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 --- 35-squirrel.txt | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 35-squirrel.txt (limited to '35-squirrel.txt') diff --git a/35-squirrel.txt b/35-squirrel.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..61167a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/35-squirrel.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +title: 'Squirrel' +project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' +... + +He is so full in himself: \ +how far down the branch to run, \ +how long to jump, when to grab the air \ +and catch in it and turn, and land on branch \ +so gracefully it's like dying, alone \ +and warm in a bed next to a summer window \ +and the [birds singing][]. And on that branch there \ +is the squirrel dancing among the branches \ +and you think *What if he fell?* but he won't \ +because he's a squirrel and that's what \ +they do, [dance][] and never fall. It was erased \ +long ago from the squirrel, even \ +the possibility of falling was erased \ +from his being by the slow inexorable evolution \ +of squirrels, that is why all squirrels \ +are so full in themselves, full in who they are. + +[birds singing]: 31-mountain.html +[dance]: 98-hez-movingsideways.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81