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 --- 43-deathstrumpet.txt | 38 -------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 38 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 43-deathstrumpet.txt (limited to '43-deathstrumpet.txt') diff --git a/43-deathstrumpet.txt b/43-deathstrumpet.txt deleted file mode 100644 index eb874f8..0000000 --- a/43-deathstrumpet.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: 'Death's Trumpet' -project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' -project-order: 43 -genre: 'verse' - -epigraph: 'So Death plays his little fucking trumpet. So what, says the boy.' -epigraph-credit: 'Larry Levis' -... - -He didn't have any polish so he spit-shined the whole thing, \ -top to bottom. It gleamed like maybe a tomato on the vine \ -begging to be picked and thrown on some caprese. Death loved caprese. - -He stood up and put the horn to his lips, imagining \ -it was a woman he loved. He blushed as he realized \ -it was a terrible metaphor. \ -He practiced for six hours a day---what else to do? - -Death looks at [himself in the mirror][moongone] as he plays. \ -The trumpet is suspended in midair. Damn vampire rules. \ -Death is always worried he might have missed a spot shaving \ -but he'll never know unless a stranger is polite enough. \ -Not that he ever goes out or meets anyone. - -He wakes up late these days. Stays in bed later. \ -He thinks he might be depressed. The caprese has gotten soggy \ -since he made it, maybe three days ago or maybe just two. \ -The sun streams through his kitchen blinds like smoke. \ -He decides to go to the arcade. When he gets there, - -there's only a [little boy][] with dead eyes. So far so good. \ -He's playing a first-person shooter. Death walks past him \ -and watches out of the corner of his eye. The kid's good. \ -Death wants to congratulate him. His trumpet is in his hand. - -[moongone]: moongone.html -[little boy]: angeltoabraham.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81