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. --- river/.ipsumlorem.river | 343 --- river/.loremipsum.river | 343 --- river/100-lines.river | 624 ---- river/COUNTS.txt | 4282 ---------------------------- river/TODO.river | 65 - river/_first-lines.river | 399 --- river/about-the-author.river | 228 -- river/about.river | 948 ------ river/about_author.river | 224 -- river/amber-alert.river | 75 - river/and.river | 173 -- river/angeltoabraham.river | 144 - river/apollo11.river | 180 -- river/arspoetica.river | 378 --- river/art.river | 173 -- river/axe.river | 190 -- river/big-dipper.river | 175 -- river/boar.river | 97 - river/boy_bus.river | 168 -- river/building.river | 227 -- river/call-me-aural-pleasure.river | 250 -- river/cereal.river | 254 -- river/cold-wind.river | 69 - river/collage-instrument.river | 831 ------ river/common-titles.river | 703 ----- river/creation-myth.river | 263 -- river/deadman.river | 140 - river/death-zone.river | 149 - river/deathstrumpet.river | 219 -- river/dollywood.river | 2471 ---------------- river/dream.river | 172 -- river/early.river | 230 -- river/elegyforanalternateself.river | 160 -- river/epigraph.river | 195 -- river/ex-machina.river | 165 -- river/exasperated.river | 352 --- river/father.river | 201 -- river/feedingtheraven.river | 343 --- river/finding-the-lion.river | 131 - river/fire.river | 315 -- river/first-lines.river | 1602 ----------- river/found-typewriter-poem.river | 83 - river/hands.river | 167 -- river/hard-game.river | 104 - river/hardware.river | 173 -- river/howithappened.river | 138 - river/howtoread.river | 1574 ---------- river/hymnal.river | 195 -- river/i-am.river | 169 -- river/i-think-its-you.river | 81 - river/i-want-to-say.river | 287 -- river/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.river | 368 --- river/in-bed.river | 407 --- river/index.river | 0 river/initial-conditions.river | 411 --- river/january.river | 243 -- river/joke.river | 256 -- river/lappel-du-vide.river | 360 --- river/largest-asteroid.river | 162 -- river/last-bastion.river | 229 -- river/last-passenger.river | 169 -- river/leaf.river | 162 -- river/leg.river | 175 -- river/likingthings.river | 499 ---- river/listen.river | 33 - river/love-as-god.river | 330 --- river/lovesong.river | 242 -- river/man.river | 241 -- river/manifesto_poetics.river | 572 ---- river/moon-drowning.river | 137 - river/moongone.river | 143 - river/mountain.river | 104 - river/movingsideways.river | 423 --- river/music-433.river | 161 -- river/no-nothing.river | 245 -- river/notes.river | 177 -- river/nothing-is-ever-over.river | 90 - river/on-genre-dimension.river | 1159 -------- river/onformalpoetry.river | 120 - river/options.river | 302 -- river/ouroboros_memory.river | 540 ---- river/paul.river | 118 - river/peaches.river | 773 ----- river/philosophy.river | 226 -- river/phone.river | 246 -- river/planks.river | 146 - river/plant.river | 635 ----- river/poetry-time.river | 343 --- river/prelude.river | 45 - river/problems.river | 490 ---- river/proverbs.river | 307 -- river/punch.river | 213 -- river/purpose-dogs.river | 255 -- river/question.river | 268 -- river/real-writer.river | 290 -- river/reports.river | 203 -- river/riptide_memory.river | 232 -- river/ronaldmcdonald.river | 232 -- river/roughgloves.river | 114 - river/sapling.river | 279 -- river/seasonal-affective-disorder.river | 102 - river/sense-of-it.river | 149 - river/serengeti.river | 107 - river/shed.river | 149 - river/shipwright.river | 157 - river/sixteenth-chapel.river | 349 --- river/snow.river | 234 -- river/something-simple.river | 110 - river/spittle.river | 116 - river/squirrel.river | 127 - river/stagnant.river | 238 -- river/statements-frag.river | 469 --- river/stayed-on-the-bus.river | 57 - river/stump.river | 218 -- river/swansong-alt.river | 153 - river/swansong.river | 112 - river/swear.river | 238 -- river/table_contents.river | 193 -- river/tapestry.river | 254 -- river/telemarketer.river | 688 ----- river/the-night-we-met.river | 166 -- river/the-sea_the-beach.river | 136 - river/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.river | 156 - river/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.river | 161 -- river/todaniel.river | 97 - river/toilet.river | 142 - river/toothpaste.river | 247 -- river/treatise.river | 203 -- river/underwear.river | 201 -- river/walking-in-the-rain.river | 100 - river/wallpaper.river | 216 -- river/weplayedthosegamestoo.river | 162 -- river/what-we-are-made-of.river | 725 ----- river/when-im-sorry-i.river | 131 - river/window.river | 242 -- river/words-irritable-reaching.river | 821 ------ river/words-meaning.river | 470 --- river/worse-looking-over.river | 145 - river/writing.river | 168 -- river/x-ray.river | 249 -- river/yellow.river | 271 -- river/zzyzzx.river | 1 - 142 files changed, 44927 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 river/.ipsumlorem.river delete mode 100644 river/.loremipsum.river delete mode 100644 river/100-lines.river delete mode 100644 river/COUNTS.txt delete mode 100644 river/TODO.river delete mode 100644 river/_first-lines.river delete mode 100644 river/about-the-author.river delete mode 100644 river/about.river delete mode 100644 river/about_author.river delete mode 100644 river/amber-alert.river delete mode 100644 river/and.river delete mode 100644 river/angeltoabraham.river delete mode 100644 river/apollo11.river delete mode 100644 river/arspoetica.river delete mode 100644 river/art.river delete mode 100644 river/axe.river delete mode 100644 river/big-dipper.river delete mode 100644 river/boar.river delete mode 100644 river/boy_bus.river delete mode 100644 river/building.river delete mode 100644 river/call-me-aural-pleasure.river delete mode 100644 river/cereal.river delete mode 100644 river/cold-wind.river delete mode 100644 river/collage-instrument.river delete mode 100644 river/common-titles.river delete mode 100644 river/creation-myth.river delete mode 100644 river/deadman.river delete mode 100644 river/death-zone.river delete mode 100644 river/deathstrumpet.river delete mode 100644 river/dollywood.river delete mode 100644 river/dream.river delete mode 100644 river/early.river delete mode 100644 river/elegyforanalternateself.river delete mode 100644 river/epigraph.river delete mode 100644 river/ex-machina.river delete mode 100644 river/exasperated.river delete mode 100644 river/father.river delete mode 100644 river/feedingtheraven.river delete mode 100644 river/finding-the-lion.river delete mode 100644 river/fire.river delete mode 100644 river/first-lines.river delete mode 100644 river/found-typewriter-poem.river delete mode 100644 river/hands.river delete mode 100644 river/hard-game.river delete mode 100644 river/hardware.river delete mode 100644 river/howithappened.river delete mode 100644 river/howtoread.river delete mode 100644 river/hymnal.river delete mode 100644 river/i-am.river delete mode 100644 river/i-think-its-you.river delete mode 100644 river/i-want-to-say.river delete mode 100644 river/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.river delete mode 100644 river/in-bed.river delete mode 100644 river/index.river delete mode 100644 river/initial-conditions.river delete mode 100644 river/january.river delete mode 100644 river/joke.river delete mode 100644 river/lappel-du-vide.river delete mode 100644 river/largest-asteroid.river delete mode 100644 river/last-bastion.river delete mode 100644 river/last-passenger.river delete mode 100644 river/leaf.river delete mode 100644 river/leg.river delete mode 100644 river/likingthings.river delete mode 100644 river/listen.river delete mode 100644 river/love-as-god.river delete mode 100644 river/lovesong.river delete mode 100644 river/man.river delete mode 100644 river/manifesto_poetics.river delete mode 100644 river/moon-drowning.river delete mode 100644 river/moongone.river delete mode 100644 river/mountain.river delete mode 100644 river/movingsideways.river delete mode 100644 river/music-433.river delete mode 100644 river/no-nothing.river delete mode 100644 river/notes.river delete mode 100644 river/nothing-is-ever-over.river delete mode 100644 river/on-genre-dimension.river delete mode 100644 river/onformalpoetry.river delete mode 100644 river/options.river delete mode 100644 river/ouroboros_memory.river delete mode 100644 river/paul.river delete mode 100644 river/peaches.river delete mode 100644 river/philosophy.river delete mode 100644 river/phone.river delete mode 100644 river/planks.river delete mode 100644 river/plant.river