.
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ Back in his Writing Shack, he started to type.
39> hand closes. Reach under the skin 39> hand closes. Reach under the skin
40> and pull on the outside tendons-- 40> and pull on the outside tendons--
41> the hand opens again. Hands are 41> the hand opens again. Hands are
42> only machines for grasping, 42> only [machines][] for grasping,
43> controlled by the arm, not the 43> controlled by the arm, not the
44> mind. 44> mind.
45
46[dry and cracked in places]: weplayedthosegamestoo.html
47[bathroom]: boar.html
48[right eye, then his left]: man.html
49[his own reflection fish-eyed]: deathstrumpet.html
50[machines]: ex-machina.html
diff --git a/src/hard-game.txt b/src/hard-game.txt index 5a0b170..b9ca6b2 100644 --- a/src/hard-game.txt +++ b/src/hard-game.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
2title: A hard game 2title: A hard game
3genre: verse 3genre: verse
4 4
5dedication: Jim Henson
6
5project: 7project:
6 title: Autocento of the breakfast table 8 title: Autocento of the breakfast table
7 css: autocento 9 css: autocento
@@ -11,16 +13,20 @@ You think building Hoggle's a hard game? \
11You know bunk. Writing a ghazal's a hard game. 13You know bunk. Writing a ghazal's a hard game.
12 14
13Let's meet in a place where words & fabric play--- \ 15Let's meet in a place where words & fabric play--- \
14but not plastic words. Boggle's a hard game. 16but not [plastic][] words. (Boggle's a hard game.)
15 17
16A cookout where we can hash our differences \ 18A cookout where we can hash our differences \
17over steak, though making it sizzle's a hard game. 19over steak, though making it sizzle's a hard game.
18 20
19Let's go to a brothel, rub shoulders with bare \ 21Let's go to a brothel, [rub shoulders][] with bare \
20shoulders, or a bar. Being wastrel's a hard game. 22shoulders, or a bar. Being wastrel's a hard game.
21 23
22Maybe we could switch professions, you and I, \ 24Maybe we could switch professions, you and I, \
23you write the poems, I'll puppet Fozzie---a hard game. 25you write the poems, I'll puppet Fozzie---a hard game.
24 26
25When you call me, you never say my name. \ 27When you call me, you never say my name. \
26Creativity's a hose---checking the nozzle's a hard game. 28Creativity's [a hose][]---shutting the nozzle's the hard game.
29
30[a hose]: fire.html
31[plastic]: sense-of-it.html
32[rub shoulders]: finding-the-lion.html
diff --git a/src/hardware.txt b/src/hardware.txt index 48e8812..6174970 100644 --- a/src/hardware.txt +++ b/src/hardware.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ His mother drove him to the Hardware Store on a Tuesday.
22"I'm glad to see you've taken my advice for once" she said. 22"I'm glad to see you've taken my advice for once" she said.
23"What do you mean." 23"What do you mean."
24"Applying to work at the Hardware Store. 24"Applying to work at the Hardware Store.
25I'm proud of you Paul." 25I'm [proud of you][] Paul."
26 26
27"Oh right. 27"Oh right.
28Sure thing." 28Sure thing."
@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ They pulled into the parking lot.
32He walked under the door resplendent in its King William orange and white. 32He walked under the door resplendent in its King William orange and white.
33He saw the towering rows of shelves like mountain ridges in Hell. 33He saw the towering rows of shelves like mountain ridges in Hell.
34He strolled among the fixtures, pipes, planks, sheets, plants (Why plants? he thought), switches. 34He strolled among the fixtures, pipes, planks, sheets, plants (Why plants? he thought), switches.
35He realized he didn't know the first thing about building furniture. 35He realized he didn't know the first thing about building [furniture][].
36"I don't know the first thing" he muttered to himself "about building furniture. 36"I don't know the first thing" he muttered to himself "about building furniture.
37I know the last thing would be a couch or chair or stool but the first thing is a mystery." 37I know the last thing would be a couch or chair or stool but the first thing is a [mystery][]."
38He turned around and walked straight out of the store and to his mother's car without looking up. 38He turned around and walked straight out of the store and to his mother's car without looking up.
39 39
40"How'd it go" she asked starting the car. 40"How'd it go" she asked starting the car.
41"Great" he said. 41"Great" he said.
42
43[proud of you]: sixteenth-chapel.html
44[furniture]: real-writer.html
45[mystery]: love-as-god.html
diff --git a/src/i-am.txt b/src/i-am.txt index 1b52ed5..d6c7526 100644 --- a/src/i-am.txt +++ b/src/i-am.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cannot get in. This house will never burn down. \
25It is the house that I built, with my body \ 25It is the house that I built, with my body \
26and with my strength. I am the only one who lives \ 26and with my strength. I am the only one who lives \
27here. I am both father and mother to a race \ 27here. I am both father and mother to a race \
28of dust motes that worship me as a god. I have \ 28of [dust motes that worship me as a god][]. I have \
29monuments built daily in my honor in dark \ 29monuments built daily in my honor in dark \
30corners around the house. I destroy all of them \ 30corners around the house. I destroy all of them \
31before I go to bed, but in the morning \ 31before I go to bed, but in the morning \
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ to all of them anymore. There are too many.
35 35
36[white smoke]: deathstrumpet.html 36[white smoke]: deathstrumpet.html
37[not think]: howithappened.html 37[not think]: howithappened.html
38[dust motes that worship me as a god]: plant.html
diff --git a/src/i-think-its-you.txt b/src/i-think-its-you.txt index 2b11b8c..2612c8d 100644 --- a/src/i-think-its-you.txt +++ b/src/i-think-its-you.txt
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ project:
24 24
25I thought I saw you walking \ 25I thought I saw you walking \
26to the bus stop but it was only \ 26to the bus stop but it was only \
27a raven. His croaks sounded nothing \ 27a [raven][]. His croaks sounded nothing \
28like your footsteps (as they pound \ 28like your footsteps (as they pound \
29down the hallway toward my bedroom) \ 29down the hallway toward my bedroom) \
30his wings looked nothing like your \ 30his [wings][] looked nothing like your \
31legs (running on the wrong side \ 31legs (running on the wrong side \
32of the road away from my house) \ 32of the road away from my house) \
33I think the one resemblance was the eyes 33I think the one resemblance was the eyes
@@ -35,4 +35,8 @@ I think the one resemblance was the eyes
35But that's too easy \ 35But that's too easy \
36It's just that I was thinking \ 36It's just that I was thinking \
37of you and a raven flew by \ 37of you and a raven flew by \
38(maybe it was a crow) 38(maybe it was a [crow][])
39
40[raven]: feedingtheraven.html
41[crow]: stump.html
42[wings]: nothing-is-ever-over.html
diff --git a/src/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.txt b/src/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.txt index ca67229..e95d696 100644 --- a/src/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.txt +++ b/src/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ I'll tell you that much. Unless at yours, the Universe \
21kept telling you to quit having such a ball \ 21kept telling you to quit having such a ball \
22and that you should have died, like, yesterday. 22and that you should have died, like, yesterday.
23 23
24At first, it feels like you're winning--that yesterday \ 24At first, it feels like you're winning---that yesterday \
25you really were meant to die, but since you still _are_, \ 25you really were meant to die, but since you still _are_, \
26you beat the system somehow. But the Universe bawls, \ 26you beat the system somehow. But the Universe bawls, \
27"No, I meant you should've crawled into \ 27"No, I meant you should've crawled into \
diff --git a/src/in-bed.txt b/src/in-bed.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b8f749 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/in-bed.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
1---
2title: In bed
3genre: verse
4
5project:
6 title: Autocento of the breakfast table
7 css: autocento
8...
9
10## I
11
12I hear [the rats][] run \
13in the walls like water \
14through a tree. My blood
15
16thickens. As I dream \
17the masturbation dream \
18the shelf above my bed
19
20falls covering me in \
21dirt and decaying beetles. \
22[I see my reflection is headless][].
23
24## II
25
26When the waves stop \
27[and the moon grins down][] \
28to overtake me: the car
29
30ran up the street that night \
31when you were nearly \
32molested in your neighbor's house:
33
34is this why we don't have \
35neighbors? For this the trees \
36[rot only for us][]?
37
38## III
39
40I woke screaming and you \
41came to sit next to me. I felt \
42my eyes were open too wide
43
44that I could not shut them \
45from the horror movie sitting \
46on your lap in the easy chair
47
48in the dream the other dream \
49in the living room under \
50the tree. Why do I feel guilty?
51
52
53## IV
54
55I wake up in a pool of water \
56[closed over me like an eyelid][]. \
57There is no longer comfort
58
59in staring at the ceiling. \
60Its pitch blackness beckons \
61into a future of blankness.
62
63My body lay still quaking. \
64My mind is chained fast \
65to the beating of my heart.
66
67## V
68
69I sit up slowly creaking. \
70I find myself alone buried \
71[in an ocean][]. Far off
72
73[there is an eagle][] flying \
74toward me. She lands on \
75my knee and lays an egg.
76
77I think *not this again* \
78something I've never \
79thought in my life.
80
81## VI
82
83I think *not this again* \
84something I've never \
85thought in my life. Not
86
87after losing my car keys \
88in the easy chair. Not after \
89scratching myself on a branch.
90
91Not after finding the thing \
92in your dresser drawer that \
93night. [I remember you suddenly.][]
94
95
96## VII
97
98[You run through me \
99like rats][rats] down an alley. \
100You are in my [blood][].
101
102You scared me once \
103remember? Jumped out \
104of the bathroom door.
105
106I fell screaming onto \
107the linoleum. Did you \
108apologize? Did you need to?
109
110## VIII
111
112The ocean that surrounds me \
113creaks like a rocking \
114cradle. Your face bright
115
116as the moon at eclipse \
117and as [red][]. Low song \
118my tide stretching
119
120to the horizon. Ripples \
121on the surface belie \
122something bigger beneath.
123
124## IX
125
126In bed I am alone for \
127the only time. In bed \
128I am a grown man.
129
130Below the blankets I \
131know you for who you are. \
132In bed [I see your face][]
133
134pressed against the window. \
135I look out and see you \
136and I am not afraid.
137
138[the rats]: last-bastion.html
139[I see my reflection is headless]: deathstrumpet.html
140[and the moon grins down]: moon-drowning.html
141[rot only for us]: options.html
142[closed over me like an eyelid]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html
143[in an ocean]: the-sea_the-beach.html
144[there is an eagle]: mountain.html
145[I remember you suddenly.]: ouroboros_memory.html
146[rats]: #I
147[blood]: plant.html
148[red]: window.html
149[I see your face]: boy_bus.html
diff --git a/src/index.txt b/src/index.txt index dc2def6..dc89f75 100644 --- a/src/index.txt +++ b/src/index.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ project:
7 css: autocento 7 css: autocento
8... 8...
9 9
10[Ideas are drool.][] 10[Ideas are drool.][] They [labor to create
11our buildings out of air][buildings]
12
13[Ideas are drool.]: spittle.html
14[buildings]: building.html
diff --git a/src/initial-conditions.txt b/src/initial-conditions.txt index 4b8d26c..f3af3c9 100644 --- a/src/initial-conditions.txt +++ b/src/initial-conditions.txt
@@ -20,22 +20,22 @@ project:
20 20
21There is a theory which states the Universe \ 21There is a theory which states the Universe \
22if it began with the same initial conditions \ 22if it began with the same initial conditions \
23( same gravity same strong weak nuclear force same \ 23( [same gravity][] same strong weak nuclear force same \
24size and shape ) would unfold in exactly \ 24size and shape ) would unfold in exactly \
25the way it has : with the same planets orbiting suns \ 25the way it has : with the same planets [orbiting suns][] \
26same people making same mistakes : like this morning 26same people making same mistakes : like this morning
27 27
28( It's actually past two but I will call it morning ) \ 28( It's actually past two but I will call it [morning][] ) \
29while turning on the shower : I as the Universe \ 29while turning on the shower : I as the Universe \
30intended ( although I was expecting the heat of suns ) \ 30intended ( although I was expecting the heat of suns ) \
31had the ice of inner space : those pre existing conditions \ 31[had the ice of inner space][] : those pre existing conditions \
32before the Big Bang : the shower was almost exactly \ 32before the Big Bang : the shower was almost exactly \
33freezing for a split second : every day it's the same : 33freezing for a split second : every day it's the same :
34 34
35I turn on the tap hop in pull the knob have the same \ 35[I turn on the tap][] hop in pull the knob have the same \
36moment of utter panic then pain then a relaxing morning \ 36moment of utter panic then pain then a relaxing morning \
37shower where I spend between five to ten ( I'm not sure exactly ) \ 37shower where I spend between five to ten ( I'm not sure exactly ) \
38minutes : I have good thoughts : this poem about the Universe \ 38minutes : I have good thoughts : [this poem about the Universe][] \
39for example : I had the idea while I was conditioning \ 39for example : I had the idea while I was conditioning \
40my hair : it came to me like accidentally looking at the sun : 40my hair : it came to me like accidentally looking at the sun :
41 41
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ could appear so small and yet so hot all at the same \
44time : so hot in the summer we require air conditioning \ 44time : so hot in the summer we require air conditioning \
45( although now in the winter it's cold in the morning ) \ 45( although now in the winter it's cold in the morning ) \
46and I can't wait to hop in the shower that tiny universe \ 46and I can't wait to hop in the shower that tiny universe \
47of water and steam and soap and body : that and only that exactly 47of water and steam and soap and [body][] : that and only that exactly
48 48
49or rather exclusively ( it's hard to get the words exactly \ 49or rather exclusively ( it's hard to get the words exactly \
50right : the meanings bleed into each other like the sun's \ 50right : the meanings bleed into each other like the sun's \
51shadows on pavement ) ready for me to dream another universe \ 51shadows on pavement ) ready for me to [dream][] another universe \
52into it on top of it again and again until they all look the same : \ 52into it on top of it again and again until they all look the same : \
53I can't tell whether it's my morning or the shower's morning \ 53I can't tell whether it's my morning or the shower's morning \
54or where I put the conditioner or what the initial conditions 54or where I put the conditioner or what the initial conditions
@@ -56,10 +56,22 @@ or where I put the conditioner or what the initial conditions
56could have been that decided I would misplace my conditioner \ 56could have been that decided I would misplace my conditioner \
57today : and why and how much planning was involved exactly \ 57today : and why and how much planning was involved exactly \
58that would cause so far down the production line of this morning \ 58that would cause so far down the production line of this morning \
59\: me to wake up so long after the rising of the sun \ 59\: me to [wake up so long after the rising][] of the sun \
60\: me to stay inside all day even after showering to look at the same \ 60\: me to stay inside all day even after showering to look at the same \
61computer screen : to give up the actual universe to the universe 61[computer screen][] : to give up the actual universe to the universe
62 62
63in there with its conditions : where the screen serves as sickly sun : \ 63in there with its conditions : where [the screen serves][] as sickly sun : \
64where there is apparently exactly what I need : no more : the same \ 64where there is apparently exactly what I need : no more : the same \
65three sites I visited this morning comprising my entire Universe 65three sites I visited this morning comprising my entire Universe
66
67[same gravity]: the-sea_the-beach.html
68[orbiting suns]: big-dipper.html
69[morning]: plant.html
70[had the ice of inner space]: 100-lines.html
71[I turn on the tap]: hard-game.html
72[this poem about the Universe]: howtoread.html
73[body]: ouroboros_memory.html
74[dream]: dream.html
75[wake up so long after the rising]: stump.html
76[computer screen]: telemarketer.html
77[the screen serves]: reports.html
diff --git a/src/january.txt b/src/january.txt index 2b45927..dbe1bf0 100644 --- a/src/january.txt +++ b/src/january.txt
@@ -7,48 +7,54 @@ project:
7 css: autocento 7 css: autocento
8... 8...
9 9
10January. \ 10January. \
11It's cold, and I don't like it. \ 11It's cold, and I don't like it. \
12I prefer warm weather, \ 12I prefer warm weather, \
13although I like sweaters. They are the one \ 13although I like sweaters. They are the one \
14warm spot in an otherwise shitty season. \ 14warm spot in an otherwise [shitty][] season. \
15But fall is better sweater weather. So be patient, 15But fall is better sweater weather. So be patient,
16 16
17Patient, \ 17_patient_, \
18while waiting for the end of January. \ 18while waiting for the end of January. \
19A change of season \ 19A change of season \
20brings a change of mood along with it, \ 20brings a change of mood along with it, \
21although I never thought I'd be one \ 21although I never thought I'd be one \
22to believe that SAD junk about effects of weather--- 22to believe that [SAD][] junk about effects of weather---
23 23
24weather!--- \ 24weather!--- \
25on a person. Who becomes a patient \ 25on a person. Who becomes a patient \
26just because of one \ 26just because of one \
27month of snow? I did say of January: \ 27[month of snow][]? I did say of January: \
28"It's cold, and I don't like it," \ 28"It's cold, and I don't like it," \
29but I hardly think it's fair, knocking whole seasons, 29but I hardly think it's fair, knocking whole seasons,
30 30
31seasoning \ 31seasoning \
32your conversation with demands for better weather. \ 32your conversation with demands for better weather. \
33(While I find it \ 33(While I find it \
34nearly impossible, it's my mission to be patient \ 34nearly impossible, it's my mission to be patient \
35while waiting for the end of January.) \ 35while waiting for the end of January.) \
36Oh, but how the long nights do so tax one! 36Oh, but how the long nights do so [tax][] one!
