From 61baf210a9d0d4fffcd82751ba3419dd2feb349d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 16:29:46 -0700 Subject: Revise a few poems in Elegies Also add a .gitignore. How is this so late? --- lovesong.txt | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'lovesong.txt') diff --git a/lovesong.txt b/lovesong.txt index 9f86d19..a6f3c2a 100644 --- a/lovesong.txt +++ b/lovesong.txt @@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ Walking along in the dark is a good way to begin a song. Walking home in the dark after a long day chasing criminals is another. Running away from an imagined evil is no way to begin a story. -I am telling you this because you wanted to know what it's like to tell something so beautiful everyone will cry. +I am telling you this because you wanted to know what it's like to tell [something so beautiful][] everyone will cry. I am telling you because I want you to know what it is to keep everything inside of you. I am telling you. Can you see? Can you see into me and reach in your hand and pull me inside out, like an [old shirt][]? -Will you wear me until I unravel on your shoulders, will you cut me apart and use my skin to clean up the cola you spill on the floor when you're drunk? +Will you wear me until I unravel on your shoulders, will you cut me apart and use my skin to clean up the [cola you spill][] on the floor when you're drunk? I want you to know that I want you to know. Do you want me? To know is to know. -I, you want we. +[I, you want we.][] We want. That is why we're here. To want is to be is to want and I want you. @@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ There is a way to end every story, [every song][]. Every criminal must be caught. Even those who cry dry their tears. I cannot tell you all I want because I want to tell you everything. -There is no art because there is no mirror big enough. +[There is no art because there is no mirror big enough.][] We wake up every day. Sometimes we sleep. [old shirt]: ronaldmcdonald.html [every song]: swansong.html +[something so beautiful]: window.html +[cola you spill]: ex-machina.html +[I, you want we.]: poetry-time.html +[There is no art because there is no mirror big enough.]: hands.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81