From ecda49e0b20ad3bd52449356dccf2f8095ecfb70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:49:45 -0700 Subject: Flatten directory structure All content files (*.txt, *.html, *.river) are now in /. I did this to simplify the compilation step, and to make linking easier. I'm still thinking about whether I should move the contents of js/, img/, and lua/ into /, or into an 'assets' folder of some sort. We'll see. --- in-bed.txt | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 149 insertions(+) create mode 100644 in-bed.txt (limited to 'in-bed.txt') diff --git a/in-bed.txt b/in-bed.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..300891f --- /dev/null +++ b/in-bed.txt @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +--- +title: In bed +id: in-bed +genre: verse + +project: + title: Autocento of the breakfast table + class: autocento +... + +## I + +I hear [the rats][] run \ +in the walls like water \ +through a tree. My blood + +thickens. As I dream \ +the masturbation dream \ +the shelf above my bed + +falls covering me in \ +dirt and decaying beetles. \ +[I see my reflection is headless][]. + +## II + +When the waves stop \ +[and the moon grins down][] \ +to overtake me: the car + +ran up the street that night \ +when you were nearly \ +molested in your neighbor's house: + +is this why we don't have \ +neighbors? For this the trees \ +[rot only for us][]? + +## III + +I woke screaming and you \ +came to sit next to me. I felt \ +my eyes were open too wide + +that I could not shut them \ +from the horror movie sitting \ +on your lap in the easy chair + +in the dream the other dream \ +in the living room under \ +the tree. Why do I feel guilty? + + +## IV + +I wake up in a pool of water \ +[closed over me like an eyelid][]. \ +There is no longer comfort + +in staring at the ceiling. \ +Its pitch blackness beckons \ +into a future of blankness. + +My body lay still quaking. \ +My mind is chained fast \ +to the beating of my heart. + +## V + +I sit up slowly creaking. \ +I find myself alone buried \ +[in an ocean][]. Far off + +[there is an eagle][] flying \ +toward me. She lands on \ +my knee and lays an egg. + +I think *not this again* \ +something I've never \ +thought in my life. + +## VI + +I think *not this again* \ +something I've never \ +thought in my life. Not + +after losing my car keys \ +in the easy chair. Not after \ +scratching myself on a branch. + +Not after finding the thing \ +in your dresser drawer that \ +night. [I remember you suddenly.][] + + +## VII + +[You run through me \ +like rats][rats] down an alley. \ +You are in my [blood][]. + +You scared me once \ +remember? Jumped out \ +of the bathroom door. + +I fell screaming onto \ +the linoleum. Did you \ +apologize? Did you need to? + +## VIII + +The ocean that surrounds me \ +creaks like a rocking \ +cradle. Your face bright + +as the moon at eclipse \ +and as [red][]. Low song \ +my tide stretching + +to the horizon. Ripples \ +on the surface belie \ +something bigger beneath. + +## IX + +In bed I am alone for \ +the only time. In bed \ +I am a grown man. + +Below the blankets I \ +know you for who you are. \ +In bed I see your face + +pressed against the window. \ +I look out and see you \ +and I am not afraid. + +[the rats]: last-bastion.html +[I see my reflection is headless]: deathstrumpet.html +[and the moon grins down]: moon-drowning.html +[rot only for us]: options.html +[closed over me like an eyelid]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html +[in an ocean]: the-sea_the-beach.html +[there is an eagle]: mountain.html +[I remember you suddenly.]: ouroboros_memory.html +[rats]: #I +[blood]: plant.html +[red]: window.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81