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 --- 99-elegyforanalternateself.txt | 22 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 22 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 99-elegyforanalternateself.txt (limited to '99-elegyforanalternateself.txt') diff --git a/99-elegyforanalternateself.txt b/99-elegyforanalternateself.txt deleted file mode 100644 index cb297d8..0000000 --- a/99-elegyforanalternateself.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: 'Elegy for an alternate self' -project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' -... - -Say there are no words. Say that we are conjoined \ -from birth, or better still, say we are myself. \ ----But I still talk to myself, I build my world \ -through language, so if we say there are no words \ -this is not enough. Say we are instead some animal, \ -or better yet, a plant, or a flagellum motoring \ -aimlessly around. (Say that humans are the only things \ -that reason. Say that we're the only things that worry.) - -Say that I am separate. To say there's everything else \ -and then there's me is wrong. Each thing is separate: \ -there is no whole in the world. Say this is both good \ -and bad, or rather, say there is no good or bad but only \ -being, more and more of it always added, none taken out \ -though it can be forgotten. Say that forgetting \ -is a function of our remembering. (Say that humans only \ -worry about separation. Say that only humans feel it.) -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81