From 3b37989606c44902d90a3723e197d8c318a302bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:47:42 -0700 Subject: Change verse lines '$' -> '^| ' --- 100-lines.txt | 198 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-) (limited to '100-lines.txt') diff --git a/100-lines.txt b/100-lines.txt index 8e05b6d..e16a5aa 100644 --- a/100-lines.txt +++ b/100-lines.txt @@ -8,105 +8,105 @@ project: class: autocento ... -Whenever you call me friend \ -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][tell-you] \ -but you are there and I am here \ -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 \ -you are not the finisher of dreams \ -you are the beginning of [nightmares][] \ -or waking but I'm not sure which \ -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 \ -or the meaning will be hidden \ -or wrestling the demon I will have become \ -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 \ -where have you been where are you now \ -I am no longer here or there \ -you are anywhere or are you \ -up in the clouds is a ghost \ -he is white and blue like a cloud \ -he paints with his teeth \ -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][mountain] far away \ -that is covered over with snow \ -past the rivers and forests \ -that lie awake under Orion \ -hunting the bull that runs forever \ -just out of his reach \ -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][heart] \ -thumping with the beat \ -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 \ -trapped in ourselves it turns out \ -that all along it wasn't you or me \ -but he and her or her and him or \ -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 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][want1] [we want][want2] [we want][want3] \ -but never can we get \ -what is it \ -we don't know what it is \ -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 \ -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 \ -cup your hands in mine yes that's right \ -now bring the water to your face \ -clear and cool and \ -full of something \ -what is it wanting \ -or yearning \ -I can see in your eyes they're clear now \ -they are as clear as a running stream \ -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 glass in God's eye \ -and I \ -I'm as dull as an ox plowing \ -[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. +| Whenever you call me friend +| 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][tell-you] +| but you are there and I am here +| 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 +| you are not the finisher of dreams +| you are the beginning of [nightmares][] +| or waking but I'm not sure which +| 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 +| or the meaning will be hidden +| or wrestling the demon I will have become +| 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 +| where have you been where are you now +| I am no longer here or there +| you are anywhere or are you +| up in the clouds is a ghost +| he is white and blue like a cloud +| he paints with his teeth +| 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][mountain] far away +| that is covered over with snow +| past the rivers and forests +| that lie awake under Orion +| hunting the bull that runs forever +| just out of his reach +| 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][heart] +| thumping with the beat +| 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 +| trapped in ourselves it turns out +| that all along it wasn't you or me +| but he and her or her and him or +| 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 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][want1] [we want][want2] [we want][want3] +| but never can we get +| what is it +| we don't know what it is +| 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 +| 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 +| cup your hands in mine yes that's right +| now bring the water to your face +| clear and cool and +| full of something +| what is it wanting +| or yearning +| I can see in your eyes they're clear now +| they are as clear as a running stream +| 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 glass in God's eye +| and I +| I'm as dull as an ox plowing +| [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. 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