delete mode 100644 river/poetry-time.river delete mode 100644 river/prelude.river delete mode 100644 river/problems.river delete mode 100644 river/proverbs.river delete mode 100644 river/punch.river delete mode 100644 river/purpose-dogs.river delete mode 100644 river/question.river delete mode 100644 river/real-writer.river delete mode 100644 river/reports.river delete mode 100644 river/riptide_memory.river delete mode 100644 river/ronaldmcdonald.river delete mode 100644 river/roughgloves.river delete mode 100644 river/sapling.river delete mode 100644 river/seasonal-affective-disorder.river delete mode 100644 river/sense-of-it.river delete mode 100644 river/serengeti.river delete mode 100644 river/shed.river delete mode 100644 river/shipwright.river delete mode 100644 river/sixteenth-chapel.river delete mode 100644 river/snow.river delete mode 100644 river/something-simple.river delete mode 100644 river/spittle.river delete mode 100644 river/squirrel.river delete mode 100644 river/stagnant.river delete mode 100644 river/statements-frag.river delete mode 100644 river/stayed-on-the-bus.river delete mode 100644 river/stump.river delete mode 100644 river/swansong-alt.river delete mode 100644 river/swansong.river delete mode 100644 river/swear.river delete mode 100644 river/table_contents.river delete mode 100644 river/tapestry.river delete mode 100644 river/telemarketer.river delete mode 100644 river/the-night-we-met.river delete mode 100644 river/the-sea_the-beach.river delete mode 100644 river/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.river delete mode 100644 river/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.river delete mode 100644 river/todaniel.river delete mode 100644 river/toilet.river delete mode 100644 river/toothpaste.river delete mode 100644 river/treatise.river delete mode 100644 river/underwear.river delete mode 100644 river/walking-in-the-rain.river delete mode 100644 river/wallpaper.river delete mode 100644 river/weplayedthosegamestoo.river delete mode 100644 river/what-we-are-made-of.river delete mode 100644 river/when-im-sorry-i.river delete mode 100644 river/window.river delete mode 100644 river/words-irritable-reaching.river delete mode 100644 river/words-meaning.river delete mode 100644 river/worse-looking-over.river delete mode 100644 river/writing.river delete mode 100644 river/x-ray.river delete mode 100644 river/yellow.river delete mode 100644 river/zzyzzx.river (limited to 'river') diff --git a/river/.ipsumlorem.river b/river/.ipsumlorem.river deleted file mode 100644 index a22f432..0000000 --- a/river/.ipsumlorem.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,343 +0,0 @@ -ipsum -lorem -a -test -suite -for -the -gods -lorem -ipsum -dolor -sit -amet -consectetur -adipiscing -elit -vivamus -at -vulputate -ligula -ac -ullamcorper -magna -in -in -porta -metus -curabitur -iaculis -faucibus -posuere -nunc -elementum -libero -vitae -sapien -auctor -mollis -aenean -eget -tellus -ac -urna -tincidunt -vestibulum -vivamus -eget -orci -nec -purus -mollis -efficitur -pellentesque -eu -pharetra -justo -duis -tincidunt -convallis -vulputate -etiam -non -magna -mi -proin -porttitor -vel -quam -ac -dignissim -pellentesque -tempus -orci -orci -quis -tincidunt -enim -tincidunt -in -vestibulum -posuere -leo -ut -lacus -imperdiet -nec -rutrum -turpis -pellentesque -pellentesque -dictum -finibus -posuere -mauris -vehicula -lacus -lorem -a -euismod -purus -cursus -eu -vivamus -magna -mauris -vehicula -et -libero -at -commodo -consectetur -purus -sed -laoreet -posuere -consectetur -proin -sed -rutrum -ligula -id -scelerisque -eros -duis -rhoncus -magna -eu -magna -scelerisque -non -volutpat -libero -volutpat -mauris -gravida -et -tellus -non -ornare -integer -nibh -nulla -commodo -aliquam -imperdiet -a -condimentum -pulvinar -magna -praesent -commodo -eros -eu -nisi -sagittis -pulvinar -cras -id -lectus -vel -eros -porta -faucibus -eu -eu -quam -morbi -et -nisi -id -nunc -elementum -facilisis -maecenas -ultrices -eu -purus -nec -auctor -cras -quis -sagittis -nunc -in -accumsan -lacus -sed -sem -arcu -eleifend -imperdiet -ligula -consectetur -tempus -efficitur -massa -donec -commodo -convallis -cursus -donec -id -magna -at -arcu -malesuada -vulputate -nam -cursus -leo -eros -vel -volutpat -diam -tincidunt -eu -morbi -eleifend -accumsan -mollis -sed -dui -lacus -tincidunt -eu -elit -eu -venenatis -ultrices -erat -cum -sociis -natoque -penatibus -et -magnis -dis -parturient -montes -nascetur -ridiculus -mus -fusce -sit -amet -imperdiet -sapien -ut -finibus -ex -quisque -tincidunt -est -vitae -iaculis -bibendum -augue -odio -pharetra -libero -nec -ornare -erat -risus -ac -quam -nam -varius -mauris -sit -amet -purus -cursus -eget -molestie -ex -tempus -proin -augue -ligula -interdum -quis -fermentum -eu -suscipit -eget -tortor -suspendisse -nec -egestas -odio -vitae -vestibulum -turpis -proin -ipsum -ligula -maximus -vitae -mauris -ut -imperdiet -ultricies -eros -integer -mi -orci -vestibulum -ut -porttitor -quis -dictum -eu -lacus -ut -placerat -lectus -metus -vel -molestie -felis -luctus -ac -quisque -facilisis -lectus -id -magna -hendrerit -auctor -ornare -nisl -rutrum -pellentesque -vehicula -purus -vitae -dui -auctor -in -accumsan -risus -efficitur diff --git a/river/.loremipsum.river b/river/.loremipsum.river deleted file mode 100644 index 4bc1769..0000000 --- a/river/.loremipsum.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,343 +0,0 @@ -lorem -ipsum -a -test -suite -for -the -gods -lorem -ipsum -dolor -sit -amet -consectetur -adipiscing -elit -vivamus -at -vulputate -ligula -ac -ullamcorper -magna -in -in -porta -metus -curabitur -iaculis -faucibus -posuere -nunc -elementum -libero -vitae -sapien -auctor -mollis -aenean -eget -tellus -ac -urna -tincidunt -vestibulum -vivamus -eget -orci -nec -purus -mollis -efficitur -pellentesque -eu -pharetra -justo -duis -tincidunt -convallis -vulputate -etiam -non -magna -mi -proin -porttitor -vel -quam -ac -dignissim -pellentesque -tempus -orci -orci -quis -tincidunt -enim -tincidunt -in -vestibulum -posuere -leo -ut -lacus -imperdiet -nec -rutrum -turpis -pellentesque -pellentesque -dictum -finibus -posuere -mauris -vehicula -lacus -lorem -a -euismod -purus -cursus -eu -vivamus -magna -mauris -vehicula -et -libero -at -commodo -consectetur -purus -sed -laoreet -posuere -consectetur -proin -sed -rutrum -ligula -id -scelerisque -eros -duis -rhoncus -magna -eu -magna -scelerisque -non -volutpat -libero -volutpat -mauris -gravida -et -tellus -non -ornare -integer -nibh -nulla -commodo -aliquam -imperdiet -a -condimentum -pulvinar -magna -praesent -commodo -eros -eu -nisi -sagittis -pulvinar -cras -id -lectus -vel -eros -porta -faucibus -eu -eu -quam -morbi -et -nisi -id -nunc -elementum -facilisis -maecenas -ultrices -eu -purus -nec -auctor -cras -quis -sagittis -nunc -in -accumsan -lacus -sed -sem -arcu -eleifend -imperdiet -ligula -consectetur -tempus -efficitur -massa -donec -commodo -convallis -cursus -donec -id -magna -at -arcu -malesuada -vulputate -nam -cursus -leo -eros -vel -volutpat -diam -tincidunt -eu -morbi -eleifend -accumsan -mollis -sed -dui -lacus -tincidunt -eu -elit -eu -venenatis -ultrices -erat -cum -sociis -natoque -penatibus -et -magnis -dis -parturient -montes -nascetur -ridiculus -mus -fusce -sit -amet -imperdiet -sapien -ut -finibus -ex -quisque -tincidunt -est -vitae -iaculis -bibendum -augue -odio -pharetra -libero -nec -ornare -erat -risus -ac -quam -nam -varius -mauris -sit -amet -purus -cursus -eget -molestie -ex -tempus -proin -augue -ligula -interdum -quis -fermentum -eu -suscipit -eget -tortor -suspendisse -nec -egestas -odio -vitae -vestibulum -turpis -proin -ipsum -ligula -maximus -vitae -mauris -ut -imperdiet -ultricies -eros -integer -mi -orci -vestibulum -ut -porttitor -quis -dictum -eu -lacus -ut -placerat -lectus -metus -vel -molestie -felis -luctus -ac -quisque -facilisis -lectus -id -magna -hendrerit -auctor -ornare -nisl -rutrum -pellentesque -vehicula -purus -vitae -dui -auctor -in -accumsan -risus -efficitur diff --git a/river/100-lines.river b/river/100-lines.river deleted file mode 100644 index 391e87c..0000000 --- a/river/100-lines.