37 37
38One \ 38One \
39warm spot in an otherwise shitty season--- \ 39[warm spot][] in an otherwise shitty season--- \
40all I ask, January, \ 40all I ask, January, \
41is one warm day. Do you care whether \ 41is one warm day. Do you care whether \
42I'm a person who becomes a patient \ 42I'm a person who becomes a patient \
43in some psych ward? This just about does it. 43in some psych ward? This just about does it.
44 44
45I.T., \ 45I.T., \
46although I never thought I'd call one, \ 46although I never thought I'd call one, \
47is fair and patient \ 47is fair and patient \
48when I call. They talk with me, season \ 48when I call. They talk with me, season \
49my conversation of demands for better weather \ 49my conversation of demands for better weather \
50with an argument for the white beauty of January. 50with an argument for the white beauty of January.
51 51
52They know it's hard; they say each season \ 52They know it's hard; they say each season \
53has its detractors. One day, they say, the weather \ 53has its detractors. _One day_, they say, _the weather \
54will be controlled---until then, patience in January. 54will be controlled---until then, patience in January_.
55
56[shitty]: tapestry.html
57[SAD]: seasonal-affective-disorder.html
58[month of snow]: snow.html
59[tax]: http://www.irs.gov/
60[warm spot]: real-writer.html
diff --git a/src/joke.txt b/src/joke.txt index 07f3d76..dad5ec9 100644 --- a/src/joke.txt +++ b/src/joke.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ He wrote _**JOKES**_ on the top of a page in his notebook.
22He had run out of notecards and hadn't been able to convince his mother to go to the Office Supply Store for him. 22He had run out of notecards and hadn't been able to convince his mother to go to the Office Supply Store for him.
23He left a space underneath it and wrote. 23He left a space underneath it and wrote.
24 24
25_"Tell us a joke" the listeners say to the clown. 25_"[Tell us a joke][]" the listeners say to the clown.
26They have gather together in the clearing because they have heard he would be there, and they have heard he knew very funny jokes that were also true. 26They have gather together in the clearing because they have heard he would be there, and they have heard he knew very funny jokes that were also true.
27"Tell us a joke that is true" they say._ 27"Tell us a joke that is true" they say._
28 28
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ The listeners grow impatient.
35Some begin yelling insults at the clown. 35Some begin yelling insults at the clown.
36Eventually, they begin to walk away into the woods._ 36Eventually, they begin to walk away into the woods._
37 37
38_The moon rises on the clearing. 38_The moon [rises][] on the clearing.
39The only people left are the clown and a listener, the last listener. 39The only people left are the clown and a listener, the [last listener][].
40She has been waiting for the joke a long time. 40She has been waiting for the joke a long time.
41The clown opens his mouth and she leans in closer to hear. 41The clown opens his mouth and she leans in closer to hear.
42He closes it as a tear falls onto his coat, then another. 42He closes it as a tear falls onto his coat, then another.
@@ -49,4 +49,9 @@ _"I'm sorry" says the clown.
49I don't know any jokes." 49I don't know any jokes."
50He disappears. 50He disappears.
51The last listener sits on the log and looks at the sky. 51The last listener sits on the log and looks at the sky.
52There are no stars._ 52There are no [stars][]._
53
54[Tell us a joke]: window.html
55[rises]: the-sea_the-beach.html
56[last listener]: listen.html
57[stars]: big-dipper.html
diff --git a/src/lappel-du-vide.txt b/src/lappel-du-vide.txt index 59af11a..020ea8e 100644 --- a/src/lappel-du-vide.txt +++ b/src/lappel-du-vide.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ project:
25 25
26# I. Walter 26# I. Walter
27 27
28Walter rides the bus into work on Wednesday morning when he realizes, with the force and surprise of a rogue current, that he is in the home-for-death phase of life. 28Walter [rides the bus][] into work on Wednesday morning when he realizes, with the force and surprise of a rogue current, that he is in the home-for-death phase of life.
29That era in which the next time he goes under, to the fields of seaweed waving gently, the anemones slowly filtering seawater, it will most likely be for a death in the family. 29That era in which the next time he goes under, to the fields of seaweed waving gently, the anemones slowly filtering seawater, it will most likely be for a death in the family.
30 30
31He is able to idly speculate on who it might be, and this surprises him. 31He is able to idly speculate on who it might be, and this surprises him.
@@ -60,3 +60,5 @@ itself a kind of unknown \
60the homecoming after 60the homecoming after
61 61
62What happened to the home I was? 62What happened to the home I was?
63
64[rides the bus]: sense-of-it.html
diff --git a/src/largest-asteroid.txt b/src/largest-asteroid.txt index 6428620..7e68ec8 100644 --- a/src/largest-asteroid.txt +++ b/src/largest-asteroid.txt
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ space ships to that asteroid, the \
33largest in the asteroid belt, that \ 33largest in the asteroid belt, that \
34jewel of dead rock and ice, harboring \ 34jewel of dead rock and ice, harboring \
35something that could've been life \ 35something that could've been life \
36and nothing that actually is. 36[and nothing that actually is][].
37
38[and nothing that actually is]: http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/stevens-snowman.html
diff --git a/src/last-bastion.txt b/src/last-bastion.txt index 9dbe3bf..5b20c23 100644 --- a/src/last-bastion.txt +++ b/src/last-bastion.txt
@@ -19,32 +19,38 @@ project:
19... 19...
20 20
21Dimly remembered celebrity chefs shuffle \ 21Dimly remembered celebrity chefs shuffle \
22down the cold and darkened highways of the heart. \ 22down the cold and darkened highways of the heart. \
23They are the last personality left. They are the meek \ 23They are the last personality left. They are [the meek \
24who inherited the heart, what was left of it. \ 24who inherited the heart][meek], what was left of it.\
25
25Without food to cook in new or exciting ways \ 26Without food to cook in new or exciting ways \
26nor audience to gasp and cackle, the chefs \ 27nor audience to gasp and cackle, the chefs \
27of the heart quietly waste away while staring \ 28of the heart quietly waste away while staring \
28doe-eyed into now-empty Safeway windows \ 29doe-eyed into now-empty Safeway windows \
29checking under the dusty produce shelves \ 30checking under the dusty produce shelves \
30for something they pray the rats haven't found yet. 31for something they pray the [rats][] haven't found yet.
31 32
32Years ago, the economy of the heart boomed \ 33Years ago, the economy of the heart boomed \
33and there was food everywhere. Produce \ 34and there was food everywhere. Produce \
34piled high in pyramids of devotion, meat in \ 35piled high in pyramids of devotion, meat in \
35gilded glass cases opulent under fluorescence, \ 36gilded glass cases opulent under fluorescence, \
36dairy which ran like the mythical river toward \ 37dairy which ran like the [mythical river][] toward \
37cereals hot and cold. Under it all, thrumming \ 38cereals hot and cold. Under it all, thrumming \
38like great stone wheels on sand under a hot sun \ 39like great stone wheels on sand under a hot sun \
39near a river where reeds sang in the wind \ 40near a river where reeds sang in the wind \
40the heart produced and gave reward for hard labor. 41the heart produced and gave reward for hard labor.
41 42
42No one knows when it all ended. No one can say \ 43No one knows when it all ended. No one can say \
43if it was the heart that dried up or the heart's supply. \ 44if it was the heart that dried up or the heart's supply. \
44Either way, food of the heart became scarcer and scarcer. \ 45Either way, food of the heart became scarcer and scarcer. \
45People began dying, not of starvation \ 46People began dying, not of starvation \
46but of a certain facial expression that could only \ 47but of a certain facial expression that could only \
47be described as desperation. Now \ 48be described as desperation. Now \
48all that are left are the celebrity chefs, last bastion \ 49all that are left are the celebrity chefs, last bastion \
49of a once mighty empire of the heart \ 50of a once mighty empire of the [heart \
50are reduced to husks blown dry by wind. 51are reduced to husks][heart] blown dry by wind.
52
53[meek]: http://biblehub.com/matthew/5-5.htm
54[rats]: in-bed.html
55[mythical river]: music-433.html
56[heart]: sense-of-it.html
diff --git a/src/last-passenger.txt b/src/last-passenger.txt index 5991ada..9b25ac1 100644 --- a/src/last-passenger.txt +++ b/src/last-passenger.txt
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ genre: verse
5project: 5project:
6 title: Autocento of the breakfast table 6 title: Autocento of the breakfast table
7 css: autocento 7 css: autocento
8
9TODO: revise based on reading notes
8... 10...
9 11
10Memory works strangely, spooling its thread \ 12Memory works strangely, [spooling its thread][] \
11over the nails of events barely related, \ 13over the [nails of events][] barely related, \
12creating finally some picture, if we're \ 14creating finally some picture, if we're \
13lucky, of a life---but more likely, it knots \ 15lucky, of a life---but more likely, it knots \
14itself, catches on a nail or in our throats \ 16itself, catches on a nail or in our throats \
@@ -17,16 +19,21 @@ that gasp, as it binds our necks, for air.
17An example: today marks one hundred years \ 19An example: today marks one hundred years \
18since your namesake, the last living passenger \ 20since your namesake, the last living passenger \
19pigeon, died in Cincinnati. It also marks \ 21pigeon, died in Cincinnati. It also marks \
20one year since we last spoke. Although around \ 22a year since we last spoke. Although around \
21the world, zoos mourn her loss, I'm done \ 23the world, zoos mourn her loss, I'm done \
22with you. I mourn no more your voice, the first \ 24with you. I mourn no more your voice, the first \
23sound I heard outside my body that reached \ 25sound I heard outside my body that reached \
24into my throat and set me ringing. But that string--- 26[into my throat and set me ringing][]. But that string---
25 27
26memory that feels sometimes more like a tide \ 28memory that feels sometimes more like a tide \
27has yoked together, bound your voice to that bird, \ 29has yoked together, bound your voice to that bird, \
28the frozen, stuffed, forgotten pigeon---my heart \ 30the frozen, stuffed, forgotten pigeon---my heart \
29is too easy, but it must do---to blink, to flex \ 31is too easy, but it must do---to blink, to flex \
30its unused toes, slowly thaw to the wetness \ 32its unused toes, slowly thaw to the wetness \
31of beating wings, fly to me again, and alight, \ 33of [beating wings][], fly to me again, and alight, \
32singing full-throated, on my broken shoulder. 34singing full-throated, on my broken shoulder.
35
36[spooling its thread]: roughgloves.html
37[nails of events]: when-im-sorry.html
38[into my throat and set me ringing]: weplayedthosegamestoo.html
39[beating wings]: cold-wind.html
diff --git a/src/leaf.txt b/src/leaf.txt index 125b034..50d3b2c 100644 --- a/src/leaf.txt +++ b/src/leaf.txt
@@ -21,15 +21,19 @@ project:
21He shrugged the wood off his shoulder, letting it fall with a clog onto the earth floor of his Writing Shack. 21He shrugged the wood off his shoulder, letting it fall with a clog onto the earth floor of his Writing Shack.
22He exhaled looking out of the window. 22He exhaled looking out of the window.
23He hoped to see a bird fly by, maybe a blue jay or raven. 23He hoped to see a bird fly by, maybe a blue jay or raven.
24No bird did. 24[No bird did][].
25He inhaled. 25He inhaled.
26He exhaled again in a way that could only be classified as a sigh. 26He exhaled again in a way that could [only be classified][] as a sigh.
27He sat down at his writing desk. 27He sat down at his writing desk.
28He began shuffling through what he'd written, trying to find some sort of pattern. 28He began shuffling through what he'd written, trying to find some sort of pattern.
29 29
30"*Each piece of paper---each leaf---*" at this he smiled---"*is like a tree in the forest.*" 30"*Each piece of paper---each leaf---*" at this he smiled---"*is like a tree in the forest.*"
31He was writing as he thought aloud. 31He was writing as he thought aloud.
32"*I, as the artist, as the **writer**, must select which to use, chop down those trees, bring them back to my shed and*---and---" he frowned as he realized the only end to this metaphor was fire. 32"*I, as the artist, as the **writer**, must select which to use, chop down those trees, bring them back to my shed and*---and---" he frowned as he realized the only end to this [metaphor was fire][].
33He ran his fingers through his hair in a self-soothing gesture. 33He ran his fingers through his hair in a self-soothing gesture.
34 34
35"I need to build some furniture" he thought. 35"I need to build some furniture" he thought.
36
37[No bird did]: last-passenger.html
38[only be classified]: last-bastion.html
39[metaphor was fire]: the-night-we-met.html
diff --git a/src/leg.txt b/src/leg.txt index dab2c19..07b4a4f 100644 --- a/src/leg.txt +++ b/src/leg.txt
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ project:
19... 19...
20 20
21His first chair was a stool. 21His first chair was a stool.
22It was an uneven wobbly stool that would not support even forty pounds. 22It was an [uneven wobbly stool][] that would not support even forty pounds.
23"So my first chair is a broken stool" he said after nearly breaking his tailbone on the dirt floor. 23"So my first chair is a broken stool" he said after nearly breaking his tailbone on the dirt floor.
24"Maybe I should start again but this time only with legs." 24"Maybe I should start again but this time only with legs."
25He began again but this time only with legs. 25He began again but this time only with legs.
26He built one leg, which means he cut a straight piece of wood down to four feet in length, whittled the bark off, and sanded it down smooth in what he was now calling his Woodworking Shack. 26He built [one leg][], which means he cut a straight piece of wood down to four feet in length, whittled the bark off, and sanded it down smooth in what he was now calling his Woodworking Shack.
27He typed up a note on how to make chair legs. 27He typed up a note on how to make chair legs.
28 28
29> MAKING CHAIR LEGS 29> MAKING CHAIR LEGS
30 30
31> 1. get longish piece of wood 31> 1. get longish piece of wood
32> 2. cut it to length (4 feet I'd 32> 2. cut it to length ([4 feet][] I'd
33> recommend) 33> recommend)
34> 3. whittle off bark 34> 3. whittle off bark
35> 4. sand smooth the leg 35> 4. sand smooth the leg
@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@ After he tried remembered tried standing the leg up, failing, and after much tho
39> 5. make ends flat 39> 5. make ends flat
40 40
41He had no tools with which to flatten the ends of his leg. 41He had no tools with which to flatten the ends of his leg.
42
43[uneven wobbly stool]: stump.html
44[one leg]: i-think-its-you.html
45[4 feet]: boar.html
diff --git a/src/listen.txt b/src/listen.txt index 39f15e9..8d9416b 100644 --- a/src/listen.txt +++ b/src/listen.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ project:
8... 8...
9 9
10If you swallow hard enough \ 10If you swallow hard enough \
11you'll feel the stone \ 11you'll [feel the stone][] \
12the one we all have waiting 12the one we all have waiting
13 13
14Once I found the stone in \ 14Once I [found the stone][] in \
15the sea it kissed me as \ 15the sea it kissed me as \
16the sea pawed at my back 16[the sea pawed at my back][]
17
18[the sea pawed at my back]: the-sea_the-beach.html
19[feel the stone]: serengeti.html
20[found the stone]: plant.html
diff --git a/src/love-as-god.txt b/src/love-as-god.txt index ec90144..af563a3 100644 --- a/src/love-as-god.txt +++ b/src/love-as-god.txt
@@ -18,48 +18,58 @@ project:
18 link: ouroboros_memory 18 link: ouroboros_memory
19... 19...
20 20
21God is love, they say, but there is \ 21[God is love][], they say, but there [is][] \
22no god. Therefore, how can there be love? \ 22no god. Therefore, how can there be love? \
23And if there is no love, how can there be God? \ 23And if there is no love, how can there be God? \
24There are things in life, I suppose, \ 24There are things in life, I suppose, \
25that are simply unanswerable mysteries \ 25that are simply unanswerable mysteries \
26of existence. Maybe this God and love are one. 26of existence. Maybe this God and love are one.
27 27
28Maybe there are many loves, instead of one. \ 28Maybe there are many loves, instead of one. \
29The difference between what isn't and what is \ 29The difference between [what isn't][] and what is \
30could merely be one of scope. The mystery \ 30could merely be one of scope. The mystery \
31is how we speak only of one love -- \ 31is how we speak only of one love--- \
32to act as though we know we are supposed \ 32to act as though we know we are supposed \
33to love only one other, or that one other and God. 33to love only one other, or that one other and God.
34 34
35But supposing that one other is God? \ 35But supposing that one other is God? \
36What then? Is the God-lover to walk alone, \ 36What then? Is the God-lover to walk alone, \
37supported by God only when He feels He is supposed \ 37supported by God only when He feels He is supposed \
38to support her? What kind of love is \ 38to support her? What kind of love is \
39this? I would argue in fact this isn't love, \ 39this? I would argue in fact this isn't love, \
40this one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand mystery. 40this [one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand][] mystery.
