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| 1 | --- | ||
| 2 | title: How it happened | ||
| 3 | genre: 'verse' | ||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | id: howithappened | ||
| 6 | toc: "How it happened" | ||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | project: | ||
| 9 | title: Elegies for alternate selves | ||
| 10 | class: elegies | ||
| 11 | order: 14 | ||
| 12 | prev: | ||
| 13 | - title: I am | ||
| 14 | link: i-am | ||
| 15 | next: | ||
| 16 | - title: Love Song | ||
| 17 | link: lovesong | ||
| 18 | ... | ||
| 19 | |||
| 20 | | I was away on vacation when I heard--- | ||
| 21 | | someone sat at my desk while I was away. | ||
| 22 | | They took my pen, while I was taking | ||
| 23 | | surf lessons, and wrote the sun into the sky. | ||
| 24 | | They pre-approved the earth and the waters, | ||
| 25 | | and all of the living things, without even | ||
| 26 | | having the decency to text me. It was not I | ||
| 27 | | who was behind the phrase "creeping things." | ||
| 28 | | When I got back, of course I was pissed, | ||
| 29 | | but it was [already written][] into the policy. | ||
| 30 | | I'm just saying: don't blame me for Cain | ||
| 31 | | killing Abel. That was a murder. I'm not a cop. | ||
| 32 | | The Tower of Babel fell on its own. The ark | ||
| 33 | | never saw a single drop of rain. I'm [the drunk][] | ||
| 34 | | sitting on the curb who just pissed his pants, | ||
| 35 | | holding up a sign asking where I am. | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | [already written]: shipwright.html | ||
| 38 | [the drunk]: problems.html | ||