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,624 +0,0 @@ -whenever -you -call -me -friend -i -fall -down -on -my -knees -and -cry -because -i -know -it's -the -only -thing -never -to -happen -before -in -this -life -is -something -you -can't -see -it's -a -pillow -under -a -hook -shot -i -want -to -tell -you -something -anything -but -you -are -there -and -i -am -here -we -are -trapped -inside -ourselves -and -the -distance -is -too -far -you -are -something -that -i -would -tell -would -be -nothing -before -too -long -you -are -not -the -finisher -of -dreams -you -are -the -beginning -of -nightmares -or -waking -but -i'm -not -sure -which -this -letter -is -for -you -in -the -future -it -will -lead -you -on -the -path -of -goodness -or -of -rightness -or -of -wrong -people -and -right -meanings -or -the -meaning -will -be -hidden -or -wrestling -the -demon -i -will -have -become -restless -under -the -starlight -it's -too -bright -here -to -think -the -negatives -would -be -pitch -black -darkness -of -a -silver -mine -there -are -no -trees -here -where -have -you -been -where -are -you -now -i -am -no -longer -here -or -there -you -are -anywhere -or -are -you -up -in -the -clouds -is -a -ghost -he -is -white -and -blue -like -a -cloud -he -paints -with -his -teeth -he -paints -the -rainbow -before -midnight -that -you -can -see -from -your -window -staring -out -under -the -sunlight -through -the -gauze -curtains -over -the -high -mountain -far -away -that -is -covered -over -with -snow -past -the -rivers -and -forests -that -lie -awake -under -orion -hunting -the -bull -that -runs -forever -just -out -of -his -reach -pointing -the -way -for -the -two -of -us -to -join -together -in -song -or -dance -or -that -other -thing -and -sing -the -grinch -down -off -mount -crumpet -his -heart -breaking -his -chest -thumping -with -the -beat -his -little -dog -too -running -running -with -the -bull -full -of -laughter -and -blood -he -can't -see -it -anymore -because -it's -become -him -we -are -trapped -he -says -we -are -trapped -in -ourselves -it -turns -out -that -all -along -it -wasn't -you -or -me -but -he -and -her -or -her -and -him -or -he -and -he -or -she -and -she -or -they -even -they -tell -us -that -nothing -has -happened -even -they -know -that -it's -a -big -joke -one -more -thing -to -know -before -the -death -we -are -crying -like -crocodiles -before -their -loved -ones -coffins -we -are -bellowing -with -grief -like -buffalo -on -a -berth -of -wild -oxen -we -are -wailing -our -clothes -are -in -rags -we -want -we -want -we -want -but -never -can -we -get -what -is -it -we -don't -know -what -it -is -but -it's -something -it's -anything -it's -too -many -people -or -not -enough -it's -too -few -trees -we -need -more -beavers -to -build -riverdams -we -need -grapes -too -or -plums -from -the -ice -box -or -an -ice -box -even -would -be -nice -all -i -have -is -this -cube -isn't -that -right -or -is -a -sphere -a -cube -a -donut -a -coffee -cup -your -hands -in -mine -yes -that's -right -now -bring -the -water -to -your -face -clear -and -cool -and -full -of -something -what -is -it -wanting -or -yearning -i -can -see -in -your -eyes -they're -clear -now -they -are -as -clear -as -a -running -stream -or -the -sky -that's -clear -right -or -the -water -that -is -in -the -bahamas -because -i -hear -that's -clear -you're -as -clear -as -the -sound -of -a -bell -you're -as -clear -as -the -braying -of -horses -you're -as -clear -as -the -glass -in -god's -eye -and -i -i'm -as -dull -as -an -ox -plowing -through -fields -in -his -yoke -i'm -as -dull -as -clouded -amber -i'm -dull -as -you -find -me -tonight -after -dinner -i'm -reading -the -crossword -you're -sitting -beside -me -you're -watching -tv diff --git a/river/COUNTS.txt b/river/COUNTS.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 465c4a7..0000000 --- a/river/COUNTS.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4282 +0,0 @@ - 1 * - 1 0 - 1 05 - 1 1 - 1 100 - 1 1994 - 1 2000 - 1 2006 - 1 203 - 1 22 - 1 28 - 1 2x - 1 4/10 - 1 40 - 1 \1 - 1 abandoned - 1 abel - 1 ability - 1 abounds - 1 absent-mindedly - 1 absolute - 1 absorbed - 1 accent - 1 accentuated - 1 accept - 1 access - 1 accident - 1 account - 1 accounting - 1 accounts - 1 accurately - 1 ache - 1 achieve - 1 aching - 1 acknowledges - 1 activities - 1 actor's - 1 adam - 1 adapting - 1 added - 1 additive - 1 adjust - 1 adjusted - 1 admin - 1 admired - 1 advantages - 1 affairs - 1 afford - 1 africa - 1 afterbend - 1 afterbirth - 1 afternoon - 1 afterthought - 1 afterward - 1 age - 1 agreeable - 1 aimed - 1 aisle - 1 