41 41
42How to define two loves as one is the mystery. \ 42How to define two loves as one is the mystery. \
43It's obvious to many there is a thing called God, \ 43It's obvious to many there is a thing called God, \
44and just as obvious that there is one called love. \ 44and just as obvious that there is one called love. \
45Maybe we fool ourselves, we who can't be alone; \ 45Maybe we fool ourselves, we who can't be alone; \
46maybe we don't know what either God or love is. \ 46maybe we don't know what either God or love is. \
47Maybe, and perhaps; but I for one propose 47Maybe, and perhaps; but I for one propose
48 48
49that we as only humans are not supposed \ 49that we as only humans are not supposed \
50to know or understand capital-L Life, that mystery. \ 50to know or understand capital-L Life, that mystery. \
51Isn't it enough to know that God is \ 51Isn't it enough to know that God is \
52love, and love is God, \ 52love, and love is God, \
53no matter which one \ 53no matter which one \
54does or does not exist? What is life, if no love, 54does or does not exist? What is life, if no love,
55 55
56if no God? Maybe this saying, "God is love," \ 56if no God? [Maybe][Maybe1] this saying, "God is love," \
57is less a definition of God what what love is supposed \ 57is less a definition of God what what love is supposed \
58to be. Of these two terms, maybe the one \ 58to be. Of these two terms, [maybe2][] the one \
59we should capitalize is Love, that great mystery \ 59we should capitalize is Love, that great mystery \
60of chemistry and longing. Maybe "Love is god" \ 60of chemistry and longing. Maybe "Love is god" \
61is a more fitting epigraph for what life is 61is a more fitting [epigraph][] for what life is
62
63[made of:][made of] Love, that most delicate, most misty \
62 64
63made of: Love, that most delicate, most misty \
64of all emotions, is supposed to be their god, \ 65of all emotions, is supposed to be their god, \
65as the one that binds us, that was, that will be, that is. 66as the one that binds us, that was, that will be, that is.
67
68[is]: i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html
69[God is love]: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+4%3A8&version=NIV
70[what isn't]: largest-asteroid.html
71[one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand]: http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Poem/Poem.php
72[Maybe1]: cereal.html
73[maybe2]: death-zone.html
74[epigraph]: epigraph.html
75[made of]: tapestry.html
diff --git a/src/man.txt b/src/man.txt index 6ac4eef..43a0e1c 100644 --- a/src/man.txt +++ b/src/man.txt
@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ project:
20 20
21_[THIS MAN REFUSED TO OPEN HIS EYES][man]_ 21_[THIS MAN REFUSED TO OPEN HIS EYES][man]_
22 22
23![THIS MAN REFUSED TO OPEN HIS EYES](img/tbedemugshot.jpg)
24
23Paul read this on an old mugshot in the library. 25Paul read this on an old mugshot in the library.
24He had taken the bus into town to check out a few books on woodworking and got distracted by the True Crime section. 26He had taken the [bus][] into town to check out a few books on woodworking and got distracted by the True Crime section.
25He found this mugshot in a book titled _Crooks like Us_ that was published in Sydney. 27He found this mugshot in a book titled _Crooks like Us_ that was published in Sydney.
26He liked how cities were named after women, or how women were named after cities, whichever was true. 28He liked how cities were named after women, or how women were named after cities, whichever was true.
27 29
28The man in the picture's eyes were tightly shut, as though he'd just come into the brightness of day after being dark inside for a long time. 30The man in the picture's eyes were tightly shut, as though he'd just come into the brightness of day after being dark inside for a long time.
29His head was tilted up and slightly to the right. 31His head was tilted up and slightly to the right.
30He was wearing a short light tie with hash marks, and a pinstripe suit. 32He was wearing a short light tie with hash marks, and a pinstripe suit.
31Paul wished the photograph was in color. 33Paul wished the [photograph][] was in color.
32He was standing in front of a plain brown wall covered in fabric. 34He was standing in front of a plain brown wall covered in fabric.
33 35
34The man's eyes were not so tightly shut as Paul first thought. 36The man's eyes were not so tightly shut as Paul first thought.
@@ -41,5 +43,7 @@ He wondered what crime he had committed.
41Above the man's head was written [_T. BEDE.22.11.28 / 203 A_.][emilia] 43Above the man's head was written [_T. BEDE.22.11.28 / 203 A_.][emilia]
42_THIS MAN REFUSED TO OPEN HIS EYES_ was written over his suit, directly below his ribcage. 44_THIS MAN REFUSED TO OPEN HIS EYES_ was written over his suit, directly below his ribcage.
43 45
44[emilia]: http://emiliaphillips.com/books/signaletics/
45[man]: http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpictures/fullRecordPicture.jsp?recnoListAttr=recnoList&recno=31230 46[man]: http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpictures/fullRecordPicture.jsp?recnoListAttr=recnoList&recno=31230
47[emilia]: http://emiliaphillips.com/books/signaletics/
48[bus]: boy_bus.html
49[photograph]: about-the-author.html
diff --git a/src/music-433.txt b/src/music-433.txt index c3384bd..32e4c25 100644 --- a/src/music-433.txt +++ b/src/music-433.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Silence lies underneath us all in the same way \
26the Nile has a river underneath ten times as large \ 26the Nile has a river underneath ten times as large \
27(although this is an urban legend, apparently). 27(although this is an urban legend, apparently).
28 28
29So underneath truth or legend, flowing by \ 29So underneath [truth][] or legend, flowing by \
30the feel of their own silence, move the stars: \ 30the feel of their own [silence][], move the stars: \
31silence lies underneath us all in the same way. 31silence lies underneath us all in the same way.
32 32
33[John Cage][433], I think, understood this: the way \ 33[John Cage][433], I think, understood this: the way \
@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ believable: there simply is no way that, by and large, \
39silence lies underneath us all in the same way. 39silence lies underneath us all in the same way.
40 40
41There must be different silences, because we \ 41There must be different silences, because we \
42have different songs to drown them out, different gods \ 42have different [songs][] to drown them out, different gods \
43(although these are urban legends, apparently). 43(although these are urban legends, apparently).
44 44
45But is not all sound one sound? You and I \ 45But is not all [sound one sound][]? You and I \
46are two faces to the same head, the same body. \ 46are two faces to the same head, the same body. \
47Silence lies underneath us all in the same way--- \ 47Silence lies underneath us all in the same way--- \
48although this is an urban legend, apparently. 48although this is an urban legend, apparently.
49 49
50[433]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zY7UK-6aaNA#t=39 50[433]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zY7UK-6aaNA#t=39
51[truth]: phone.html
52[silence]: nothing-is-ever-over.html
53[songs]: swansong.html
54[sound one sound]: swansong-alt.html
diff --git a/src/no-nothing.txt b/src/no-nothing.txt index e81d70b..af53ad0 100644 --- a/src/no-nothing.txt +++ b/src/no-nothing.txt
@@ -7,49 +7,49 @@ project:
7 css: autocento 7 css: autocento
8... 8...
9 9
10| While swimming in the river 10| While [swimming in the river][]
11| I saw underneath it a river 11| I saw underneath it a river
12| of stars. Only there was no 12| of stars. Only there was no
13| river: it was noon. You can 13| river: it was noon. You can
14| say the sun is a river; you 14| say [the sun is a river][]; you
15| can argue the stars back it 15| can argue the stars back it
16| like shirts behind a closet 16| like [shirts behind a closet][]
17| door; you can say the earth 17| door; you can say [the earth][]
18| holds us up with its weight 18| holds us up with its weight
19| or that it means well or it 19| or that it means well or it
20| means anything. 20| means anything.
21| There is no 21| There is no
22| closet, nor door; there are 22| closet, [nor door][]; there are
23| no shirts hanging anywhere. 23| no shirts hanging anywhere.
24| There is no false wall that 24| There is no false wall that
25| leads deep into the earth's 25| leads deep into the earth's
26| bowels, growing warmer with 26| bowels, [growing warmer][] with
27| each step. Warmth as a con- 27| each step. Warmth as a con-
28| cept has ceased to make any 28| cept has ceased to make any
29| sense. In contraposition to 29| sense. In contraposition to
30| cold, it might, but cold as 30| cold, it might, but cold as
31| well stepped out last night 31| well [stepped out][] last night
32| and hasn't returned. 32| and hasn't returned.
33| Last I 33| Last I
34| heard, it went out swimming 34| heard, it went out swimming
35| and might've drowned. Trees 35| and [might've drowned][]. Trees
36| were the pallbearers at the 36| were the pallbearers at the
37| funeral, the train was long 37| funeral, the train was long
38| and wailful, there was much 38| and wailful, there was much
39| wailing and gnashing of all 39| [wailing and gnashing][] of all
40| teeth--though there were no 40| teeth--though there were no
41| teeth, no train, no funeral 41| teeth, no train, no funeral
42| or prayer or trees at all-- 42| or prayer or trees at all--
43| nor a river underneath any- 43| nor a [river underneath][] any-
44| thing. There was nothing to 44| thing. There was nothing to
45| be underneath anymore. 45| be underneath anymore.
46| Look 46| Look
47| around, and tell me you see 47| around, and tell me you see
48| something. Look around, and 48| something. Look around, and
49| tell me something that I do 49| tell me something that I do
50| not know. I know, more than 50| not know. I know, more than
51| anything, that the world is 51| anything, that the world is
52| always ending. Behind that, 52| always ending. Behind that,
53| there is nothing, save that 53| there is nothing, save that
54| there is no nothing either. 54| there is no nothing either.
55| 55|
@@ -58,3 +58,14 @@ project:
58| time and beyond it, a river 58| time and beyond it, a river
59| returning, to its forgotten 59| returning, to its forgotten
60| origins deep within itself. 60| origins deep within itself.
61
62[swimming in the river]: father.html
63[the sun is a river]: music-433.html
64[shirts behind a closet]: lovessong.html
65[the earth]: big-dipper.html
66[nor door]: amber-alert.html
67[growing warmer]: real-writer.html
68[stepped out]: i-think-its-you.html
69[might've drowned]: in-bed.html
70[wailing and gnashing]: http://biblehub.com/luke/13-28.htm
71[river underneath]: howtoread.html
diff --git a/src/nolink.sh b/src/nolink.sh new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b4d6c3e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/nolink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
1#!/bin/bash
2
3unlinks=( $(grep -L '\[.*\]\[.*\]' *) )
4total_things=$(ls | wc -l)
5
6if [[ -n $1 && $1 == "-l" ]]; then
7 echo ${unlinks[@]} | tr ' ' '\n'
8else
9 echo "${unlinks[$((RANDOM %= $((${#unlinks[@]}))))]}"
10 echo "(${#unlinks[@]} of $total_things still to link.)"
11fi
12
13
14#[no link][]
diff --git a/src/notes.txt b/src/notes.txt index 5047314..003efcd 100644 --- a/src/notes.txt +++ b/src/notes.txt
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ Paul began typing on notecards.
22Somehow this felt right to his sensibilities. 22Somehow this felt right to his sensibilities.
23It was difficult to get the little cards into the typewriter. 23It was difficult to get the little cards into the typewriter.
24It was a pain to readjust the typewriter for regular paper when he wasn't writing. 24It was a pain to readjust the typewriter for regular paper when he wasn't writing.
25He started typing everything on those little notecards: grocery lists, letters to his grandmother, even reports for work (which is what got him in trouble). 25He started typing everything on those little notecards: grocery lists, letters to his grandmother, [even reports for work][] (which is what got him in trouble).
26 26
27But this was all later. 27But this was all later.
28For now he was writing his ideas, "notes" he now called them, something for him to combine later into something. 28For now he was writing his ideas, "notes" he now called them, something for him to combine later into something.
29He didn't like to think about it. 29He didn't like to think about it.
30On this particular cold winter morning, he wrote 30On this particular [cold winter morning][], he wrote
31 31
32> Woke up from a dream I was famous. 32> Woke up from a [dream][] I was famous.
33> One of the more famous people in 33> One of the more famous people in
34> fact. I had written something 34> fact. I had written something
35> everyone could relate to and at 35> everyone could relate to and at
@@ -39,5 +39,10 @@ On this particular cold winter morning, he wrote
39> and more than they thought I 39> and more than they thought I
40> would. It was a good day. 40> would. It was a good day.
41> Woke up this morning and I was 41> Woke up this morning and I was
42> still cold. Still Paul. Still not 42> still cold. [Still Paul.][] Still not
43> good at furniture. 43> good at furniture.
44
45[even reports for work]: telemarketer.html
46[cold winter morning]: seasonal-affective-disorder.html
47[dream]: in-bed.html
48[Still Paul.]: something-simple.html
diff --git a/src/nothing-is-ever-over.txt b/src/nothing-is-ever-over.txt index c0d179c..3e41a1b 100644 --- a/src/nothing-is-ever-over.txt +++ b/src/nothing-is-ever-over.txt
@@ -7,18 +7,23 @@ project:
7 css: autocento 7 css: autocento
8... 8...
9 9
10Nothing is ever over; nothing \ 10[Nothing is ever over][]; nothing \
11is ever even begun. The foundation \ 11is ever even begun. The foundation \
12hasn't been laid; how can we hope \ 12hasn't been laid; how can we hope \
13to put in the plumbing? The bed \ 13to put in the plumbing? The bed \
14is unmade, not even made; the wood \ 14is unmade, not even made; the wood \
15hasn't been cleft from the tree; \ 15[hasn't been cleft from the tree][]; \
16the seed hasn't been cast \ 16the seed hasn't been cast \
17out of water and growth and sun, \ 17out of water and growth and sun, \
18which itself hasn't started shining. \ 18which itself hasn't started shining. \
19The cock has never stopped crowing \ 19The cock has never stopped crowing \
20because he never started. Peter \ 20because he never started. Peter \
21betrays us again and again with \ 21[betrays us again][] and again with \
22silence. Christ wakes up at night, \ 22silence. Christ wakes up at night, \
23choking from a bad dream, wrists \ 23[choking from a bad dream][], wrists \
24aching from a dreamt, torturous pain. 24aching from a dreamt, torturous pain.
25
26[choking from a bad dream]: in-bed.html
27[Nothing is ever over]: no-nothing.html
28[hasn't been cleft from the tree]: axe.html
29[betrays us again]: spittle.html
diff --git a/src/options.txt b/src/options.txt index e427e42..7513ad5 100644 --- a/src/options.txt +++ b/src/options.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ What did he do when he was in the woods?
22Where did he go? 22Where did he go?
23Was there always one spot, one clearing deep within the heart of them, that he would visit? 23Was there always one spot, one clearing deep within the heart of them, that he would visit?
24Did he talk to the trees or only to himself? 24Did he talk to the trees or only to himself?
25When he chopped down trees, did he leave them there to rot in the quiet or did he drag them out of the woods, behind his Shack, and dismember them? 25When he chopped down trees, did he leave them there to rot in the quiet or did he drag them out of the woods, behind his Shack, and [dismember them][]?
26Did he use any for firewood, or did the pieces rot behind his Shack, forgotten? 26Did he use any for firewood, or did the pieces rot behind his Shack, forgotten?
27When was the last time he built any furniture? 27When was the last time he built any furniture?
28Did he get any better at building it or did he just quit at some point, let the desire to create fall behind him like a forgotten felled tree? 28Did he get any better at building it or did he just quit at some point, let the desire to create fall behind him like a forgotten felled tree?
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ If anyone did, was his life changed?
33For the better or the worse? 33For the better or the worse?
34Did he glance at the mess in the top drawer of his Writing Desk as he cleaned the Shack out long after Paul had quit using it? 34Did he glance at the mess in the top drawer of his Writing Desk as he cleaned the Shack out long after Paul had quit using it?
35Did he put tools in there or leave it empty? 35Did he put tools in there or leave it empty?
36What did he do with the desk? 36[What did he do with the desk?][]
37Did he add it to the pile of rotting wood out back, or did he chop it up for a bonfire with friends, or a cozy fire with his wife and children, or did he take it to the dump three miles away to rot there? 37Did he add it to the pile of rotting wood out back, or did he chop it up for a bonfire with friends, or a cozy fire with his wife and children, or did he take it to the dump three miles away to rot there?
38Are these all the options? 38Are these all the options?
39 39
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ Did Paul ever think about any of this?
41Walking in the woods one afternoon after becoming frustrated with his writing, did he sit on a stump and cry? 41Walking in the woods one afternoon after becoming frustrated with his writing, did he sit on a stump and cry?
42Did he wonder whether he should have made other choices? 42Did he wonder whether he should have made other choices?
43Did he consider quitting smoking? 43Did he consider quitting smoking?
44
45[dismember them]: weplayedthosegamestoo.html
46[What did he do with the desk?]: finding-the-lion.html
diff --git a/src/paul.txt b/src/paul.txt index 37f3d11..2359745 100644 --- a/src/paul.txt +++ b/src/paul.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ project:
23> - typewriter 23> - typewriter
24> - writing desk 24> - writing desk
25> - notecards (top drawer of desk) 25> - notecards (top drawer of desk)
26> - pen (fountain) 26> - [pen][] (fountain)
27> - inkpot (empty) 27> - inkpot (empty)
28> - wood (a lot, more out back) 28> - wood (a lot, more out back)
29> - bare lightbulb 29> - bare lightbulb
@@ -47,3 +47,5 @@ He typed one more line, stood up, and went out of the shed.
47 47
48He got some kerosene from under the house, poured it around the base of the shed, lit a cigarette. 48He got some kerosene from under the house, poured it around the base of the shed, lit a cigarette.
49He smoked half of it and threw it down to start the fire. 49He smoked half of it and threw it down to start the fire.
