From e0b1c2737397839ff5ba8c129d31baf6f97805fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:10:17 -0700 Subject: Finish linking Elegy, Hezekiah; Rename files --- 16-feedingtheraven.txt | 40 ---------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 40 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 16-feedingtheraven.txt (limited to '16-feedingtheraven.txt') diff --git a/16-feedingtheraven.txt b/16-feedingtheraven.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 14b50b7..0000000 --- a/16-feedingtheraven.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: 'Feeding the raven' -project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' -project-order: 16 -genre: 'prose' -... - -You never can tell just when Charlie Sheen will enter your life. For me, -it was last Thursday. I was reading some translation of a Japanese -translation of "The Raven" in which the Poe and the raven become -friends. At one point the raven gets very sick and Poe feeds him at his -bedside and nurses him back to health. The story was very heartwarming -and sad at the same time and my tears were welling up when suddenly I -heard a knock on my door. - -I shuffled over, sniffling but managing to keep my cheeks dry to open -it. Of course Charlie was beaming on the other side, with a bag of -flowers and a grin like a [dog][]'s. He bounded in the room without saying -hello and threw the flowers in the sink, opened the refrigerator and -started poking around. I said "It's nice to see you too" and went to my -room to get a camera, as well as a notebook for him to sign. - -When I came back he was on the floor, hunched and groaning. I looked on -the table to see a month-old half-gallon of milk---now cottage -cheese---half-empty and dripping. The remnants were on his mouth, and at -once I saw my chance to become Poe in this [translation of a translation][] -of a translation. I knelt next to Charlie, cradled his head in my lap. -He looked up at me with a stare full of terror. I returned it levelly, -making cooing noises at him until he calmed down. - -When he was calm he excused himself to be sick on my toilet. He wouldn't -let me follow but said he would sign whatever I liked when he got back. -After half an hour passed and all I'd had for company was the ticking of -the [clock][], I went to the bathroom door. I knocked carefully---once, then -twice---to no beaming face, no flowers. I opened the door. There was shit -on the floor and the window was open. There was a breeze blowing. - -[dog]: purpose-dogs.html -[translation of a translation]: todaniel.html -[clock]: boar.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81