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 --- howithappened.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 howithappened.txt (limited to 'howithappened.txt') diff --git a/howithappened.txt b/howithappened.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f058c74 --- /dev/null +++ b/howithappened.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: How it happened +genre: 'verse' + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + css: elegies + order: 14 + prev: + title: I am + link: i-am + next: + title: Love Song + link: lovesong +... + +I was away on vacation when I heard--- \ +someone sat at my desk while I was away. \ +They took my pen, while I was taking \ +surf lessons, and wrote the sun into the sky. \ +They pre-approved the earth and the waters, \ +and all of the living things, without even \ +having the decency to text me. It was not I \ +who was behind the phrase "creeping things." \ +When I got back, of course I was pissed, \ +but it was [already written][] into the policy. \ +I'm just saying: don't blame me for Cain \ +killing Abel. That was a murder. I'm not a cop. \ +The Tower of Babel fell on its own. The ark \ +never saw a single drop of rain. I'm [the drunk][] \ +sitting on the curb who just pissed his pants, \ +holding up a sign asking where I am. + +[already written]: shipwright.html +[the drunk]: problems.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81