50
51[pen]: howithappened.html
diff --git a/src/phone.txt b/src/phone.txt index e0e281c..38d2102 100644 --- a/src/phone.txt +++ b/src/phone.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Paul remembered that phones work by talking and said "Hello Jill."
26"Do you remember me" she asked "we were in school together? 26"Do you remember me" she asked "we were in school together?
27How have you been?" 27How have you been?"
28"Pretty well" said Paul "I've been writing and making furniture." 28"Pretty well" said Paul "I've been writing and making furniture."
29"Oh that's nice" said the woman's voice tinny in the phone 29"Oh that's nice" [said the woman's voice][] tinny in the phone
30"Listen I ran into your mother at the Supermarket the other day and she said you need a job. 30"Listen I ran into your mother at the [Supermarket][] the other day and she said you need a job.
31You still need one?" 31You still need one?"
32Paul had to tell the truth. 32Paul had to tell the truth.
33His mother was watching him out of the corner of her eye as she was playing dominoes at the kitchen table. 33His mother was watching him out of the corner of her eye as she was playing dominoes at the kitchen table.
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ It's just data entry really basic stuff entry-level."
46"Oh her was she calling about a job for you?" 46"Oh her was she calling about a job for you?"
47"Yes starts Monday" he said. 47"Yes starts Monday" he said.
48She smiled behind her glasses reflecting dominoes. 48She smiled behind her glasses reflecting dominoes.
49
50[said the woman's voice]: telemarketer.html
51[Supermarket]: last-bastion.html
diff --git a/src/planks.txt b/src/planks.txt index f37b9e5..4502d76 100644 --- a/src/planks.txt +++ b/src/planks.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ project:
18 link: phone 18 link: phone
19... 19...
20 20
21> EVERYTHING CHANGES OR EVERYTHING 21> [EVERYTHING CHANGES OR EVERYTHING][]
22> STAYS THE SAME 22> [STAYS THE SAME][]
23 23
24This sat alone on a blank notecard in Paul's typewriter. 24This sat alone on a blank notecard in Paul's typewriter.
25He stared at it, sipping at his too-hot coffee. 25He stared at it, sipping at his too-hot coffee.
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ He feared it would never become so.
34He threw open the door to the snow and the ground below it. 34He threw open the door to the snow and the ground below it.
35He reached for his axe on the wall. 35He reached for his axe on the wall.
36He reconsidered. 36He reconsidered.
37He took a few tentative steps onto the blankness on his own. 37He took a few tentative steps onto the [blankness][] on his own.
38He wasn't cold, not yet. 38He wasn't cold, not yet.
39He walked into the forest. 39He walked into the forest.
40The snow crunched under his feet and did not echo. 40The snow crunched under his feet and [did not echo][].
41
42[EVERYTHING CHANGES OR EVERYTHING]: swear.html
43[STAYS THE SAME]: howtoread.html
44[blankness]: in-bed.html
45[did not echo]: last-passenger.html
diff --git a/src/plant.txt b/src/plant.txt index 06be535..67912b4 100644 --- a/src/plant.txt +++ b/src/plant.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
1--- 1---
2title: Litany for plants 2title: Litany for a plant
3genre: verse 3genre: verse
4 4
5project: 5project:
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ project:
10I need a plant. I need a thing \ 10I need a plant. I need a thing \
11to take care of. I need \ 11to take care of. I need \
12a little green brownspotted \ 12a little green brownspotted \
13blackdirt growing \ 13[blackdirt][] growing \
14quietness. I need a sunlit \ 14quietness. I need a sunlit \
15dawn knowing my name filtered \ 15dawn knowing my name filtered \
16through a thin green window. \ 16through a [thin green window][]. \
17I need chlorophyll \ 17I need chlorophyll \
18working its magic on beams of \ 18working its [magic][] on beams of \
19grassmade early morning dewdrop \ 19grassmade early morning dewdrop \
20sweetmaking green. I need \ 20sweetmaking green. I need \
21the dark earth sucking water \ 21the dark earth sucking water \
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ from a black crevice \
23its black magic churning \ 23its black magic churning \
24wormilled rockturned starblind \ 24wormilled rockturned starblind \
25darkness and cold into \ 25darkness and cold into \
26the opposite of dust. I need the heat \ 26[the opposite of dust][]. I need the heat \
27to blind me. I need the dumb making \ 27to blind me. I need the dumb making \
28to charge my coldened blood. I need \ 28to charge my coldened blood. I need \
29the dropturned leaves to turn again \ 29the dropturned leaves to turn again \
30their faces to the windblown sun. \ 30their [faces to the windblown sun][]. \
31I need millions of tiny years \ 31I need millions of tiny years \
32summed up and burning out some unknown \ 32summed up and burning out some unknown \
33new growth into the air. I need four \ 33new growth into the air. I need four \
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ to fail to bring you down. Old one \
39I need the peace that comes with knowing \ 39I need the peace that comes with knowing \
40something sacred holds still \ 40something sacred holds still \
41in the world. I need your green tongues \ 41in the world. I need your green tongues \
42of flame to lick at old wounds \ 42[of flame to lick at old wounds][] \
43stitching us together away from ourselves. \ 43stitching us together away from ourselves. \
44I need your brownbranching grasp \ 44I need your brownbranching grasp \
45to keep me from drifting off \ 45to keep me from drifting off \
46into unknowing terrible sleep. I need \ 46into [unknowing terrible sleep][]. I need \
47to know the snake hanging \ 47[to know the snake][] hanging \
48from your branches. I need to watch \ 48from your branches. I need to watch \
49the dropping of flesh massful \ 49the dropping of flesh massful \
50onto the ground from a height. I need \ 50onto the ground from a height. I need \
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ barking new greennesses into the bark. \
55I need a knocker of dark secrets hidden \ 55I need a knocker of dark secrets hidden \
56in the dark bark hiding a smallstone \ 56in the dark bark hiding a smallstone \
57smoldering pearl in the knot. I need \ 57smoldering pearl in the knot. I need \
58that pearl held out in a hand like an offering. \ 58that [pearl held out in a hand][] like an offering. \
59I need the hand to be a plant's hand. 59I need the hand to be a plant's hand.
60 60
61I need a plant. I need a growing \ 61I need a plant. I need a growing \
62growler groaning toward heat and air. \ 62growler [groaning][] toward heat and air. \
63I need a green thin stem surprisingly strong \ 63I need a green thin stem surprisingly strong \
64holding up the weight of a plain \ 64holding up the weight of a plain \
65of fallow greennesses of creases and caresses \ 65of fallow [greennesses of creases and caresses][] \
66of tiny worldmaking hardworking grandeur. \ 66of tiny worldmaking hardworking grandeur. \
67I need a singer of life crying \ 67I need a singer of life crying \
68forward into old roads covered over \ 68forward into old roads covered over \
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ into cabins of wood fought for by labor. \
78I need snow on the ground with shoots \ 78I need snow on the ground with shoots \
79dotting the melting patches. I need two \ 79dotting the melting patches. I need two \
80leaves on a thin stalk shivering \ 80leaves on a thin stalk shivering \
81in moonlight. I need robinsong warbling \ 81in [moonlight][]. I need robinsong warbling \
82over the heads of small seeds sprouting \ 82over the heads of small seeds sprouting \
83to enliven their growth. I need rings \ 83to enliven their growth. I need rings \
84of woody material widening to push \ 84of woody material widening to push \
@@ -86,25 +86,46 @@ the ground out of their way. I need \
86new greennesses pushing out from \ 86new greennesses pushing out from \
87the brown dark bark gnarled. I \ 87the brown dark bark gnarled. I \
88need the robin to build its songfilled \ 88need the robin to build its songfilled \
89nest in a branchcrotch. I need \ 89nest in a [branchcrotch][]. I need \
90the fecundity of fungi on the branches. \ 90the fecundity of fungi on the branches. \
91I need quiet of the sunlight shooting \ 91I need quiet of the sunlight shooting \
92through thousands of branched leaves \ 92through thousands of branched leaves \
93quivering. I need whisper at dawn. \ 93quivering. [I need whisper at dawn.][] \
94I need burrows underground foxholes. \ 94I need burrows underground foxholes. \
95I need duff layers eaten through \ 95I need duff layers eaten through \
96by worms. I need brooks murmuring \ 96by worms. I need brooks murmuring \
97through crooks of roots. I need small \ 97through crooks of roots. I need small \
98fish swimming in their schools at \ 98[fish swimming][] in their schools at \
99midnight. I need oldnesses giving way \ 99midnight. I need oldnesses giving way \
100to youngnesses giving way to oldnesses. \ 100[to youngnesses giving way to oldnesses][]. \
101I need dapplegray yellowshot ashbark. \ 101I need dapplegray yellowshot ashbark. \
102I need the crunch of dead leaves underfoot. \ 102I need the crunch of dead leaves underfoot. \
103I need snowquiet deadbranch mourning. \ 103I need [snowquiet deadbranch][] mourning. \
104I need those purple mountains majesty. \ 104I need those [purple mountains majesty][]. \
105I need a walk between trees in the dark. \ 105I need a walk between trees in the dark. \
106I need that moment when stopping to rest \ 106I need that moment when stopping to rest \
107it suddenly seems that all the weary \ 107it suddenly seems that all the weary \
108forestroads in all their meandering come \ 108[forestroads][] in all their meandering come \
109to rest their heads at my astonished \ 109[to rest their heads][] at my astonished \
110feet, none of them needing more than me. 110feet, none of them needing more than me.
111
112[blackdirt]: building.html
113[thin green window]: window.html
114[magic]: cereal.html
115[to rest their heads]: riptide_memory.html
116[forestroads]: http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html
117[purple mountains majesty]: http://www.wrensworld.com/purpmount.htm
118[snowquiet deadbranch]: 100-lines.html
119[to youngnesses giving way to oldnesses]: about-the-author.html
120[fish swimming]: proverbs.html
121[I need whisper at dawn.]: apollo11.html
122[branchcrotch]: epigraph.html
123[moonlight]: finding-the-lion.html
124[greennesses of creases and caresses]: the-sea_the-beach.html
125[groaning]: feedingtheraven.html
126[pearl held out in a hand]: roughgloves.html
127[to know the snake]: ouroboros_memory.html
128[unknowing terrible sleep]: in-bed.html
129[of flame to lick at old wounds]: fire.html
130[faces to the windblown sun]: no-nothing.html
131[the opposite of dust]: https://samofthetenthousandthings.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/charles-wright-reads-james-wright-the-journey-audio-poem/
diff --git a/src/poetry-time.txt b/src/poetry-time.txt index a4d8344..6223070 100644 --- a/src/poetry-time.txt +++ b/src/poetry-time.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ project:
18 link: worse-looking-over 18 link: worse-looking-over
19... 19...
20 20
21I'm writing this now because I have to. \ 21I'm writing this now because I have to. \
22Not in some "my soul yearns for this and \ 22Not in some "my soul yearns for this and \
23I can't help it" way, but in the way that this \ 23I can't help it" way, but in the way that this \
24moment is structured as such, that it is \ 24moment is structured as such, that it is \
@@ -27,39 +27,46 @@ you reading it, now for you, later for me,
27 27
28and this tenuous connection mates me \ 28and this tenuous connection mates me \
29and you forever, combined with each other, two \ 29and you forever, combined with each other, two \
30electrons momentarily entwined. Later, \ 30[electrons momentarily entwined][]. Later, \
31when I'm dead or far too famous for you, and \ 31when I'm dead or far too famous for you, and \
32you're in school, reading my words because it is \ 32you're in school, reading my words because it is \
33required reading, I want you to remember this 33required reading, I want you to remember this
34 34
35connection we've always had, this \ 35connection we've always had, this \
36spider's thread hanging between you and me. \ 36[spider's thread][] hanging between you and me. \
37Which of us is the spider and which is \ 37Which of us is the spider and which is \
38the fly still remains to be seen. To \ 38the fly still remains to be seen. To \
39eat, perchance to fly: all of that and \ 39eat, perchance to fly: all of that and \
40more. We can settle all of this later. 40more. We can settle all of this later.
41 41
42Yes, it is you I'm thinking of in your later \ 42Yes, it is you I'm thinking of in your later \
43time: you specifically, not another. This \ 43time: you specifically, not another. This \
44is true for all _x_ such that _x_ > 0 and \ 44is true for all $x$ such that $x > 0$ and \
45_x_ is a real person, though it doesn't bother me \ 45$x$ is a real person, though it doesn't bother me \
46to write to a fictional figure or to \ 46to write to a fictional figure or to \
47a figment, maybe, of my imagination. This is 47[a figment][], maybe, of my imagination. This is
48 48
49what you are right now, anyway, dear Reader, is \ 49what you are right now, anyway, [dear Reader][], is \
50it not? I'm talking about my now, of course, not later, \ 50it not? I'm talking about my now, of course, not later, \
51which is your now. Later will be my now too, \ 51which is your now. Later will be my now too, \
52and maybe I'm ultimately writing to a future part of this \ 52and maybe I'm ultimately writing to a future part of this \
53self: you could very well be me. \ 53self: you could very well be me. \
54In fact, you probably are me, some other version, and 54In fact, you probably are me, [some other version][], and
55 55
56I am you in the past, or what you could've been, and \ 56I am you in the past, or what you could've been, and \
57at the same time, this isn't true. Everything is, \ 57at the same time, this isn't true. Everything is, \
58and nothing isn't. The difference between "you" and "me" \ 58and nothing isn't. The difference between "you" and "me" \
59is in name only. Maybe you'll get this later, \ 59is in name only. Maybe you'll get this later, \
60when you're older, when I'm older, when all of this \ 60[when you're older][], when I'm older, when all of this \
61is something we'll look fondly back to, 61is something we'll look fondly back to,
62 62
63because I do hope to meet you, although much later, \ 63because I do hope to meet you, although much later, \
64and I hope your feeling is the same. All this \ 64and I hope your feeling is the same. All this \
65talk on me and you and you and me we'll keep between us two. 65talk on me and you and you and me we'll keep between us two.
66
67[electrons momentarily entwined]: treatise.html
68[spider's thread]: last-passenger.html
69[a figment]: epigraph.html
70[some other version]: elegyforanalternateself.html
71[when you're older]: found-typewriter-poem.html
72[dear Reader]: real-writer.html
diff --git a/src/prelude.txt b/src/prelude.txt index 994fe53..1dbd8e6 100644 --- a/src/prelude.txt +++ b/src/prelude.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ project:
11 link: purpose-dogs 11 link: purpose-dogs
12... 12...
13 13
14Of course, there is a God. 14Of course, [there is a God][].
15Of course, there is no God. 15Of course, [there is no God][].
16Of course, what's really important is that these aren't important. 16Of course, what's really [important][] is that these aren't important.
17No, they are; but not really important. 17No, they are; but not really important.
18All that's important is the relative importance of non-important things. 18All that's important is the relative importance of non-important things.
19Shit. 19[Shit.][]
20Never mind; let's start over. 20Never mind; let's start over.
21
22[there is a God]: boar.html
23[there is no God]: TODO_BONNIE_PRINCE_BILLIE_YOUTUBE
24[Shit.]: january.html
25[important]: building.html
diff --git a/src/punch.txt b/src/punch.txt index 803285d..8243563 100644 --- a/src/punch.txt +++ b/src/punch.txt
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ project:
20 20
21When he finally got back to work he was surprised they threw him a party. 21When he finally got back to work he was surprised they threw him a party.
22_**WELCOME BACK PAUL!**_ was written on a big banner across the back wall. 22_**WELCOME BACK PAUL!**_ was written on a big banner across the back wall.
23Someone had ordered a confectioner's-sugar cake with frosting flowers on the corners. 23Someone had ordered a confectioner's-sugar cake with [frosting flowers][] on the corners.
24It said the same thing as the banner. 24It said the same thing as the banner.
25"Welcome back, Paul" said Jill as he was at the punch bowl. 25"Welcome back, Paul" said Jill as he was at the punch bowl.
26The cup was on the table as he ladled punch in with his right hand. 26The cup was on the table as he ladled punch in with his right hand.
27His left was wrapped in gauze. 27His left was wrapped in [gauze][].
28 28
29"Let me help you with that" said Jill. 29"Let me help you with that" said Jill.
30Paul had a strange feeling this had happened before. 30Paul had a strange feeling this had happened before.
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ When Jerry heard about your hand he said 'There goes one of our best data entry
37"I'm sorry." 37"I'm sorry."
38 38
39"Sorry for what" she looked at his eyes. 39"Sorry for what" she looked at his eyes.
40He imagined her seeing fisheye versions of herself in them. 40He imagined her seeing [fisheye][] versions of herself in them.
41"I don't know" he said because it was true. 41"I don't know" he said because it was true.
42"It's alright anyway" she said and placed the full punch cup in his right hand. 42"It's alright anyway" she said and placed the full punch cup in his right hand.
43
44[fisheye]: hands.html
45[frosting flowers]: big-dipper.html
46[gauze]: 100-lines.html
diff --git a/src/real-writer.txt b/src/real-writer.txt index 12c2170..a2b380f 100644 --- a/src/real-writer.txt +++ b/src/real-writer.txt
@@ -8,30 +8,41 @@ project:
8... 8...
