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? --- moongone.txt | 19 ++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'moongone.txt') diff --git a/moongone.txt b/moongone.txt index 6504823..e9b0f18 100644 --- a/moongone.txt +++ b/moongone.txt @@ -20,17 +20,14 @@ project: link: mountain ... -The moon is gone and in its place a mirror. Looking at the night sky now -yields nothing but the viewer's own face as viewed from a million miles, -surrounded by the landscape he is only vaguely aware of being surrounded -by. He believes that he is [alone][], surrounded by desert and mountain, but -behind him---he now sees it---someone is sneaking up on him. He spins around -fast, but no one is there on [Earth][]. He looks back up and they are yet -closer in the night sky. Again he looks over his shoulder but there is -nothing, not even a desert mouse. As he looks up again he realizes it's -a cloud above him, which due to optics has looked like someone else. The -cloud blocks out the moon which is now a mirror, and the viewer is -completely alone. +The moon is gone and in its place a mirror. +Looking at the night sky now yields nothing but the viewer's own face as viewed from a million miles, surrounded by the landscape he is only vaguely aware of being surrounded by. +He believes that he is [alone][], surrounded by desert and mountain, but behind him---he now sees it---someone is sneaking up on him. +He spins around fast, but no one is there on [Earth][]. +He looks back up and they are yet closer in the night sky. +Again he looks over his shoulder but there is nothing, not even a desert mouse. +As he looks up again he realizes it's a cloud above him, which due to optics has looked like someone else. +The cloud blocks out the moon which is now a mirror, and the viewer is completely alone. [alone]: apollo11.html [Earth]: serengeti.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81