From cbd5199529209059be3bde0d6572a1ba192b84d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:22:15 -0700 Subject: Add Elegies; template; pandoc compile script --- 32-mountain.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 32-mountain.txt (limited to '32-mountain.txt') diff --git a/32-mountain.txt b/32-mountain.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64e15fe --- /dev/null +++ b/32-mountain.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +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 \ +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. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81