alberto - 1 alcoholic - 1 alert - 1 algae - 1 alien - 1 alight - 1 alights - 1 alike - 1 alive - 1 allen - 1 allow - 1 allowed - 1 allows - 1 aloud - 1 amazing - 1 amble - 1 america - 1 american - 1 amicable - 1 analogue - 1 analytic - 1 and'll - 1 anemones - 1 animal - 1 ankle - 1 annie - 1 annoy - 1 annoyances - 1 annoyed - 1 ant - 1 anticipation - 1 apollo - 1 apologize - 1 apologizing - 1 apology - 1 appear - 1 appears - 1 applying - 1 appointment - 1 appreciate - 1 aquarium - 1 arabic - 1 arbitrary - 1 arcade - 1 argued - 1 argument - 1 arguments - 1 arises - 1 ark - 1 arrow - 1 ars - 1 arson - 1 ascribe - 1 ashbark - 1 asleep - 1 aspiration - 1 assets - 1 associations - 1 astonished - 1 astonishing - 1 asylums - 1 atom - 1 atoms - 1 attached - 1 attempted - 1 attempts - 1 attila - 1 audience - 1 aunt - 1 aural - 1 author - 1 autocento - 1 automobile - 1 average - 1 aw - 1 awake - 1 awful - 1 axis - 1 babel - 1 babies - 1 back-to-front - 1 backdrop - 1 background-colors - 1 backstage - 1 badgers - 1 badly - 1 bahamas - 1 baked-in - 1 baking - 1 bang - 1 baobab - 1 barkeep - 1 barking - 1 bars - 1 bartenders - 1 basket - 1 bastards - 1 bats - 1 bawls - 1 beach's - 1 beam - 1 beams - 1 bearing - 1 beavers - 1 beckoned - 1 beckons - 1 bede - 1 bedside - 1 beer - 1 beetles - 1 beggar - 1 begging - 1 begun - 1 belfries - 1 belie - 1 believes - 1 bellowing - 1 bemused - 1 ben - 1 bend - 1 berth - 1 beside - 1 betray - 1 betrays - 1 biebs - 1 biggest - 1 binoculars - 1 biological - 1 birth - 1 birthed - 1 bite - 1 bits - 1 black-walled - 1 blackdirt - 1 blackened - 1 blacker - 1 blackness - 1 bladder - 1 blade - 1 blame - 1 bleating - 1 bleed - 1 blemish - 1 blinds - 1 blink - 1 blister - 1 blocks - 1 bloomed - 1 blown - 1 blubber - 1 blushed - 1 boasts - 1 bodily - 1 boggle's - 1 bold - 1 bone - 1 bonfire - 1 boomed - 1 borders - 1 borrow - 1 boss - 1 bother - 1 bottle - 1 bouncing - 1 boundaries - 1 bounded - 1 bowl - 1 bowler - 1 bowls - 1 boy's - 1 boyscout - 1 branchcrotch - 1 branched - 1 branching - 1 brand - 1 braying - 1 bread - 1 breakdown - 1 breakroom - 1 breast - 1 breastbone - 1 breathe - 1 breathes - 1 bred - 1 breed - 1 breeds - 1 bride - 1 briefcase - 1 brilliant - 1 brings - 1 bro - 1 brooks - 1 brothel - 1 brownbranching - 1 brownspotted - 1 bruises - 1 bubbling - 1 buck - 1 buck-fifty - 1 bulbs - 1 bunk - 1 bunyon - 1 bunyons - 1 buried - 1 burnt - 1 burrows - 1 buses - 1 bush - 1 businessman - 1 busy - 1 butter - 1 buttons - 1 buying - 1 buzz - 1 bye - 1 byproduct - 1 cabins - 1 cackle - 1 caeiro - 1 cain - 1 cake - 1 calendar - 1 calm - 1 calmed - 1 calming - 1 cameras - 1 canopy - 1 capacity - 1 capital-l - 1 capitalize - 1 capsule - 1 capture - 1 captures - 1 careful - 1 caress - 1 caresses - 1 caring - 1 carrey - 1 cart - 1 cartoons - 1 case - 1 cases - 1 casket - 1 casserole - 1 cat - 1 catalogued - 1 catches - 1 catching - 1 categories - 1 catered - 1 cause - 1 causes - 1 causing - 1 celebrate - 1 cemetery - 1 census - 1 century - 1 cereals - 1 chain - 1 chairs - 1 challenge - 1 challenges - 1 challenging - 1 chamber - 1 chamberpot - 1 champion - 1 chapel's - 1 chapped - 1 characters - 1 charge - 1 chats - 1 chatting - 1 cheap - 1 cheat - 1 cheating - 1 checked - 1 checking - 1 cheeks - 1 cheer - 1 chemistry - 1 cherry - 1 chewing - 1 chlorophyll - 1 chocolate - 1 choir - 1 choking - 1 choosing - 1 chopping - 1 chose - 1 christ's - 1 chuckled - 1 church-steeple - 1 churning - 1 cigarettes - 1 cincinnati - 1 circles - 1 circuit - 1 circumstance - 1 claim - 1 claimed - 1 classifying - 1 claw - 1 clawing - 1 claws - 1 clay - 1 cleaned - 1 clearly - 1 cleft - 1 clenched - 1 clich - 1 client's - 1 cliff - 1 climbed - 1 clocks - 1 clog - 1 closet - 1 clothesline - 1 clouded - 1 clown's - 1 clue - 1 clutched - 1 cock - 1 cocky - 1 code - 1 coffins - 1 cola - 1 coldened - 1 coldness - 1 collarbone - 1 collectible - 1 colors - 1 column - 1 columns - 1 combine - 1 comely - 1 comfortable - 1 comment - 1 commentary - 1 commentators - 1 committed - 1 communicate - 1 comparable - 1 compare - 1 compartmentalizes - 1 complain - 1 complaining - 1 completed - 1 complexities - 1 composing - 1 compresses - 1 comprising - 1 compromise - 1 compromising - 1 computers - 1 concentrate - 1 concept - 1 