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 --- 17-feedingtheraven.txt | 34 ---------------------------------- 1 file changed, 34 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 17-feedingtheraven.txt (limited to '17-feedingtheraven.txt') diff --git a/17-feedingtheraven.txt b/17-feedingtheraven.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c9a2b8f..0000000 --- a/17-feedingtheraven.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: 'Feeding the raven' -project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' -... - -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. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81