From 3b37989606c44902d90a3723e197d8c318a302bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:47:42 -0700 Subject: Change verse lines '$' -> '^| ' --- real-writer.txt | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) (limited to 'real-writer.txt') diff --git a/real-writer.txt b/real-writer.txt index 03840b1..956c288 100644 --- a/real-writer.txt +++ b/real-writer.txt @@ -8,34 +8,34 @@ project: class: autocento ... -Sometimes I feel as though I am not a real writer. \ -[I don't smoke][]. I don't wake up early but I don't sleep \ -all day either. I find myself increasingly interested \ -in dumb luck. Chance: I've found two dimes in as many \ -days. Does this mean I've found twenty lucky pennies? \ -I want you to participate. You the reader. You, \ -the probabilistic god of my dreams. I've been having \ -[strange dreams][] lately. I don't remember them but \ -they leave impressions. A bare foot. A tunnel \ -of hair from her face to mine. A boat stranded \ -in a living-room. Something warm. Something like the sun \ -through my eyelids. [A hand, with all its dead symbology][]. \ -[My teeth have fallen out][]. No, you pulled them out \ -with your hands, threw them over your left shoulder \ -[like salt][], to wish away bad luck. I have something \ -to tell you: bad luck follows like a dog. It lets you \ -get ahead for a few days, a week, a year. You'll see, \ -it'll bite your sleeping face when you're not looking. \ -I've been dreaming about the future, I know. In my dream \ -I am not a writer, [I live in a place with rain][]. You \ -are sunning yourself as you read this, on a beach or \ -maybe a desert. Let me move in with you. I can cook \ -[or clean][] or take care of your dog while you're out. \ -I'll never have to write again. [I'll watch television][]. \ -Do I want to become a writer? Tell me. Should I smoke? \ -I can sleep all day in your attic if you want, become \ -[your god][], lose my own, settle to the bottom of the bed \ -like a boat in a river, dream about nothing but [furniture][]. +| Sometimes I feel as though I am not a real writer. +| [I don't smoke][]. I don't wake up early but I don't sleep +| all day either. I find myself increasingly interested +| in dumb luck. Chance: I've found two dimes in as many +| days. Does this mean I've found twenty lucky pennies? +| I want you to participate. You the reader. You, +| the probabilistic god of my dreams. I've been having +| [strange dreams][] lately. I don't remember them but +| they leave impressions. A bare foot. A tunnel +| of hair from her face to mine. A boat stranded +| in a living-room. Something warm. Something like the sun +| through my eyelids. [A hand, with all its dead symbology][]. +| [My teeth have fallen out][]. No, you pulled them out +| with your hands, threw them over your left shoulder +| [like salt][], to wish away bad luck. I have something +| to tell you: bad luck follows like a dog. It lets you +| get ahead for a few days, a week, a year. You'll see, +| it'll bite your sleeping face when you're not looking. +| I've been dreaming about the future, I know. In my dream +| I am not a writer, [I live in a place with rain][]. You +| are sunning yourself as you read this, on a beach or +| maybe a desert. Let me move in with you. I can cook +| [or clean][] or take care of your dog while you're out. +| I'll never have to write again. [I'll watch television][]. +| Do I want to become a writer? Tell me. Should I smoke? +| I can sleep all day in your attic if you want, become +| [your god][], lose my own, settle to the bottom of the bed +| like a boat in a river, dream about nothing but [furniture][]. [I don't smoke]: cereal.html [strange dreams]: in-bed.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81