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 --- 34-shipwright.txt | 23 ----------------------- 1 file changed, 23 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 34-shipwright.txt (limited to '34-shipwright.txt') diff --git a/34-shipwright.txt b/34-shipwright.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 81f5c91..0000000 --- a/34-shipwright.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: 'Shipwright' -project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' -... - -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. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81