1 files changed, 32 insertions, 15 deletions

@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ I fall down on my knees and cry \
 because I know it's the only thing \
 never to happen before in this \
 life is something you can't see \
-it's a pillow under a hook shot \
-I want to tell you something anything \
+it's a pillow under a [hook shot][] \
+[I want to tell you something anything][tell-you] \
 but you are there and I am here \
-we are trapped inside ourselves \
+we are [trapped inside ourselves][trapped] \
 and the distance is too far \
 you are something that I would tell \
-would be nothing before too long \
+[would be nothing][] before too long \
 you are not the finisher of dreams \
-you are the beginning of nightmares \
+you are the beginning of [nightmares][] \
 or waking but I'm not sure which \
-this letter is for you in the future \
+this [letter is for you][] in the future \
 it will lead you on the path \
 of goodness or of rightness or of \
 wrong people and right meanings \
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ restless under the starlight \
 it's too bright here to think \
 the negatives would be pitch black \
 darkness of a silver mine \
-there are no trees here  \
+there are [no trees][] here  \
 where have you been where are you now \
 I am no longer here or there \
 you are anywhere or are you \
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ he paints the rainbow before midnight \
 that you can see from your window \
 staring out under the sunlight \
 through the gauze curtains \
-over the high mountain far away \
+[over the high mountain][mountain] far away \
 that is covered over with snow \
 past the rivers and forests \
 that lie awake under Orion \
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ pointing the way for the two of us \
 to join together in song or dance \
 or that other thing and sing \
 the Grinch down off Mount Crumpet \
-his heart breaking his chest \
+[his heart breaking his chest][heart] \
 thumping with the beat \
-his little dog too running running \
+his [little dog too][] running running \
 with the bull full of laughter and blood \
 he can't see it anymore because it's become him \
 we are trapped he says we are  \
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ he and he or she and she or they \
 even they tell us that nothing has happened \
 even they know that it's a big joke \
 one more thing to know before the death \
-we are crying like alligators \
+we are crying like crocodiles \
 before their loved ones' coffins \
 we are bellowing with grief like buffalo \
 on a berth of wild oxen \
 we are wailing our clothes are in rags \
-we want we want we want \
+[we want][want1] [we want][want2] [we want][want3] \
 but never can we get \
 what is it \
 we don't know what it is \
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ but it's something it's anything \
 it's too many people or not enough \
 it's too few trees we need more \
 beavers to build riverdams we need \
-grapes too or plums from the ice box \
+grapes too or [plums][] from the ice box \
 or an ice box even would be nice \
 all I have is this cube isn't that right \
 or is a sphere a cube a donut a coffee \
@@ -95,14 +95,31 @@ or the sky that's clear right \
 or the water that is in the Bahamas \
 because I hear that's clear \
 you're as clear as the sound of a bell \
-you're as clear as the braying of horses \
+you're as clear as the [braying of horses][] \
 you're as clear as the glass in God's eye \
 and I \
 I'm as dull as an ox plowing  \
-through fields in his yoke \
+[through fields in his yoke][yoke] \
 I'm as dull as clouded amber \
 I'm dull as you find me \
 tonight after dinner \
 I'm reading the crossword \
 you're sitting beside me \
 you're watching TV.
+
+[hook shot]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html
+[tell-you]: lovesong.html
+[trapped]: howtoread.html
+[would be nothing]: no-nothing.html
+[nightmares]: in-bed.html
+[letter is for you]: poetry-time.html
+[no trees]: plant.html
+[mountain]: mountain.html
+[heart]: moon-drowning.html
+[little dog too]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUpxmlZ2hyM
+[want1]: i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html
+[want2]: fire.html
+[want3]: lovesong.html
+[plums]: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/245576
+[braying of horses]: table_contents.html
+[yoke]: last-passenger.html