9 9
10Sometimes I feel as though I am not a real writer. \ 10Sometimes I feel as though I am not a real writer. \
11I don't smoke. I don't wake up early but I don't sleep \ 11[I don't smoke][]. I don't wake up early but I don't sleep \
12all day either. I find myself increasingly interested \ 12all day either. I find myself increasingly interested \
13in dumb luck. Chance: I've found two dimes in as many \ 13in dumb luck. Chance: I've found two dimes in as many \
14days. Does this mean I've found twenty lucky pennies? \ 14days. Does this mean I've found twenty lucky pennies? \
15I want you to participate. You the reader. You, \ 15I want you to participate. You the reader. You, \
16the probabilistic god of my dreams. I've been having \ 16the probabilistic god of my dreams. I've been having \
17strange dreams lately. I don't remember them but \ 17[strange dreams][] lately. I don't remember them but \
18they leave impressions. A bare foot. A tunnel \ 18they leave impressions. A bare foot. A tunnel \
19of hair from her face to mine. A boat stranded \ 19of hair from her face to mine. A boat stranded \
20in a living-room. Something warm. Something like the sun \ 20in a living-room. Something warm. Something like the sun \
21through my eyelids. A hand, with all its dead symbology. \ 21through my eyelids. [A hand, with all its dead symbology][]. \
22My teeth have fallen out. No, you pulled them out \ 22[My teeth have fallen out][]. No, you pulled them out \
23with your hands, threw them over your left shoulder \ 23with your hands, threw them over your left shoulder \
24like salt, to wish away bad luck. I have something \ 24[like salt][], to wish away bad luck. I have something \
25to tell you: bad luck follows like a dog. It lets you \ 25to tell you: bad luck follows like a dog. It lets you \
26get ahead for a few days, a week, a year. You'll see, \ 26get ahead for a few days, a week, a year. You'll see, \
27it'll bite your sleeping face when you're not looking. \ 27it'll bite your sleeping face when you're not looking. \
28I've been dreaming about the future, I know. In my dream \ 28I've been dreaming about the future, I know. In my dream \
29I am not a writer, I live in a place with rain. You \ 29I am not a writer, [I live in a place with rain][]. You \
30are sunning yourself as you read this, on a beach or \ 30are sunning yourself as you read this, on a beach or \
31maybe a desert. Let me move in with you. I can cook \ 31maybe a desert. Let me move in with you. I can cook \
32or clean or take care of your dog while you're out. \ 32[or clean][] or take care of your dog while you're out. \
33I'll never have to write again. I'll watch television. \ 33I'll never have to write again. [I'll watch television][]. \
34Do I want to become a writer? Tell me. Should I smoke? \ 34Do I want to become a writer? Tell me. Should I smoke? \
35I can sleep all day in your attic if you want, become \ 35I can sleep all day in your attic if you want, become \
36your god, lose my own, settle to the bottom of the bed \ 36[your god][], lose my own, settle to the bottom of the bed \
37like a boat in a river, dream about nothing but furniture. 37like a boat in a river, dream about nothing but [furniture][].
38
39[I don't smoke]: cereal.html
40[strange dreams]: in-bed.html
41[A hand, with all its dead symbology]: roughgloves.html
42[My teeth have fallen out]: no-nothing.html
43[like salt]: i-am.html
44[I live in a place with rain]: riptide_memory.html
45[or clean]: when-im-sorry-i.html
46[I'll watch television]: about-the-author.html
47[your god]: love-as-god.html
48[furniture]: leaf.html
diff --git a/src/reports.txt b/src/reports.txt index 964a4e8..fe2c6c9 100644 --- a/src/reports.txt +++ b/src/reports.txt
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ He had spent the weekend
34 34
35so understandably he was upset. 35so understandably he was upset.
36He told Jill all the work he'd gone to to type those notecard reports for her, for the company. 36He told Jill all the work he'd gone to to type those notecard reports for her, for the company.
37She shook her head. 37[She shook her head.][]
38"Paul, you don't have to do all that work at home. 38"Paul, you don't have to do all that work at home.
39Just type it up on the computers here, that's all you need to do. 39Just type it up on the computers here, that's all you need to do.
40Thanks for the work though." 40Thanks for the work though."
41He nodded as she threw the notecards into the trashcan and left his cubicle. 41He nodded as she threw the notecards into the trashcan and left his cubicle.
42
43[She shook her head.]: seasonal-affective-disorder.html
diff --git a/src/riptide_memory.txt b/src/riptide_memory.txt index 8274a8a..aecb191 100644 --- a/src/riptide_memory.txt +++ b/src/riptide_memory.txt
@@ -20,32 +20,39 @@ project:
20 link: i-think-its-you 20 link: i-think-its-you
21... 21...
22 22
23Inside of my memory, the poem is another memory. \ 23Inside of my memory, the poem is another memory. \
24The air up here is thin, but the wind blows harder \ 24The air up here is thin, but the wind blows harder \
25than anywhere else I know. It threatens to rip \ 25than anywhere else I know. It threatens to rip \
26my body away, like an angel of death, to the stars. 26my body away, like [an angel of death][], to the stars.
27 27
28In Arizona, I thought I would forget the rain, \ 28In Arizona, I thought I would forget the rain, \
29forget its sound on a roof like a hard wind, forget \ 29forget its sound on a roof like a hard wind, forget \
30its smell like a far away ocean. Luckily for me \ 30its smell like a far away ocean. Luckily for me \
31it rains here. Luckily, because I forget too easily. 31it rains here. Luckily, because I forget too easily.
32 32
33In a dream, my father is caught by a riptide off-shore. \ 33In a dream, [my father is caught by a riptide][] off-shore. \
34He's pulled far out, far enough that the shoreline's \ 34He's pulled far out, far enough that the shoreline's \
35a line in his memory on the horizon. I can see him \ 35a line in his [memory][] on the horizon. I can see him \
36swimming, hand over hand, pulling his small weight 36swimming, hand over hand, pulling his small weight
37 37
38back to land. I see him as another shipwreck victim, \ 38back to land. I see him as [another shipwreck][] victim, \
39coughing sand and seawater, beard woven with seaweed. \ 39coughing sand and seawater, beard woven with seaweed. \
40I see him laying there a long time. I see all this \ 40I see him laying there a long time. I see all this \
41as he tells me the story, years later, the riptide 41as he tells me the story, years later, the riptide
42 42
43only a ghost in his memory, I only a child falling \ 43only a [ghost][] in his memory, I only a child falling \
44asleep. My mother's making mayonnaise rolls \ 44asleep. My mother's making mayonnaise rolls \
45in the kitchen, a recipe I'll send for years later, \ 45in the kitchen, a recipe I'll send for years later, \
46in Arizona, in the monsoon season, when my thirst 46in Arizona, in the monsoon season, when my thirst
47 47
48pulls me back home, my memory's lonesome twinkle \ 48pulls me back home, my memory's lonesome twinkle \
49like stars above the mountains. I'll send for it \ 49like [stars above the mountains][]. I'll send for it \
50and try to make them, but in the thin air they'll \ 50and try to make them, but in the thin air they'll \
51crumble into dust like desert air, like a memory. 51crumble into dust like desert air, like a memory.
52
53[an angel of death]: angeltoabraham.html
54[my father is caught by a riptide]: father.html
55[memory]: ouroboros_memory.html
56[another shipwreck]: shipwright.html
57[ghost]: 100-lines.html
58[stars above the mountains]: finding-the-lion.html
diff --git a/src/roughgloves.txt b/src/roughgloves.txt index 468b23c..5a212f5 100644 --- a/src/roughgloves.txt +++ b/src/roughgloves.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ project:
15... 15...
16 16
17I lost my hands & knit replacement ones \ 17I lost my hands & knit replacement ones \
18from spiders' threads, stronger than steel but soft \ 18from [spiders' threads][], stronger than steel but soft \
19as lambs' wool. Catching as they do on nails \ 19as lambs' wool. Catching as they do on nails \
20& your collarbone, you don't seem to like \ 20& your collarbone, you don't seem to like \
21their rough warm presence on your [cheek or thigh][]. \ 21their rough warm presence on your [cheek or thigh][]. \
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ like a silkworm in a spider's blackened [maw][].
32[cheek or thigh]: feedingtheraven.html 32[cheek or thigh]: feedingtheraven.html
33[break a hand]: weplayedthosegamestoo.html 33[break a hand]: weplayedthosegamestoo.html
34[maw]: serengeti.html 34[maw]: serengeti.html
35[spiders' threads]: poetry-time.html
diff --git a/src/sapling.txt b/src/sapling.txt index 7a54c27..53820dc 100644 --- a/src/sapling.txt +++ b/src/sapling.txt
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ He sighed and put his hands in his pockets.
29 29
30"I wonder if trees are protective of their young" he said to himself, then wondered if why he had to think his thoughts out loud, then remembered he always did this, then remembered his conversation with Jill. 30"I wonder if trees are protective of their young" he said to himself, then wondered if why he had to think his thoughts out loud, then remembered he always did this, then remembered his conversation with Jill.
31He hoped she didn't. 31He hoped she didn't.
32He hoped that conversation was like the tree that fell in the forest with no one around. 32He hoped that conversation was like [the tree that fell in the forest][] with no one around.
33"I wonder if a thought said out loud isn't heard by anyone, if it was made. 33"I wonder if a thought said out loud isn't heard by anyone, if it was made.
34I think maybe this is what Literature (big L) is all about, if it's trying to make a connection because no idea matters unless it's connected to something else, or to someone else. 34I think maybe this is what Literature (big L) is all about, if it's trying to make a connection because no idea matters unless it's connected to something else, or to someone else.
35Maybe no wood matters unless it's bound to another by upholstery nails. 35Maybe no wood matters unless it's [bound to another][] by upholstery nails.
36If 'the devil is in the details,' as they say (who are 'they' anyway?), the details are the connections? 36If 'the devil is in the details,' as they say (who are 'they' anyway?), the details are the connections?
37That doesn't make sense. 37That doesn't make sense.
38Details are details. 38Details are details.
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ Connections are connections.
41"Still, a neuron by itself means nothing. 41"Still, a neuron by itself means nothing.
42Put them all together though and connect them. 42Put them all together though and connect them.
43You've got a brain." 43You've got a brain."
44
45[the tree that fell in the forest]: options.html
46[bound to another]: last-passenger.html
diff --git a/src/seasonal-affective-disorder.txt b/src/seasonal-affective-disorder.txt index ef14309..41e5ae0 100644 --- a/src/seasonal-affective-disorder.txt +++ b/src/seasonal-affective-disorder.txt
@@ -8,22 +8,28 @@ project:
8... 8...
9 9
10On your desk I set a tangerine: \ 10On your desk I set a tangerine: \
11a relic of a winter quickly passing. 11a relic of a [winter][] quickly passing.
12 12
13I'm reminded, fiercely, of a summer: \ 13I'm reminded, fiercely, of a summer: \
14I watched the cemetery grass on my stomach. 14I watched the [cemetery grass][] on my stomach.
15 15
16You hate the wind blowing through buildings: \ 16You hate the wind [blowing through buildings][]: \
17the coldness of fire, blister of a mountain stream. 17the coldness of fire, blister of a mountain stream.
18 18
19When you broke down that night: your aunt / you \ 19When you broke down that night: your aunt / you \
20never have been / you shook that night / 20never have been / [you shook that night][] /
21 21
22Seasonal affective disorder is real: you \ 22Seasonal affective disorder is real: you \
23mutter under your breath on the highway. 23[mutter under your breath on the highway][].
24 24
25The ant carries an orange peel past a headstone: \ 25The ant carries an orange peel past a headstone: \
26it carries her nearly as often. 26it carries her nearly as often.
27 27
28I set a tangerine on your desk: \ 28I set a tangerine on your desk: \
29an engagement ring, winter-returned. 29an engagement ring, winter-returned.
30
31[winter]: january.html
32[cemetery grass]: death-zone.html
33[blowing through buildings]: building.html
34[you shook that night]: the-night-we-met.html
35[mutter under your breath on the highway]: last-bastion.html
diff --git a/src/sense-of-it.txt b/src/sense-of-it.txt index 1be59e1..31b971b 100644 --- a/src/sense-of-it.txt +++ b/src/sense-of-it.txt
@@ -7,24 +7,28 @@ project:
7 css: autocento 7 css: autocento
8... 8...
9 9
10I only write poems on the bus anymore. \ 10I only write poems on [the bus][] anymore. \
11I sit far in the back to be alone. \ 11I sit far in the back to be alone. \
12I mark black things on white things in a black thing. \ 12I mark black things on white things in a black thing. \
13I try to make sense of it. 13I try to make sense of it.
14 14
15Every time I see a plastic bag in the wind I think: \ 15Every time I see a plastic bag in the wind I think: \
16This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. \ 16[This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.][] \
17Most of my life I relate to something on the TV: \ 17Most of my life I relate to something on the TV: \
18This is how I try to make sense of it. 18This is how I try to make sense of it.
19 19
20The Talking Heads song ["Stop Making Sense"][stop] \ 20The Talking Heads song ["Stop Making Sense"][stop] \
21is about a girlfriend caught cheating and willed oblivion. \ 21is about a girlfriend caught cheating and willed oblivion. \
22The song's real title is "Girlfriend is Better" \ 22The song's real title is "Girlfriend is Better" \
23but lying about it is a way I try to make sense of it. 23but [lying][] about it is a way I try to make sense of it.
24 24
25The day after I lost her I found you again. \ 25The day after I lost her I found you again. \
26Your face made a plastic bag of my heart. \ 26Your face made a plastic bag of my heart. \
27Your eyes were the wind pushing the bus forward. \ 27Your eyes were [the wind][] pushing the bus forward. \
28I couldn't make sense of it. 28I couldn't make sense of it.
29 29
30[stop]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r7X3f2gFz4 30[stop]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r7X3f2gFz4
31[This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qssvnjj5Moo
32[the wind]: cold-wind.html
33[lying]: the-night-we-met.html
34[the bus]: stagnant.html
diff --git a/src/shed.txt b/src/shed.txt index 379b790..644e6ad 100644 --- a/src/shed.txt +++ b/src/shed.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ project:
24"I don't know" he said. 24"I don't know" he said.
25 25
26"Goddammit Paul" his mother said. 26"Goddammit Paul" his mother said.
27"You're wasting your life out in that shed. 27"You're [wasting your life][] out in that shed.
28You need to go out and get---" 28You need to go out and get---"
29"I chop down trees too" he said. 29"I chop down trees too" he said.
30"I make furniture out of them." 30"I make furniture out of them."
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ His mother's face did a Hitchcock zoom as she considered this new information.
34"It's getting there" he answered. 34"It's getting there" he answered.
35"I'm getting better every day." 35"I'm getting better every day."
36"When is it going to be there" she asked. 36"When is it going to be there" she asked.
37"When are you going to sell this furniture of yours?" 37"When are you going to sell [this furniture][] of yours?"
38"It'll be a while" he answered. 38"It'll be a while" he answered.
39 39
40"Then you'd better get a job until then" she said. 40"Then you'd better get a job until then" she said.
41
42[wasting your life]: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177229
43[this furniture]: real-writer.html
diff --git a/src/sixteenth-chapel.txt b/src/sixteenth-chapel.txt index 9e568a3..373a428 100644 --- a/src/sixteenth-chapel.txt +++ b/src/sixteenth-chapel.txt
@@ -28,47 +28,58 @@ project:
28... 28...
29 29
30If Justin Bieber isn't going for the sixteenth \ 30If Justin Bieber isn't going for the sixteenth \
31chapel, I'm not either. I admit he is my role \ 31chapel, I'm not either. I admit he is my role \
32model. He's so current, so fresh and so new, \ 32model. He's so current, so fresh and so new, \
33and Michelangelo is so old, his art so dated. \ 33and Michelangelo is so old, his art so dated. \
34Where is the love in those old paintings? All \ 34Where is the love in those old paintings? All \
35I see is creation, judgment, and death--- 35I see is [creation][], [judgment][], and [death][]---
36 36
37and I don't get the preoccupation with death. \ 37and I don't get the preoccupation with death. \
38I'm about life! Ever since my sixteenth \ 38I'm about life! Ever since my sixteenth \
39birthday, when me and my two sisters all \ 39birthday, when me and my two sisters all \
40nearly died when the car I was driving rolled \ 40nearly died when the car I was driving rolled \
41into a creek. Even though I've forgotten the date, \ 41into a creek. Even though I've [forgotten the date][], \
42I think it keeps me thinking on the new, 42I think it keeps me thinking on the new,
43 43
44something Biebs would be proud of if he knew. \ 44something Biebs would be proud of if he knew. \
45I look at him, and see the opposite of death \ 45I look at him, and see the [opposite of death][] \
46in his eyes, his youthful smile: though someday \ 46in his eyes, his youthful smile: though someday \
47he may be a father, and later host a Sweet Sixteen \ 47he may [be a father][], and later host a Sweet Sixteen \
48for his daughter (who I know he'll buy a Rolls), \ 48for his daughter (who I know he'll buy a Rolls), \
49death will never find him. Living will be all 49death will never find him. Living will be all
50 50
51he'll ever do, because it will be all \ 51he'll ever do, because it will be all \
52he'll ever need to do. He is the eternal new, \ 52he'll ever need to do. He is the eternal new, \
53the forever youth: this is the simple role \ 53the [forever youth:][] this is the simple [role][] \
54of every celebrity, to let us forget death. \ 54of every celebrity, to let us forget death. \
55Bieber didn't make a mistake on the Sistine \ 55Bieber didn't make a mistake on the Sistine \
56Chapel's name. He merely showed that someday 56Chapel's name. He merely showed that someday
57 57
58all old names must go, that on some day \ 58all old names must go, that on some day \
59a name must die so that the thing, which is all \ 59a name must die so that the thing, which is all \
60that matters, can stay as it was in the sixteenth \ 60that matters, can stay as it was in the sixteenth \
61century: fresh, ostentatious, and brand new. \ 61century: fresh, ostentatious, and brand new. \
62In a way, the name becomes a Christ, experiencing death \ 62In a way, [the name becomes a Christ][], experiencing death \
63so the world doesn't have to. But I am wary of this role 63so the world doesn't have to. But I am wary of this role
64 64
65for a name. It seems a name gives meaning, rolls \ 65for a name. It seems a name gives meaning, rolls \
66the general idea together with the concrete, daily \ 66the general idea together with the concrete, daily \
67toil of the mundane. Are not life and death \ 67toil of the mundane. Are not life and death \
68intertwined? Is not everything tied up all \ 68intertwined? Is not everything tied up all \
69with everything? I guess I'm saying the new \ 69with everything? I guess I'm saying the new \
70necessarily comes from the old, as every sixteen- 70necessarily comes from the old, as every sixteen-
71 71
72year-old has a parent. Life rolls to death, and all \ 72year-old has a parent. [Life rolls to death][], and all \
73is tied together. Each day is born of night, and dies so new \ 73is tied together. Each day is born of night, and dies so new \
74morning can occur. Even the sixteenth chapel holds death. 74morning can occur. Even the sixteenth chapel holds death.
