From 3b37989606c44902d90a3723e197d8c318a302bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:47:42 -0700 Subject: Change verse lines '$' -> '^| ' --- exasperated.txt | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) (limited to 'exasperated.txt') diff --git a/exasperated.txt b/exasperated.txt index 67b3242..1ed95bc 100644 --- a/exasperated.txt +++ b/exasperated.txt @@ -19,51 +19,51 @@ project: link: death-zone ... -I didn't write this sestina yesterday. \ -It's the first time I fell behind in my task \ -and hopefully, the only time it will. \ -This means that today I must write two \ -sestinas. If I don't write them today, I \ -will have to write two later down the line. +| I didn't write this sestina yesterday. +| It's the first time I fell behind in my task +| and hopefully, the only time it will. +| This means that today I must write two +| sestinas. If I don't write them today, I +| will have to write two later down the line. -Although I feel I'm slogging through each line \ -I think I'm doing better every day, \ -though maybe this is wishful thinking: I \ -showed my friend my just-completed task \ -two days ago (my God, was it two \ -entire days? I've no idea what I'll +| Although I feel I'm slogging through each line +| I think I'm doing better every day, +| though maybe this is wishful thinking: I +| showed my friend my just-completed task +| two days ago (my God, was it two +| entire days? I've no idea what I'll -do [after thirty-nine days][]. I think I'll \ -feel like [Inigo Montoya][], who'd been in the line \ -of revenging for so long, he didn't know what to \ -do with the rest of his life), and he deigned \ -to be polite, but I could tell the task \ -was hard for him. He told me finally that I +| do [after thirty-nine days][]. I think I'll +| feel like [Inigo Montoya][], who'd been in the line +| of revenging for so long, he didn't know what to +| do with the rest of his life), and he deigned +| to be polite, but I could tell the task +| was hard for him. He told me finally that I -had made a noble effort, but that ultimately I \ -failed. [So my question][]: when will \ -I be a decent sestina writer? For this is my task. \ -Maybe if I just keep cranking out line after line \ -I'll finally figure it out. Maybe one more day \ -or another week will do it, or maybe I'll need two, +| had made a noble effort, but that ultimately I +| failed. [So my question][]: when will +| I be a decent sestina writer? For this is my task. +| Maybe if I just keep cranking out line after line +| I'll finally figure it out. Maybe one more day +| or another week will do it, or maybe I'll need two, -or maybe it'll never happen. Maybe a sestina's too \ -involved, too much [weaving][] of words too fine, and I \ -will never write a good one, even on my best day, \ -even if I employ all my skill and all my will. \ -I'm not used to writing poems with thirty-nine lines, \ -that must be the problem, must be why this task +| or maybe it'll never happen. Maybe a sestina's too +| involved, too much [weaving][] of words too fine, and I +| will never write a good one, even on my best day, +| even if I employ all my skill and all my will. +| I'm not used to writing poems with thirty-nine lines, +| that must be the problem, must be why this task -is Herculean. He only had to finish twelve tasks, \ -and I have one less one thousand, five hundred twenty-two, \ -and it's nothing but complaining lines \ -about [how hard it is to be a person][]. I \ -am getting sick of myself with these poems, and will \ -soon be loathe to get out of bed every day. +| is Herculean. He only had to finish twelve tasks, +| and I have one less one thousand, five hundred twenty-two, +| and it's nothing but complaining lines +| about [how hard it is to be a person][]. I +| am getting sick of myself with these poems, and will +| soon be loathe to get out of bed every day. -But I tasked myself with this, which may be the worst I \ -ever do to myself. I thought a poem NaNoWriMo would \ -be fun, would line my resume, give me something I could publish someday. +| But I tasked myself with this, which may be the worst I +| ever do to myself. I thought a poem NaNoWriMo would +| be fun, would line my resume, give me something I could publish someday. [after thirty-nine days]: http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/11-24.htm [Inigo Montoya]: death-zone.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81