From f00d869e4c0e64be6093e4980e62e3c9b9b33cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:36:44 -0700 Subject: Add links to Elegies; write TODO.txt --- 14-deadman.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 14-deadman.txt (limited to '14-deadman.txt') diff --git a/14-deadman.txt b/14-deadman.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b692455 --- /dev/null +++ b/14-deadman.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +title: 'Dead man' +project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' +... + +A dead man finds his way into our [hearts][] \ +simply by opening the door and walking in. \ +He pours himself a drink, speaks aimlessly \ +about hunting or some bats he saw \ +on the way over, wheeling around each other. \ +Look how [they spin][], he says, it's like the \ +ripples atoms make as they hurl past each other \ +in the space between their bodies. \ +We mention the eels at the aquarium, how \ +their bodies [knot while mating][]. The dead man \ +was a boyscout once, and tied a lot of knots. \ +His favorite was the one with the rabbit \ +and the hole, and the rabbit going in and out \ +and around the tree. The dead man liked it \ +because he liked to pretend that the rabbit \ +was running from a fox, and the rabbit \ +always ended up safe, back in his hole. + +[hearts]: 98-words-meaning.html +[they spin]: 28-moongone.html +[knot while mating]: 34-spittle.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81