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 --- 31-mountain.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 31-mountain.txt (limited to '31-mountain.txt') diff --git a/31-mountain.txt b/31-mountain.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa1d938 --- /dev/null +++ b/31-mountain.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +--- +title: 'Mountain' +project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' +... + +The other side of this mountain \ +is not the mountain. This side \ +is honey-golden, sticky-sweet, \ +full of phone conversations with mother. \ +The other side is a bell, \ +ringing in the church-steeple \ +the day mother died. + +The other side of the mountain \ +[is not a mountain. It is a dark][apollo] \ +valley crossed by a river. \ +There is a ferry at the bottom. + +This mountain is not a mountain. \ +I walked to the top, but it turned \ +and was only a shelf halfway up. \ +I felt like an unused Bible \ +sitting on a [dusty pew][]. + +A hawk soars over the mountain. \ +She is looking for home. + +[apollo]: 10-apollo11.html +[dusty pew]: 08-and.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81