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? --- riptide_memory.river | 232 --------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 232 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 riptide_memory.river (limited to 'riptide_memory.river') diff --git a/riptide_memory.river b/riptide_memory.river deleted file mode 100644 index b6861f6..0000000 --- a/riptide_memory.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,232 +0,0 @@ -inside -of -my -memory -the -poem -is -another -memory -the -air -up -here -is -thin -but -the -wind -blows -harder -than -anywhere -else -i -know -it -threatens -to -rip -my -body -away -like -an -angel -of -death -to -the -stars -in -arizona -i -thought -i -would -forget -the -rain -forget -its -sound -on -a -roof -like -a -hard -wind -forget -its -smell -like -a -far -away -ocean -luckily -for -me -it -rains -here -luckily -because -i -forget -too -easily -in -a -dream -my -father -is -caught -by -a -riptide -off-shore -he's -pulled -far -out -far -enough -that -the -shoreline's -a -line -in -his -memory -on -the -horizon -i -can -see -him -swimming -hand -over -hand -pulling -his -small -weight -back -to -land -i -see -him -as -another -shipwreck -victim -coughing -sand -and -seawater -beard -woven -with -seaweed -i -see -him -laying -there -a -long -time -i -see -all -this -as -he -tells -me -the -story -years -later -the -riptide -only -a -ghost -in -his -memory -i -only -a -child -falling -asleep -my -mother's -making -mayonnaise -rolls -in -the -kitchen -a -recipe -i'll -send -for -years -later -in -arizona -in -the -monsoon -season -when -my -thirst -pulls -me -back -home -my -memory's -lonesome -twinkle -like -stars -above -the -mountains -i'll -send -for -it -and -try -to -make -them -but -in -the -thin -air -they'll -crumble -into -dust -like -desert -air -like -a -memory -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81