75
76[role]: words-meaning.html
77[death]: deathstrumpet.html
78[opposite of death]: death-zone.html
79[creation]: creation-myth.html
80[judgment]: movingsideways.html
81[forgotten the date]: riptide_memory.html
82[be a father]: i-am.html
83[forever youth:]: about-the-author.html
84[the name becomes a Christ]: nothing-is-ever-over.html
85[Life rolls to death]: ouroboros_memory.html
diff --git a/src/snow.txt b/src/snow.txt index 8832059..3e40952 100644 --- a/src/snow.txt +++ b/src/snow.txt
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ project:
18 link: shed 18 link: shed
19... 19...
20 20
21_I don't care if they burn_ he wrote on his last blank notecard. 21_[I don't care if they burn][]_ he wrote on his last blank notecard.
22He'd have to go to the Office Supply Store tomorrow after work. 22He'd have to go to the Office Supply Store tomorrow after work.
23 23
24He looked at what he'd written. 24He looked at what he'd written.
25He'd been thinking about this for a while, felt the frustration build slowly like a thundercloud in the back of his mind. 25He'd been thinking about this for a while, felt the frustration build slowly like a [thundercloud][] in the back of his mind.
26He thought he should write something else on the card, but everything he thought of seemed too confessional or too real compromising. 26He thought he should write something else on the card, but everything he thought of seemed too confessional or too real compromising.
27He didn't want anyone, not even the notecards, to know what he was thinking. 27[He didn't want anyone, not even the notecards, to know what he was thinking.][thinking]
28He decided to try for more of an interview with the paper. 28He decided to try for more of an interview with the paper.
29 29
30_Why?_ asked the notecard. 30_Why?_ asked the notecard.
@@ -37,11 +37,18 @@ He could see bits and pieces of thoughts like leaves crunched underfoot in autum
37_It will take so much organization_ he wrote. 37_It will take so much organization_ he wrote.
38 38
39_Why is organization important? 39_Why is organization important?
40Remember the trees, how they formed rows without trying. 40Remember the trees, [how they formed rows][] without trying.
41No matter how the ideas fall, they make something. 41No matter how the ideas fall, they make something.
42The snow does that too_ he wrote. 42[The snow][] [does that too][]_ he wrote.
43_It doesn't try to make anything but it does._ 43_It doesn't try to make anything but it does._
44 44
45_No the snow is different_ the notecard was annoyed. 45_No the snow is different_ the notecard was annoyed.
46_The snow is a blank canvas that humans build into shapes or doppelgangers. 46_The snow is a blank canvas that humans build into shapes or doppelgangers.
47It makes nothing on its own._ 47It makes nothing on its own._
48
49[I don't care if they burn]: fire.html
50[thundercloud]: serengeti.html
51[thinking]: lappel-du-vide.html
52[how they formed rows]: axe.html
53[The snow]: 100-lines.html
54[does that too]: weplayedthosegamestoo.html
diff --git a/src/stagnant.txt b/src/stagnant.txt index ac872a8..90af9ac 100644 --- a/src/stagnant.txt +++ b/src/stagnant.txt
@@ -20,18 +20,23 @@ project:
20 20
21"Riding the bus to work is a good way to think or to read" Paul thought to himself on the bus ride to work. 21"Riding the bus to work is a good way to think or to read" Paul thought to himself on the bus ride to work.
22His thoughts couldn't become real to him because he didn't want to look insane to everyone else on the bus. 22His thoughts couldn't become real to him because he didn't want to look insane to everyone else on the bus.
23His thoughts came to him like someone yelling over a hard wind. 23His thoughts came to him like someone [yelling over a hard wind][].
24He was trying to write them on his memory but the act of writing was easier and more immediate than that of listening. 24He was trying to write them on his memory but the act of writing was easier and more immediate than that of listening.
25He was afraid that when he looked at his memory later he wouldn't be able to read what was written. 25He was afraid that when he looked at his memory later he wouldn't be able to read what was written.
26 26
27"Thoughts are like the wind outside a moving bus" he thought "or rather the bus is a brain slamming into columns of stagnant air causing them to whistle past in a confusion of something." 27"Thoughts are like the wind outside a moving bus" he thought "or rather the bus is a brain slamming into columns of stagnant air causing them to whistle past in a confusion of something."
28He could barely hear the voice yelling to him over the wind. 28He could barely hear the voice [yelling to him over the wind][].
29"Speak up" he thought to the voice, then remembered it was his own. 29"Speak up" he thought to the voice, then remembered it was his own.
30He wished he'd remembered a book to read. 30He wished he'd remembered a book to read.
31 31
32He looked at his hands to pass the time. 32He looked at his hands to pass the time.
33They were dry in the winter air that had seeped its way into the bus. 33[They were dry in the winter air][] that had seeped its way into the bus.
34He tried to figure out how many hours they would make it before cracking and bleeding. 34He tried to figure out how many hours they would make it before cracking and bleeding.
35"Maybe three or four" he thought accidentally out loud. 35"Maybe three or four" he thought accidentally out loud.
36He looked around expecting stares from everyone on the seat. 36He looked around expecting stares from everyone on the seat.
37He was surprised that he was the only one on the bus. 37[He was surprised that he was the only one on the bus.][]
38
39[He was surprised that he was the only one on the bus.]: stayed-on-the-bus.html
40[yelling over a hard wind]: sense-of-it.html
41[They were dry in the winter air]: hands.html
42[yelling to him over the wind]: cold-wind.html
diff --git a/src/statements-frag.txt b/src/statements-frag.txt index d6e883b..1969387 100644 --- a/src/statements-frag.txt +++ b/src/statements-frag.txt
@@ -11,32 +11,32 @@ project:
11I. Eli {#i.-eli .unnumbered} 11I. Eli {#i.-eli .unnumbered}
12------ 12------
13 13
14"Can one truly describe an emotion?" Eli asked me over the walkie-talkie. 14"Can one truly describe an emotion?" Eli asked me over the walkie-talkie.
15He was in the bathroom, & had taken the walkie-talkie in with him absent-mindedly. 15He was in the bathroom, & had taken the walkie-talkie in with him absent-mindedly.
16I could hear sounds of his piss hitting the toilet water. 16I could hear sounds of his piss hitting the toilet water.
17 17
18"I can hear you peeing," I said. 18"I can hear you peeing," I said.
19He didn't answer so I said in apology, "It's okay. Humans are sexually dimorphic." 19He didn't answer so I said in apology, "It's okay. Humans are sexually dimorphic."
20I was sitting on my blue baby blanket texting Jon, who was funny and amicable over the phone. 20I was sitting on my blue baby blanket texting Jon, who was funny and amicable over the phone.
21He made a three-message joke about greedy lawyers and I would have been laughing if not for my embarrassment toward Eli. 21He made a three-message joke about greedy lawyers and I would have been laughing if not for my embarrassment toward Eli.
22He finally came out of the bathroom and kept his eyes straight ahead, toward the wall calendar and not at me, as he passed through the family room into his bedroom, were he shut the door quietly. 22He finally came out of the bathroom and kept his eyes straight ahead, toward the wall calendar and not at me, as he passed through the family room into his bedroom, were he shut the door quietly.
23Presently I heard some muffled noise as he turned on his iPod. 23Presently I heard some muffled noise as he turned on his iPod.
24I guessed he didn't feel like talking so I stayed on my blanket watching the Price is Right and texting Jon. 24I guessed he didn't feel like talking so I stayed on my blanket watching the _Price is Right_ and texting Jon.
25 25
26Drew Carrey was doing his wrap-up speech on TV when Eli finally came out of his room, red puffy streaks covering his face. 26Drew Carrey was doing his wrap-up speech on TV when Eli finally came out of his room, red puffy streaks covering his face.
27His eyes and nose were red too, which was almost festive against the pale green and white of the wallpaper. 27His eyes and nose were red too, which was almost festive against the pale green and white of the [wallpaper][].
28I had been laughing at the goofy costumes on the Price is Right and the jokes Jon was texting me, but when Eli came out of the room I stopped and just looked at him as well as I could. 28I had been laughing at the goofy costumes on the _Price is Right_ and the jokes Jon was texting me, but when Eli came out of the room I stopped and just looked at him as well as I could.
29He was staring at my right shoulder as he said, "Go home now." 29He was staring at my right shoulder as he said, "Go home now."
30 30
31"What?" 31"What?"
32 32
33"I said go home now. 33"[I said go home now][].
34I don't want you here anymore, because I just remembered I have someone coming over and I have to clean." 34I don't want you here anymore, because I just remembered I have someone coming over and I have to clean."
35 35
36"Look, Eli, I'm sorry---" 36"Look, Eli, I'm sorry---"
37 37
38"It doesn't have anything to do with you, I swear. 38"It doesn't have anything to do with you, I swear.
39Just go, okay? Go home now." 39Just go, okay? [Go home now][]."
40 40
41I got up and tried to give him a hug but he withdrew from me sharply. 41I got up and tried to give him a hug but he withdrew from me sharply.
42So I walked around the coffee table as he sat down, not looking at me anymore, and stared at the blank TV. 42So I walked around the coffee table as he sat down, not looking at me anymore, and stared at the blank TV.
@@ -46,18 +46,25 @@ I opened my mouth but thought better of talking, and closed the door behind me s
46II. Dimorphic {#ii.-dimorphic .unnumbered} 46II. Dimorphic {#ii.-dimorphic .unnumbered}
47------------- 47-------------
48 48
49Oranges. Poison. A compromise \ 49[Oranges][]. Poison. A compromise \
50between Mary & Judas. Blue \ 50between Mary & [Judas][]. Blue \
51baby blankets swaddling greedy lawyers. 51baby blankets swaddling greedy lawyers.
52 52
53Can one truly describe an emotion? \ 53Can one truly describe an emotion? \
54I cut my ankle with a razor blade. \ 54I cut my ankle with a razor blade. \
55I can only go one at a time. Humanity \ 55I can only go one at a time. Humanity \
56has a seething mass of eels \ 56has a seething mass of eels \
57for a brain, mating in the water so forcefully \ 57for a brain, mating in the water so forcefully \
58that it could drown you under the moon. 58that it could [drown you under the moon][].
59 59
60III. Declaration of Poetry {#iii.-declaration-of-poetry .unnumbered} 60III. Declaration of Poetry {#iii.-declaration-of-poetry .unnumbered}
61-------------------------- 61--------------------------
62 62
63You have to go one line at a time, and you have to start on the first or second line. 63You have to go one line at a time, and you have to start on the first or second line.
64
65[Judas]: spittle.html
66[wallpaper]: wallpaper.html
67[I said go home now]: lappel-du-vide.html
68[Go home now]: riptide_memory.html
69[Oranges]: seasonal-affective-disorder.html
70[drown you under the moon]: moon-drowning.html
diff --git a/src/stayed-on-the-bus.txt b/src/stayed-on-the-bus.txt index 6d9e867..d1818a3 100644 --- a/src/stayed-on-the-bus.txt +++ b/src/stayed-on-the-bus.txt
@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@ project:
7 css: autocento 7 css: autocento
8... 8...
9 9
10It was a gamble \ 10It was a [gamble][] \
11I lost---thought I could get closer \ 11I lost---thought I could get closer \
12than the library, stayed \ 12than the library, stayed \
13on past the admin building, \ 13on past the admin building, \
14back down the hill to my beginning, \ 14back down the hill to my beginning, \
15the driver's second-to-last stop. \ 15the driver's second-to-last stop. \
16I have to walk now, \ 16[I have to walk now][], \
17through the wind and sun, past \ 17through the wind and sun, past \
18traffic moving merrily along \ 18[traffic][] moving merrily along \
19taking their own gambles \ 19taking their own gambles \
20staying on or getting off \ 20staying on or getting off \
21too soon. 21too soon.
22
23[gamble]: hard-game.html
24[I have to walk now]: lappel-du-vide.html
25[traffic]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html
diff --git a/src/stump.txt b/src/stump.txt index 7477607..55cd38f 100644 --- a/src/stump.txt +++ b/src/stump.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ project:
20 20
21He walked into the woods for the first time in months. 21He walked into the woods for the first time in months.
22It was a bright summer day but under the canopy of leaves it was cool and quiet and twilight. 22It was a bright summer day but under the canopy of leaves it was cool and quiet and twilight.
23There was no sound but his footsteps, his breathing. 23[There was no sound but his footsteps, his breathing.][]
24Instead of an axe, his right hand clutched his notebook. 24Instead of an axe, his right hand clutched his notebook.
25His left was in his pocket. 25His left was in his pocket.
26A pencil perched behind his ear. 26A pencil perched behind his ear.
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ Paul walked over to the stump and sat down.
32He looked up and tried to find a pattern in the placement of the trees. 32He looked up and tried to find a pattern in the placement of the trees.
33There was none. 33There was none.
34They grew randomly, beginning nowhere and ending in the same place. 34They grew randomly, beginning nowhere and ending in the same place.
35A squirrel ran down one and up another for no reason. 35[A squirrel][] ran down one and up another for no reason.
36He opened his notebook and took his pencil from his ear but could think of nothing to write. 36He opened his notebook and took his pencil from his ear but could think of nothing to write.
37 37
38A crow called hoarsely to another, something important. 38A crow called hoarsely to another, something important.
39Paul looked up but could not see the black bird in the leaves of the trees. 39Paul looked up but could not see the black bird in the [leaves of the trees][].
40He looked back down to the cream-colored pages of his notebook. 40He looked back down to the cream-colored pages of his notebook.
41 41
42He was surprised that he'd written _YOU CANNOT DISCOVER ART_. 42He was surprised that he'd written _YOU CANNOT DISCOVER ART_.
43
44[There was no sound but his footsteps, his breathing.]: music-433.html
45[A squirrel]: squirrel.html
46[leaves of the trees]: death-zone.html
diff --git a/src/swansong-alt.txt b/src/swansong-alt.txt index e9a9eba..1664bba 100644 --- a/src/swansong-alt.txt +++ b/src/swansong-alt.txt
@@ -8,24 +8,33 @@ project:
8 css: autocento 8 css: autocento
9... 9...
10 10
11This poem is dry like chapped lips. \ 11This poem is dry like [chapped lips][]. \
12It is hard as teeth---hear the tapping? \ 12[It is hard as teeth][]---hear the tapping? \
13It is the swan song of beauty, as all \ 13It is the swan song of beauty, as all \
14swan songs are. Reading it, you are \ 14swan songs are. [Reading][] it, you are \
15puzzled, perhaps a little repulsed. \ 15puzzled, perhaps a little repulsed. \
16Swans do not have teeth, nor do they sing. \ 16Swans do not have teeth, nor do they sing. \
17A honking over the cliff is all \ 17A honking over the cliff is all \
18they can do, and that they do \ 18they can do, and that they do \
19badly. You don't know where I'm going. \ 19badly. You don't know where I'm going. \
20You want to tell me, You are not you. \ 20You want to tell me, [You are not you][]. \
21You are the air the swan walks on. \ 21[You are the air the swan walks on.][] \
22You are the fringe of the curtain \ 22You are the fringe of the curtain \
23that separates me from you. I say \ 23[that separates me from you][]. I say \
24that you are no longer the temple, \ 24that you are no longer the temple, \
25that you have been through fire \ 25that you have been through [fire][] \
26and are now less than ash. You are \ 26and are now less than ash. You are \
27the subtraction of yourself from \ 27the subtraction of yourself from \
28the world, the air without a swan. \ 28the world, [the air without a swan][]. \
29Together, we are each other. You \ 29Together, we are each other. You \
30and I have both nothing and everything \ 30and I have both nothing and everything \
31at once, we own the world and nothing in it. 31at once, we own the world and nothing in it.
