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 --- 33-shipwright.txt | 28 ---------------------------- 1 file changed, 28 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 33-shipwright.txt (limited to '33-shipwright.txt') diff --git a/33-shipwright.txt b/33-shipwright.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 16fd40f..0000000 --- a/33-shipwright.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: 'Shipwright' -project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' -project-order: 33 -genre: 'verse' -... - -He builds a ship as if it were the last thing \ -holding him together, as if, when he stops, \ -his body will fall onto the plate-glass water \ -and shatter into sand. To keep his morale up \ -he whistles and sings, but the wind whistles [louder][] \ -and taunts him: Your ship will build itself \ -if you throw yourself into the sea; time \ -has a way of growing your beard for you. \ -Soon, you'll find yourself on a rocking chair \ -on some porch made from your ship's timbers. \ -The window behind you is made from a sail, thick \ -canvas, and no one inside will hear your calling \ -for milk or a chamberpot. Your children \ -will have all sailed to the New World and left you. \ -But he tries not to listen, continues to hammer \ -nail after nail into timber after timber, \ -but the wind [finally blows][] him into the growling ocean \ -and the ship falls apart on its own. - -[louder]: apollo11.html -[finally blows]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81