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? --- ouroboros_memory.river | 545 ------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 545 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 ouroboros_memory.river (limited to 'ouroboros_memory.river') diff --git a/ouroboros_memory.river b/ouroboros_memory.river deleted file mode 100644 index cc13358..0000000 --- a/ouroboros_memory.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,545 +0,0 @@ -he -said -at -the -beginning -it -is -like -rolling -yarn -into -a -too-small -ball -sure -you -can -roll -the -memories -around -for -a -while -and -maybe -even -use -some -of -them -eventually -though -you'll -wind -them -all -the -way -out -and -you'll -be -left -with -nothing -but -a -small -loop -you -can -tie -this -loop -around -your -finger -and -start -wrapping -your -body -but -this -is -an -extension -of -the -same -problem -you'll -turn -into -a -mummy -of -memory -there'll -be -nothing -left -underneath -but -a -dead -body -but -what -does -it -mean -to -remember -the -body -with -the -body -i -imagine -a -creature -made -of -memory -putting -its -feet -in -its -mouth -turning -into -a -ball -in -this -way -it -could -roll -all -around -the -landscape -of -its -memory -i've -tried -explaining -this -to -other -people -but -it -does -not -make -any -sense -to -them -the -task -of -eating -one's -feet -is -to -them -an -unsolvable -problem -they -seem -to -forgotten -that -as -babies -they -were -able -to -make -themselves -into -loops -so -i -increase -the -count -to -two -two -snakes -eating -each -other's -tales -forming -a -loop -in -this -way -they -are -able -to -put -two -heads -on -one -body -this -doubles -the -number -of -memories -which -really -only -exacerbates -the -problem -it -is -like -trying -to -roll -two -different -materials -up -into -a -ball -the -people -i -tell -this -to -do -not -understand -this -either -they -say -using -two -animals -makes -sense -to -them -they -say -there -must -be -different -types -of -memory -i -disagree -with -this -theory -of -memory -i -think -there -is -at -bottom -only -one -type -of -anything -with -subtypes -grouped -together -along -the -edge -of -a -loop -color -becomes -a -good -metaphor -look -how -many -of -them -yet -they -are -all -consumed -by -the -same -part -of -the -body -maybe -two -different -materials -are -still -made -of -material -and -maybe -they -can -be -rolled -into -a -ball -maybe -there -actually -never -was -a -problem -or -maybe -and -this -is -more -likely -i -need -to -restate -the -problem -i -think -it -all -boils -down -to -the -fact -that -i -have -a -truly -lousy -memory -i've -tried -different -mnemonic -devices -like -imagining -each -thing -i -need -to -remember -being -visited -by -a -bouncing -ball -i've -tried -trying -string -into -finger-loops -i've -even -tried -writing -the -things -i -need -to -remember -on -my -body -if -you -asked -me -do -any -of -these -work -i -would -have -to -answer -none -of -them -sometimes -in -the -morning -i -realize -dumbly -i've -forgotten -my -words -all -of -them -they -generally -come -back -by -around -ten -o'clock -but -the -frequency -with -which -this -is -occurring -is -becoming -a -problem -i -feel -that -my -brain -is -being -separated -from -my -body -is -there -a -place -in -the -universe -for -a -misplaced -memory -does -it -eat -its -own -tail -and -roll -around -the -universe -as -it -loops -does -it -shrink -down -and -become -lost -as -a -tiny -ball -no -matter -what -happens -eventually -i -will -become -them -as -i -lose -the -last -of -my -memory -i -wo -not -be -able -to -solve -the -problem -of -my -being -and -my -being -will -become -my -problem -in -an -eternal -loop -i -will -roll -my -body -into -a -prenatal -ball -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81