32
33[chapped lips]: time-looks-up-to-the-sky.html
34[It is hard as teeth]: no-nothing.html
35[Reading]: poetry-time.html
36[You are not you]: about-the-author.html
37[You are the air the swan walks on.]: swansong.html
38[that separates me from you]: elegyforanalternateself.html
39[fire]: fire.html
40[the air without a swan]: finding-the-lion.html
diff --git a/src/swansong.txt b/src/swansong.txt index 434bd07..4041600 100644 --- a/src/swansong.txt +++ b/src/swansong.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ project:
17Swans fly overhead singing goodbye \ 17Swans fly overhead singing goodbye \
18to we [walkers of the earth][ithappened]. You point \ 18to we [walkers of the earth][ithappened]. You point \
19to them in formation, you tell me \ 19to them in formation, you tell me \
20you are not you. You are the air the swans \ 20you are not you. [You are the air the swans \
21walk on as they journey like pilgrims \ 21walk on][alt] as they journey like pilgrims \
22to a temple in the south. A curtain \ 22to a temple in the south. A curtain \
23there separates me from you, swans \ 23there separates me from you, swans \
24from the air they fly through. I say \ 24from the air they fly through. I say \
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ at once. We own the world and nothing in it.
33[ithappened]: howithappened.html 33[ithappened]: howithappened.html
34[mirror]: moongone.html 34[mirror]: moongone.html
35[trumpet]: deathstrumpet.html 35[trumpet]: deathstrumpet.html
36[alt]: swansong-alt.html
diff --git a/src/table_contents.txt b/src/table_contents.txt index c8f64a8..26cf75c 100644 --- a/src/table_contents.txt +++ b/src/table_contents.txt
@@ -13,46 +13,80 @@ project:
13 link: big-dipper 13 link: big-dipper
14... 14...
15 15
16--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 16------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
174. The look she gave me 4. Half-hours in heaven are three times 174. [The look she gave me][] 4. Half-hours in heaven are three times
18 that in hell 18 [that in hell][]
19 19
205. Not out of anger 5. Pay the toll, mister, or nothing can 205. [Not out of anger][] 5. [Pay the toll][], mister, or nothing can
21 get done 21 get done
22 22
236. A desire to understand 6. Misattributed 236. [A desire to understand][] 6. [Misattributed][]
24 24
257. Seven syllables amble 7. Disassociated 257. [Seven syllables amble][] 7. [Disassociated][]
26 26
278. To drink at the pond 8. Advice from a cereal box 278. [To drink at the pond][] 8. [Advice from a cereal box][]
28 28
299. Two fall in and drown 9. The challenges of a modern life 299. [Two fall in and drown][] 9. [The challenges of][] a modern life
30 30
3110. Odd-numbered ponies 10. Probability and the American Dream 3110. [Odd-numbered ponies][] 10. Probability and the American [Dream][]
32 32
3311. Buck and Whinny in the moonlight 11. Two friends throw dice 3311. [Buck and Whinny in the moonlight][] 11. [Two friends throw dice][]
34 34
3512. To die tomorrow 12. Fears of death 3512. [To die tomorrow][] 12. [Fears of death][]
36 36
3713. To be everywhere 13. The solipsist talks to God 3713. [To be everywhere][] 13. The [solipsist talks to God][]
38 38
3914. All at one time: my motto 14. A phone conversation following 3914. [All at one time: my motto][] 14. [A phone conversation][] following
40 receipt of an ill-timed love letter 40 receipt of an ill-timed love letter
41 41
4215. Of a perfect world 15. Woody Allen at the horse races 4215. [Of a perfect world][] 15. Woody Allen at [the horse races][]
43 43
4416. This morning the sun 16. Whether you say good morning or 4416. [This morning the sun][] 16. Whether you say [good morning][] or
45 good night 45 good night
46 46
4717. Wandering through the window 17. A traveler waiting on the mountain 4717. [Wandering through the window][] 17. A traveler [waiting on the mountain][]
48 48
4918. Alights on my shoulder 18. The impenetrable object falls in 4918. [Alights on my shoulder][] 18. The impenetrable object falls in
50 love 50 [love][]
51 51
52 1. Liquid messenger 52 1. [Liquid messenger][]
53 53
54 2. After a gate closes, dogs bark 54 2. [After a gate closes, dogs bark][]
55 55
56 3. Finding old men at dusk 56 3. [Finding old men at dusk][]
57 57
58--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 58------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
59
60[The look she gave me]: ouroboros_memory.html
61[Not out of anger]: lappel-du-vide.html
62[A desire to understand]: boy_bus.html
63[Seven syllables amble]: i-think-its-you.html
64[To drink at the pond]: initial-conditions.html
65[Two fall in and drown]: love-as-god.html
66[Odd-numbered ponies]: worse-looking-over.html
67[Buck and Whinny in the moonlight]: sixteenth-chapel.html
68[To die tomorrow]: last-bastion.html
69[To be everywhere]: amber-alert.html
70[All at one time: my motto]: exasperated.html
71[Of a perfect world]: death-zone.html
72[This morning the sun]: big-dipper.html
73[Wandering through the window]: poetry-time.html
74[Alights on my shoulder]: moon-drowning.html
75[Liquid messenger]: music-433.html
76[After a gate closes, dogs bark]: riptide_memory.html
77[Finding old men at dusk]: about-the-author.html
78[A phone conversation]: phone.html
79[that in hell]: telemarketer.html
80[Pay the toll]: no-nothing.html
81[Misattributed]: howithappened.html
82[Disassociated]: howtoread.html
83[Advice from a cereal box]: cereal.html
84[The challenges of]: call-me-aural-pleasure.html
85[Dream]: in-bed.html
86[Two friends throw dice]: deadman.html
87[Fears of death]: seasonal-affective-disorder.html
88[solipsist talks to God]: boar.html
89[the horse races]: 100-lines.html
90[good morning]: big-dipper.html
91[waiting on the mountain]: mountain.html
92[love]: lovesong.html
diff --git a/src/tapestry.txt b/src/tapestry.txt index 4118e5d..bfaf24a 100644 --- a/src/tapestry.txt +++ b/src/tapestry.txt
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Praise or adoration to what? he asked himself.
28He thought maybe furniture. 28He thought maybe furniture.
29There was still a lot of notfurniture in what he was again calling his Writing Shack. 29There was still a lot of notfurniture in what he was again calling his Writing Shack.
30 30
31The dictionary also had this to say about "hymn": that it was possibly related to the old Greek word for "weave." 31The dictionary also had this to say about "hymn": that it was possibly related to the old Greek word for "[weave][]."
32"Weave what" Paul wondered to himself. 32"[Weave what][]" Paul wondered to himself.
33He wrote this down on a new notecard. 33He wrote this down on a new notecard.
34_Apparently "hymn" means weave somehow. 34_Apparently "hymn" means weave somehow.
35Or it used to. 35Or it used to.
@@ -42,11 +42,16 @@ I forget why._
42_Maybe she wove the tapestry for Odysseus. 42_Maybe she wove the tapestry for Odysseus.
43Maybe she wove it for herself. 43Maybe she wove it for herself.
44What did she weave it of? 44What did she weave it of?
45Memory, maybe? 45[Memory][], maybe?
46Or dream? 46[Or dream][]?
47I think these words make a kind of tapestry, or at least the thread it will be made of. 47I think these words make a kind of tapestry, or at least the thread it will be made of.
48I will weave a hymn to the gods of Literature, out of fiction. 48I will weave a hymn to the gods of Literature, out of fiction.
49My furniture was a try at weaving, but I am shit at furniture. 49My furniture was a try at weaving, but I am shit at furniture.
50So writing it is again._ 50So writing it is again._
51 51
52He wrote _**NOTES FOR A HYMN**_ at the top of this notecard. 52He wrote _**NOTES FOR A HYMN**_ at the top of this notecard.
53
54[weave]: likingthings.html
55[Weave what]: roughgloves.html
56[Memory]: ouroboros_memory.html
57[Or dream]: in-bed.html
diff --git a/src/telemarketer.txt b/src/telemarketer.txt index 2953ea0..0ae9ba5 100644 --- a/src/telemarketer.txt +++ b/src/telemarketer.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Inside the building, the constant sound of recirculating dry air made Larry feel
22The buzz of the fluorescent bulbs overhead sounded like the hot sun bearing down all day in this metaphor, a favorite of Larry's. 22The buzz of the fluorescent bulbs overhead sounded like the hot sun bearing down all day in this metaphor, a favorite of Larry's.
23 23
24His cubicle was made of that cheap, grayish-blue plywood that cubicles are made of; inside it, his computer sat on his desk as Larry liked to think an [eagle perched][] on a mountainous crag much like the crag that was his desktop wallpaper. 24His cubicle was made of that cheap, grayish-blue plywood that cubicles are made of; inside it, his computer sat on his desk as Larry liked to think an [eagle perched][] on a mountainous crag much like the crag that was his desktop wallpaper.
25The walls were unadorned except for a few tacked-up papers in report covers explaining his script. 25The walls were unadorned except for a few tacked-up papers in [report][] covers explaining his script.
26When Larry made a call to a potential customer it always went the same way: 26When Larry made a call to a potential customer it always went the same way:
27 27
28"Hi, Mr/Mrs (customer's name). 28"Hi, Mr/Mrs (customer's name).
@@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ Quietly, with the same patience but with a [bigger pain][], Jane said, "My husba
60[ocean]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html 60[ocean]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html
61[eagle perched]: mountain.html 61[eagle perched]: mountain.html
62[bigger pain]: arspoetica.html 62[bigger pain]: arspoetica.html
63[report]: reports.html
diff --git a/src/the-night-we-met.txt b/src/the-night-we-met.txt index 4a9dc93..8af61f5 100644 --- a/src/the-night-we-met.txt +++ b/src/the-night-we-met.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ project:
8 css: autocento 8 css: autocento
9... 9...
10 10
11My head is full of fire, my tongue swollen, \ 11My head is [full of fire][], my tongue swollen, \
12pregnant with all the things I should've said \ 12pregnant with all the things I should've said \
13but didn't. Last night, we met each other \ 13but didn't. Last night, we met each other \
14in the dark, remember? You told me time was 14in the dark, remember? You told me time was
@@ -16,19 +16,27 @@ in the dark, remember? You told me time was
16pregnant with all things. I should've said \ 16pregnant with all things. I should've said \
17something, to draw you out from your place \ 17something, to draw you out from your place \
18in the dark. Remember, you told me time was \ 18in the dark. Remember, you told me time was \
19only an illusion, and memory was only 19only an illusion, [and memory was][] only
20 20
21something to draw. You, out from your place, \ 21something to draw. You, out from your place, \
22I out from mine, that night, I believed in you. \ 22I out from mine, that night, I believed in you. \
23Only illusion and memory were one, lying \ 23Only illusion and memory were one, lying \
24down on your couch, through the night you drew 24[down on your couch][], through the night you drew
25 25
26me out from mine. That night, I believed in you \ 26me out from mine. That night, I believed in you \
27when you told me you loved me. I lay \ 27when you told me you loved me. I lay \
28down on your couch. Through the night, you drew \ 28down on your couch. Through the night, you drew \
29a picture of our future together. 29a picture of our [future together][].
30 30
31When you told me you loved me, I lied \ 31When you told me you loved me, I lied \
32in the dark. Remember, you told me time was \ 32[in the dark][]. Remember, you told me time was \
33a picture of our future together. \ 33[a picture of our future][] together. \
34My head is full of fire, my tongue swollen. 34My head is full of fire, [my tongue swollen][].
35
36[my tongue swollen]: plant.html
37[a picture of our future]: last-passenger.html
38[in the dark]: apollo11.html
39[future together]: 100-lines.html
40[down on your couch]: early.html
41[and memory was]: riptide_memory.html
42[full of fire]: found-typewriter-poem.html
diff --git a/src/the-sea_the-beach.txt b/src/the-sea_the-beach.txt index 6a4e88c..6c523fd 100644 --- a/src/the-sea_the-beach.txt +++ b/src/the-sea_the-beach.txt
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ project:
9 9
10Waiting for a reading to start \ 10Waiting for a reading to start \
11when there's nobody coming anyway \ 11when there's nobody coming anyway \
12is like waiting for the tide \ 12is like waiting [for the tide][] \
13to make some meaning of the beach. 13to make some meaning of the beach.
14 14
15The sea doesn't know or care \ 15The sea doesn't know or care \
16what the beach even is, let alone \ 16what the beach even is, let alone \
17its cares or its troubles, its \ 17its cares or its troubles, its \
18little nagging under-the-skin annoyances \ 18little nagging under-the-skin annoyances \
19that make the beach the beach. 19[that make the beach the beach][].
20 20
21Sandworms, for example, or those crabs \ 21Sandworms, for example, or those crabs \
22with big pincers on one side \ 22with big pincers on one side \
@@ -24,12 +24,18 @@ but not the other. Those really get \
24the beach's gander up, but the sea \ 24the beach's gander up, but the sea \
25doesn't care. The sea 25doesn't care. The sea
26 26
27only wants to caress the beach \ 27only wants to [caress][] the beach \
28with its soft arms, to tell the beach \ 28with its [soft arms][], to tell the beach \
29how much it's loved by the sea, \ 29how much it's loved by the sea, \
30that complex of water, salt, and \ 30that complex of water, salt, and \
31the moon's gravity, the mercury \ 31the moon's gravity, the mercury \
32rising up and down slowly, like a yawn. 32rising up and down slowly, like a [yawn][].
33 33
34The sea only cares about itself. \ 34The sea only cares about itself. \
35The beach lays there and takes it. 35The beach lays there and takes it.
36
37[for the tide]: cold-wind.html
38[that make the beach the beach]: real-writer.html
39[caress]: plant.html
40[soft arms]: something-simple.html
41[yawn]: serengeti.html
diff --git a/src/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt b/src/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt index 6c43786..cd56bdd 100644 --- a/src/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt +++ b/src/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ I wish I'd kissed you when I had the chance. \
11Your face hovering there, so near to mine, \ 11Your face hovering there, so near to mine, \
12your mouth pursed---what word was it you pronounced? 12your mouth pursed---what word was it you pronounced?
13 13
14When I think about you, something in my pants \ 14When I think about you, [something in my pants][] \
15tightens, and my thoughts run, and I realize \ 15tightens, and my thoughts run, and I realize \
16I should've kissed you when I had the chance. 16I should've kissed you when I had the chance.
17 17
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ her hips in ways that are not feminist. \
23But time strolls mildly on, not glancing at my \ 23But time strolls mildly on, not glancing at my \
24wish to kiss you when I had the chance, 24wish to kiss you when I had the chance,
25 25
26whispered like a beggar to a prince \ 26whispered like a [beggar to a prince][] \
27outside his palace: time looks up to the sky, \ 27outside his palace: time looks up to the sky, \
28purses his lips, and hears what I pronounce 28purses his lips, and hears what I pronounce
29 29
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ but pays it little mind. If he would just \
31turn back, bend down, and follow my design, \ 31turn back, bend down, and follow my design, \
32I would have kissed you when I had the chance, \ 32I would have kissed you when I had the chance, \
33as your mouth pursed and you pronounced goodbye. 33as your mouth pursed and you pronounced goodbye.
34
35[something in my pants]: howithappened.html
36[beggar to a prince]: about-the-author.html
diff --git a/src/todaniel.txt b/src/todaniel.txt index aa7778b..bf2941f 100644 --- a/src/todaniel.txt +++ b/src/todaniel.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ has come and gone. What did she do
27 27
28in that year anyway? IMDB \ 28in that year anyway? IMDB \
29has, surprisingly, none, though in '05 \ 29has, surprisingly, none, though in '05 \
30she's in four titles. Sin City \ 30she's in four titles. _Sin City_ \
31I've never seen, although from many I've 31I've never seen, although from many I've
32 32
33heard it's good. But it's still irrelevant--- \ 33heard it's good. But it's still irrelevant--- \
diff --git a/src/toothpaste.txt b/src/toothpaste.txt index f5bc7f6..401483c 100644 --- a/src/toothpaste.txt +++ b/src/toothpaste.txt
@@ -18,24 +18,29 @@ project:
18 link: toilet 18 link: toilet
19... 19...
20 20
21He couldn't find a shirt to go to work in. 21He couldn't [find a shirt][] to go to work in.
22They all had stains on them somewhere. 22They all had stains on them somewhere.
23He pulled out a vest to put on over the stains but somehow all of them were still visible. 23He pulled out a vest to put on over the stains but somehow all of them were still visible.
24Most of them were unidentifiable but one he thought could have come from that peach he ate two weeks before. 24Most of them were unidentifiable but one he thought could have come from [that peach][] he ate two weeks before.
25Another looked like toothpaste but he was paranoid it was something else. 25Another looked like toothpaste but he was paranoid it was something else.
26 26
27When he took the bus into work he couldn't relax. 27When he took the bus into work he couldn't relax.
28He was paranoid everyone was staring at his stain and kept looking out the corners of his eyes to make sure they weren't. 28He was paranoid everyone was staring at his stain and kept looking out the corners of his eyes to make sure they weren't.
