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. --- lovesong.txt | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lovesong.txt (limited to 'lovesong.txt') diff --git a/lovesong.txt b/lovesong.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9f86d19 --- /dev/null +++ b/lovesong.txt @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +--- +title: Love Song +id: lovesong +genre: prose + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + class: elegies + order: 15 + prev: + - title: How it happened + link: howithappened + next: + - title: Rough gloves + link: roughgloves +... + +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 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? + +I want you to know that I want you to know. +Do you want me? +To know is to know. +I, you want we. +We want. +That is why we're here. +To want is to be is to want and I want you. +Do you also? +Check yes or no. + +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. +We wake up every day. +Sometimes we sleep. + +[old shirt]: ronaldmcdonald.html +[every song]: swansong.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81