29They didn't seem to be but they could also be looking away just as he looked at them. 29They didn't seem to be but they could also be looking away just as he looked at them.
30"The Observation Paradox" he muttered to himself. 30"The [Observation][] Paradox" he muttered to himself.
31 31
32Jill was the only one to notice the stain at work. 32Jill was the only one to notice the stain at work.
33She came around to his cubicle during a break because he dared not show his stain in the break room. 33She came around to his cubicle during a break because he dared not show his stain in the break room.
34"You have a stain on your shoulder" she said "it looks like toothpaste." 34"You have a stain on your shoulder" she said "it looks like toothpaste."
35"Do I" he feigned ignorance but went red at the same time "I didn't see that there this morning." 35"Do I" he feigned ignorance but [went red][] at the same time "I didn't see that there this morning."
36"How do you get toothpaste on your shoulder?" 36"How do you get toothpaste on your shoulder?"
37"I don't know skills I guess" he said and she grinned. 37"I don't know skills I guess" he said and she grinned.
38"You know vinegar will take that out" she said "although I think I like it. 38"You know vinegar will take that out" she said "although I think I like it.
39You should start a museum of shirt stains!" 39You should start a museum of shirt stains!"
40"I don't have that many shirts with stains" he said frowning. 40"I don't have that many shirts with stains" he said frowning.
41"Yes you do" she said. 41"Yes you do" she said.
42
43[find a shirt]: no-nothing.html
44[that peach]: http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html
45[Observation]: problems.html
46[went red]: statements-frag.html
diff --git a/src/treatise.txt b/src/treatise.txt index 3702077..4f03d2e 100644 --- a/src/treatise.txt +++ b/src/treatise.txt
@@ -50,13 +50,16 @@ project:
50> writer reading his own words after 50> writer reading his own words after
51> he has written them becomes a 51> he has written them becomes a
52> reader and feels who he was at 52> reader and feels who he was at
53> that time, like a ghost. 53> that time, [like a ghost][].
54 54
55> PROBLEMS: 55> PROBLEMS:
56 56
57> Maybe the substrate isn't 57> Maybe the substrate isn't
58> paper it's what the writing is 58> paper it's what the writing is
59> about. Where is the hologram? Are 59> about. [Where is the hologram][]? Are
60> physics and literature comparable? 60> physics and literature comparable?
61> What if the universe isn't a 61> What if the universe isn't a
62> hologram what then? 62> hologram what then?
63
64[like a ghost]: howtoread.html
65[Where is the hologram]: toilet.html
diff --git a/src/underwear.txt b/src/underwear.txt index 6d6c056..a14e51b 100644 --- a/src/underwear.txt +++ b/src/underwear.txt
@@ -19,19 +19,25 @@ project:
19... 19...
20 20
21He dropped the penny in the dryer, turned it on, and turned around. 21He dropped the penny in the dryer, turned it on, and turned around.
22"What" he called upstairs, pretending not to hear his mother's question over the noise of the dryer. 22"What" he called upstairs, pretending not to hear his mother's [question][] over the noise of the dryer.
23He had heard her ask "Could you bring up my underwear from the dryer" but didn't want to touch her underwear any more than he had to. 23He had heard her ask "Could you bring up my underwear from the dryer" but didn't want to touch her underwear any more than he had to.
24"I don't want to bring up your underwear" he said to himself, and walked back upstairs as his mother was calling down again for her underwear. 24"I don't want to bring up your underwear" he said to himself, and walked back upstairs as his mother was calling down again for her underwear.
25 25
26"Did you get them" she asked when he opened the basement door to the kitchen. 26"Did you get them" she asked when he opened the basement door to the kitchen.
27She was sitting at the table playing dominoes. 27She was sitting at the table playing [dominoes][].
28"Get what" he asked. 28"Get what" he asked.
29She peered at him and said "my underwear." 29She peered at him and said "my underwear."
30 30
31"Oh I didn't see them" he answered. 31"Oh I didn't see them" he answered.
32He reflexively opened the refrigerator, reflexively bent down, reflexively tried to feign non-disappointment (appointment? he thought) at seeing the same disappointing empty pickle jar, old head of lettuce, crusty mayonnaise he'd seen already on the way down to switch his laundry over. 32He reflexively opened the refrigerator, reflexively bent down, reflexively tried to feign non-disappointment (appointment? he thought) at seeing the same disappointing empty pickle jar, old head of lettuce, [crusty mayonnaise][] he'd seen already on the way down to switch his laundry over.
33"Paul" she said in that way that means Look at me. 33"Paul" she said in that way that means [Look at me][].
34Paul looked at her. 34Paul [looked at her][].
35 35
36"You had to get them out of the dryer to put your clothes in. 36"You had to get them out of the dryer to put your clothes in.
37Where did you put them?" 37Where did you put them?"
38
39[question]: exasperated.html
40[dominoes]: phone.html
41[crusty mayonnaise]: riptide_memory.html
42[looked at her]: angeltoabraham.html
43[Look at me]: found-typewriter-poem.html
diff --git a/src/wallpaper.txt b/src/wallpaper.txt index 099b72a..677cf0e 100644 --- a/src/wallpaper.txt +++ b/src/wallpaper.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ He didn't want to face them.
25His papers, he decided, could wait in the top drawer for a while before being looked at again. 25His papers, he decided, could wait in the top drawer for a while before being looked at again.
26The pain medication made him loopy. 26The pain medication made him loopy.
27He couldn't think as well as he was used to, which wasn't well to begin with. 27He couldn't think as well as he was used to, which wasn't well to begin with.
28Even saying his thoughts out loud, it was as though they were on the TV in the next room. 28Even saying his thoughts out loud, it was as though they were on the [TV in the next room][].
29Someone was cheering. 29Someone was cheering.
30They had just won a car. 30They had just won a car.
31 31
@@ -33,10 +33,14 @@ His mother came in with lunch on a tray.
33It was hot tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. 33It was hot tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich.
34"What have you been doing all day" she asked "you haven't just been staring at the wall have you?" 34"What have you been doing all day" she asked "you haven't just been staring at the wall have you?"
35He had been staring at the wall most of the day. 35He had been staring at the wall most of the day.
36The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper. 36[The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper.][]
37"No" he said. 37"No" he said.
38"What have you been doing then" she asked setting the tray down on his lap. 38"What have you been doing then" she asked setting the tray down on his lap.
39He sat up and almost upset it, but she caught it before it spilled anything. 39He sat up and almost upset it, but she caught it before it spilled anything.
40"Composing in my head" he lied. "A novel of my experience." 40"Composing in my head" he lied. "A novel of my experience."
41 41
42"Do you really think anyone will want to read about you" she asked and walked out of the room. 42"[Do you really think anyone will want to read about you][do you]" she asked and walked out of the room.
43
44[TV in the next room]: statements-frag.html
45[The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper.]: in-bed.html
46[do you]: http://www.confederacyofdunces.com/
diff --git a/src/when-im-sorry-i.txt b/src/when-im-sorry-i.txt index af1d059..ee2ceda 100644 --- a/src/when-im-sorry-i.txt +++ b/src/when-im-sorry-i.txt
@@ -12,18 +12,23 @@ it has some baked-in crust from when you \
12cooked chicken last night. Washing it \ 12cooked chicken last night. Washing it \
13allows me to think about this poem's title \ 13allows me to think about this poem's title \
14and the first few lines. Now that I've \ 14and the first few lines. Now that I've \
15written them down, I've forgotten the rest. 15written them down, I've [forgotten the rest][].
16 16
17While sraping at something with my finger- \ 17While scraping at something with my finger- \
18nail, I catch myself wondering again whether \ 18nail, I catch myself wondering again whether \
19you'll thank me for washing your dishes. \ 19you'll thank me for washing your dishes. \
20I realize that this would defeat the point \ 20I realize that this would defeat the point \
21of my gesture, that this has destroyed \ 21of my gesture, that this has destroyed \
22all good thoughts I've had about saying 22all good thoughts I've had about saying
23 23
24"I'm sorry." This, this is the reason why \ 24"I'm sorry." This, [this is the reason][] why \
25I am always apologizing: because I never \ 25I am always apologizing: because I never \
26mean it, because there is always, in some \ 26mean it, because there is always, in [some \
27attic, a thought roaming that says, insists: \ 27attic][attic], a thought roaming that says, insists: \
28
28"I've done nothing wrong, and I deserve \ 29"I've done nothing wrong, and I deserve \
29all I can take, and more than that." 30all I can take, and more than that."
31
32[this is the reason]: http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1703/
33[forgotten the rest]: elegyforanalternateself.html
34[attic]: real-writer.html
diff --git a/src/window.txt b/src/window.txt index be375e5..80bb3b9 100644 --- a/src/window.txt +++ b/src/window.txt
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ project:
18 link: wallpaper 18 link: wallpaper
19... 19...
20 20
21_**HYMN 386: JOKES**_ 21_**[HYMN 386: JOKES][]**_
22 22
23_"Tell us a joke" everyone asks of the clown. 23_"[Tell us a joke][]" everyone asks of the clown.
24He sits on a log and begins to think. 24He sits on a log and begins to think.
25Everyone waits gap-mouthed in anticipation. 25Everyone waits gap-mouthed in anticipation.
26A slight breeze ruffles the clown's coat, his pompom buttons, his bright red hair. 26A slight breeze ruffles the clown's coat, his pompom buttons, [his bright red hair][].
27His nose becomes redder in the cold. 27His nose becomes redder in the cold.
28Hours pass. 28Hours pass.
29All but the most dedicated of joke listeners leave him to rot ~~for all they may care~~._ 29All but the most dedicated of joke listeners leave him to rot ~~for all they may care~~._
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ She puts a hand on his shoulder.
36He looks up at her, red face, red nose, white lips, and says ~~"Thank you."~~ 36He looks up at her, red face, red nose, white lips, and says ~~"Thank you."~~
37He vanishes from the clearing. 37He vanishes from the clearing.
38The last joke listener sits on the log and looks up at the sky. 38The last joke listener sits on the log and looks up at the sky.
39The moon is full. 39[The moon is full.][]
40The world creaks on its axis._ 40The world creaks on its axis._
41 41
42Paul looked up to the space on the wall where a window should be. 42Paul looked up to the space on the wall where a window should be.
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ The shadow of his face wavered in the candle light.
44He looked back down at the card he'd been writing on. 44He looked back down at the card he'd been writing on.
45He read the card. 45He read the card.
46He crossed out the _for all they may care_ in the first paragraph, and _"Thank you"_ from the second one. 46He crossed out the _for all they may care_ in the first paragraph, and _"Thank you"_ from the second one.
47"What could he say" he thought to himself. 47"[What could he say][]" he thought to himself.
48"What could he possibly say to her." 48"What could he possibly say to her."
49He went outside to clear his head with a cigarette. 49He went outside to clear his head with a cigarette.
50He took his axe with him this time. 50He took his axe with him this time.
51
52[Tell us a joke]: joke.html
53[HYMN 386: JOKES]: hymnal.html
54[his bright red hair]: ronaldmcdonald.html
55[The moon is full.]: moon-drowning.html
56[What could he say]: elegyforanalternateself.html
diff --git a/src/worse-looking-over.txt b/src/worse-looking-over.txt index cf8fe12..8e48587 100644 --- a/src/worse-looking-over.txt +++ b/src/worse-looking-over.txt
@@ -18,24 +18,29 @@ project:
18 link: moon-drowning 18 link: moon-drowning
19... 19...
20 20
21The radio is screaming the man \ 21[The radio is screaming the man][] \
22on the radio will not be quiet he is \ 22on the radio will not be quiet he is \
23pushed far into the background \ 23pushed far into the background \
24while some NPR talkers murmur over \ 24while some NPR talkers murmur over \
25his screaming he lost something \ 25his screaming he lost something \
26very important. He says it over \ 26very important. He says it over \
27and over but they do not listen \ 27and over but they do not listen \
28they think of their children at home \ 28they think of their children at home \
29lying in bed dreaming sweet \ 29lying [in bed][] dreaming sweet \
30childhood one of them is staying over \ 30childhood one of them is staying over \
31at a friend's house they are staying \ 31at a friend's house they are staying \
32up late they never want it to be over \ 32up late they never want it to be over \
33not like the man. His life on the radio \ 33not like the man. His life on the radio \
34will be the only one he ever has \ 34will be the only one he ever has \
35his life it is wasted he's being spoken over \ 35his life it is wasted he's being spoken over \
36such pain is in his voice. I wish you \ 36such pain is in his voice. I wish you \
37could hear it. It's something never over. \ 37could hear it. [It's something never over][]. \
38Suffering everywhere always and over it \ 38Suffering everywhere always and over it \
39the same serene murmur of the comfortable \ 39the same serene murmur of the comfortable \
40distracted or worse looking over \ 40distracted or worse looking over \
41the shoulder and quietly looking away. 41the [shoulder][] and quietly looking away.
42
43[The radio is screaming the man]: moon-drowning.html
44[in bed]: in-bed.html
45[It's something never over]: nothing-is-ever-over.html
46[shoulder]: last-passenger.html
diff --git a/src/writing.txt b/src/writing.txt index 36578f0..631bc04 100644 --- a/src/writing.txt +++ b/src/writing.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ project:
19... 19...
20 20
21He sat down at his writing desk and removed his new pen from its plastic wrapping. 21He sat down at his writing desk and removed his new pen from its plastic wrapping.
22He remembered how to fill it from _The View from Saturday_, which he'd read as a kid. 22He remembered how to fill it from _[The View from Saturday][]_, which he'd read as a kid.
23It had been one of his favorite books. 23It had been one of his favorite books.
24He remembered the heart puzzle they completed, the origin of the word "posh," and most of all his fourth-grade teacher [Ms. (Mrs? He could never remember)][ms] Samovar. 24He remembered the [heart][] puzzle they completed, the origin of the word "posh," and most of all his fourth-grade teacher [Ms. (Mrs? He could never remember)][ms] Samovar.
25He smiled as he opened the lid on the ink well he'd just bought. 25He smiled as he opened the lid on the ink well he'd just bought.
26 26
27He dipped his pen in the inkwell, screwed the converter piston up, and watched as nothing entered the chamber. 27He dipped his pen in the inkwell, screwed the converter piston up, and watched as nothing entered the chamber.
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ He watched as again nothing filled the capsule.
30He screwed it down a third time. 30He screwed it down a third time.
31His thumb knocked the inkwell over somehow by accident. 31His thumb knocked the inkwell over somehow by accident.
32 32
33As he swore, stood up and away from the table, and went into the house proper for paper towels, he resolved to buy a typewriter. 33As he [swore][], stood up and away from the table, and went into the house proper for paper towels, he resolved to buy a typewriter.
34 34
35[ms]: telemarketer.html 35[ms]: telemarketer.html
36[The View from Saturday]: http://www.elkonigsburg.com/
37[swore]: swear.html
38[heart]: swansong-alt.html
diff --git a/src/x-ray.txt b/src/x-ray.txt index d51d096..de900de 100644 --- a/src/x-ray.txt +++ b/src/x-ray.txt
@@ -29,12 +29,15 @@ He stayed in the kitchen not wanting to get blood on the carpet.
29She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what happened." 29She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what happened."
30 30
31She drove him to the hospital in the car. 31She drove him to the hospital in the car.
32The radio stayed off the entire way. 32[The radio stayed off the entire way.][]
33Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy his mother was stronger. 33Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy his mother was stronger.
34They drove in silence. 34They drove in silence.
35 35
36At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son. 36At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son.
37If that axe had hit a half-inch lower you'd have lost your hand. 37If that axe had hit a half-inch lower you'd [have lost your hand][].
38You won't get full mobility back because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work it pretty well." 38You won't get full mobility back because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work it pretty well."
39 39
40On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit his writing hand. 40On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit his writing hand.
41
42[The radio stayed off the entire way.]: worse-looking-over.html
43[have lost your hand]: roughgloves.html
diff --git a/src/yellow.txt b/src/yellow.txt index 9746167..be458ca 100644 --- a/src/yellow.txt +++ b/src/yellow.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ project:
17... 17...
18 18
19He would enter data at work for fifty minutes and then go on break. 19He would enter data at work for fifty minutes and then go on break.
20He would walk down the hallway to the breakroom, which had a white refrigerator, a black microwave on a brown plyboard cart stocked with powdered creamer, sugar, and swizzle sticks, a dark red coffee maker, and yellow paint on the wall. 20He would walk down the hallway to the breakroom, which had a white [refrigerator][], a black microwave on a brown plyboard cart stocked with powdered creamer, sugar, and swizzle sticks, a dark red coffee maker, and yellow paint on the wall.
21He'd remember that somewhere he'd read an article about yellow walls being calming. 21He'd remember that somewhere he'd read an article about yellow walls being calming.
22"They use yellow in asylums" he'd say to himself. 22"They use yellow in asylums" he'd say to himself.
23 23
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ Once he asked her why she checked.
37"Once it was stolen out of the fridge and returned empty before I had a chance to eat my lunch" she said. 37"Once it was stolen out of the fridge and returned empty before I had a chance to eat my lunch" she said.
38"So you make sure it won't happen again." 38"So you make sure it won't happen again."
39"No I'm waiting for the day that it does." 39"No I'm waiting for the day that it does."
40
41[refrigerator]: feedingtheraven.html