conception - 1 concerned - 1 conch - 1 conciousness - 1 concrete - 1 condemned - 1 confectioner's-sugar - 1 confessional - 1 congratulate - 1 connect - 1 consider - 1 considered - 1 considers - 1 constant - 1 constantin - 1 constructed - 1 consumable - 1 consumed - 1 contain - 1 container - 1 contempt - 1 contemptibly - 1 continue - 1 continued - 1 continues - 1 continuity - 1 contract - 1 contrast - 1 conversations - 1 converter - 1 cooked - 1 cookout - 1 cooler - 1 coolness - 1 cop - 1 copulation - 1 coronas - 1 coroner's - 1 correcting - 1 costumes - 1 cottage - 1 coughing - 1 counter - 1 counting - 1 country - 1 counts - 1 coupled - 1 courage - 1 court - 1 cousin - 1 cover - 1 coveralls - 1 coverings - 1 covers - 1 covino - 1 cozy - 1 crabs - 1 cracked - 1 crackers - 1 cracking - 1 cradle - 1 cradled - 1 craned - 1 cranking - 1 cranky - 1 crawfish - 1 crawled - 1 crawling - 1 cream-colored - 1 creamer - 1 creases - 1 creative - 1 creativity's - 1 creature - 1 creatures - 1 creeping - 1 crevice - 1 crew - 1 cried - 1 cries - 1 crime-ridden - 1 criminal - 1 criminals - 1 crippled - 1 croaks - 1 crocodiles - 1 cross-references - 1 crossing - 1 crossword - 1 crotch - 1 crouch - 1 crowing - 1 crown - 1 cruel - 1 crumble - 1 crumpet - 1 crunch - 1 crust - 1 crusty - 1 crux - 1 crystallized - 1 css - 1 cubicled - 1 cubicles - 1 curled - 1 currently - 1 curtains - 1 customer's - 1 cyclical - 1 dairy - 1 dances - 1 dancing - 1 dangling - 1 daniel - 1 dapplegray - 1 dare - 1 dared - 1 daring - 1 darkly - 1 date - 1 dated - 1 daughter - 1 daughter's - 1 deadbranch - 1 deal - 1 death's - 1 decay - 1 decaying - 1 decency - 1 decent - 1 decide - 1 decides - 1 declaration - 1 decompress - 1 dedicated - 1 deeper - 1 defeat - 1 define - 1 defining - 1 definitely - 1 deigned - 1 delegate - 1 delicious - 1 demanded - 1 demolished - 1 demon - 1 described - 1 description - 1 deserve - 1 design - 1 desired - 1 desktop - 1 destroy - 1 destroyed - 1 destruction - 1 detergent - 1 detractors - 1 devastating - 1 developed - 1 devices - 1 devil - 1 devotion - 1 dewdrop - 1 dialect - 1 dialectic - 1 diary - 1 dice - 1 differently - 1 difficult - 1 dig - 1 dillard - 1 dimes - 1 dimly - 1 dimming - 1 dipped - 1 dipping - 1 direction - 1 directly - 1 dirty - 1 disagree - 1 disagreequantum - 1 disallows - 1 disappearing - 1 disappears - 1 disappointing - 1 disappointment - 1 disassociated - 1 disband - 1 disciplinary - 1 discontent - 1 discretion - 1 disingenuous - 1 disintegrating - 1 disinterested - 1 dismember - 1 dispassionate - 1 disregard - 1 distant - 1 distorts - 1 distracting - 1 divine - 1 doctor - 1 doe-eyed - 1 dog's - 1 doggy - 1 dollar-fifty - 1 donate - 1 donut - 1 doppelgangers - 1 dotted - 1 dotting - 1 doubles - 1 doubtful - 1 dove - 1 doves - 1 downs - 1 drag - 1 dragged - 1 dragons - 1 dreamt - 1 dress - 1 dresser - 1 dried - 1 dried-out - 1 drifting - 1 dripping - 1 driver's - 1 drool - 1 dropped - 1 dropturned - 1 drowned - 1 drum - 1 drums - 1 duality - 1 dub - 1 dude - 1 duff - 1 dumbass - 1 dumbly - 1 dump - 1 dumpster - 1 dungeons - 1 dusk - 1 earlier - 1 earth's - 1 earthworms - 1 eaten - 1 eclipse - 1 economy - 1 ecstatic - 1 editor - 1 ee - 1 effects - 1 effort - 1 ego - 1 eight-fold - 1 eighty-four - 1 elaboration - 1 electricity - 1 elementary - 1 eleven - 1 em - 1 embarrassment - 1 embodiment - 1 empire - 1 employ - 1 emptiness - 1 encased - 1 engagement - 1 enliven - 1 entanglement - 1 entered - 1 enterprises - 1 enters - 1 entirely - 1 entity - 1 entry-level - 1 entwined - 1 environment - 1 environments - 1 eously - 1 epicenter - 1 epitome - 1 equation - 1 era - 1 eraser - 1 errant - 1 escape - 1 ess - 1 estimate - 1 europe - 1 eve - 1 evening - 1 everyone's - 1 ex - 1 exacerbates - 1 exasperated - 1 except - 1 exciting - 1 exclaiming - 1 excused - 1 exegesis - 1 exercise - 1 exhausted - 1 existed - 1 expect - 1 expensive - 1 experienced - 1 experiencing - 1 experiments - 1 expertly - 1 explains - 1 exploration - 1 exploring - 1 expressed - 1 expression - 1 extension - 1 extract - 1 extrapolate - 1 extrapolating - 1 eyebrows - 1 eyelid - 1 eyelids - 1 facebook - 1 facepaint - 1 facial - 1 factor - 1 facts - 1 fade - 1 fails - 1 fairly - 1 faithfully - 1 fallibility - 1 fallow - 1 familiar - 1 famously - 1 fans - 1 fat - 1 father's - 1 fear - 1 feared - 1 feathers - 1 fecundity - 1 fed - 1 feeding - 1 feeds - 1 feign - 1 feigned - 1 female - 1 feminist - 1 ferry - 1 festive - 1 fever - 1 fibonnacci - 1 fickle - 1 fiction - 1 fictional - 1 fiddleheads - 1 fiercely - 1 fifteen - 1 figment - 1 figured - 1 figurine - 1 filled - 1 film - 1 filtered - 1 filtering - 1 final - 1 fine - 1 finger-loops - 1 fingers - 1 finish - 1 finished - 1 finisher - 1 finishing - 1 finite - 1 fins - 1 firewood - 1 firm - 1 first-person - 1 fish-eyed - 1 fisheye - 1 fishing - 1 fit - 1 fitting - 1 fixtures - 1 flagellum - 1 flailing - 1 flame - 1 flanks - 1 flatten - 1 flea - 1 fleeting - 1 flesh - 1 fleshy - 1 flew - 1 flex - 1 flies - 1 flip - 1 flipping - 1 flocks - 1 flopping - 1 flops - 1 flowed - 1 flower - 1 flowing - 1 flung - 1 fluorescence - 1 fluorescent - 1 foam - 1 fold - 1 folded - 1 folk - 1 fondly - 1 fool - 1 fooling - 1 foot - 1 footnote - 1 footprints - 1 forced - 1 forcefully - 1 forces - 1 forestroads - 1 forests - 1 forgetful - 1 forgetting - 1 forlorn - 1 formation - 1 formula - 1 fortress - 1 forty - 1 fossil - 1 fought - 1 founding - 1 four-wheeler - 1 fourth-grade - 1 fox - 1 fozzie - 1 fragment - 1 fragrance - 1 frail - 1 francis - 1 franksgiving - 1 frayed - 1 freezing - 1 french - 1 frequency - 1 freshly - 1 friend's - 1 frightening - 1 fringe - 1 frolic - 1 front-to-back - 1 frost-cold - 1 frosting - 1 froth - 1 frowning - 1 fruits - 1 frustrated - 1 ftw - 1 fulfill - 1 full-throated - 1 fungi - 1 further - 1 futility - 1 gamble - 1 gambles - 1 games - 1 gander - 1 garbage - 1 gasping - 1 gate - 1 gather - 1 gee - 1 general - 1 generations - 1 genetics - 1 gently - 1 germ - 1 ghazal's - 1 ghosts - 1 gilbert - 1 gilded - 1 gills - 1 gina - 1 glance - 1 glancing - 1 gleamed - 1 glib - 1 global - 1 gnawer - 1 goal - 1 god-lover - 1 goddammit - 1 goddamn - 1 goddess - 1 gods - 1 goldheaded - 1 goodness - 1 goofy - 1 gossips - 1 gotta - 1 grab - 1 gracefully - 1 grandeur - 1 grasp - 1 grasping - 1 grassland - 1 grassmade - 1 grayish-blue - 1 graze - 1 grecian - 1 greek - 1 grieving - 1 grilled - 1 grinch - 1 grinned - 1 grins - 1 gritty - 1 grouped - 1 groups - 1 growl - 1 growler - 1 growling - 1 grown - 1 guard - 1 guessed - 1 gut - 1 gyroscope - 1 half-empty - 1 half-gallon - 1 half-heartedly - 1 half-hours - 1 half-inch - 1 halfway - 1 halls - 1 hammered - 1 handed - 1 handiwork - 1 handwritten - 1 hang - 1 hangs - 1 happier - 1 harboring - 1 hardworking - 1 hardy - 1 harvest - 1 hass's - 1 hat - 1 hate - 1 hating - 1 hawk - 1 heading - 1 headless - 1 headstone - 1 health - 1 hears - 1 heart's - 1 heartache - 1 heartwarming - 1 heaven - 1 hefted - 1 height - 1 helped - 1 heraclitus - 1 herculean - 1 hereby - 1 herein - 1 heretofore - 1 hey - 1 hezekiah - 1 hezzy's - 1 hi - 1 hide - 1 hiding-place - 1 highway - 1 highways - 1 hijack - 1 hips - 1 hitchcock - 1 hitting - 1 hoarsely - 1 hobo - 1 hoggle's - 1 hoisted - 1 hoisting - 1 home-for-death - 1 homecoming - 1 homeless - 1 honey-golden - 1 honking - 1 honor - 1 hooks - 1 hoop - 1 hopefully - 1 hopes - 1 hoping - 1 horn - 1 hornery - 1 horror - 1 horse - 1 horses - 1 host - 1 hover - 1 hovered - 1 hovering - 1 how'd - 1 how's - 1 html-q-tags - 1 hug - 1 hugs - 1 huh - 1 human-formed - 1 hums - 1 hunt - 1 hurl - 1 husks - 1 hypothesis - 1 i's - 1 ice-skater - 1 ideals - 1 ignorance - 1 ill-timed - 1 imagination - 1 imagine - 1 imdb - 1 immaculately - 1 immediately - 1 impatience - 1 impatient - 1 impenetrable - 1 implements - 1 improvise - 1 inability - 1 inasmuch - 1 inborn - 1 incarnation - 1 incidentally - 1 included - 1 inclusive - 1 increase - 1 increasingly - 1 index - 1 individually-numbered - 1 inevitable - 1 inexorable - 1 infinity - 1 influenced - 1 inhaled - 1 inherited - 1 inigo - 1 injunction - 1 inkpot - 1 insane - 1 insecurities - 1 insecurity - 1 insert - 1 insist - 1 insists - 1 insults - 1 intended - 1 intense - 1 intent - 1 interactions - 1 interest - 1 interested - 1 interesting - 1 intertwined - 1 intervals - 1 interview - 1 intimately - 1 intuition - 1 invention - 1 inventory - 1 inverse - 1 ipod - 1 irreducible - 1 irrelevant - 1 isaac's - 1 israel - 1 issue - 1 iv - 1 ix - 1 jack - 1 jackson - 1 japanese - 1 jar - 1 jay - 1 jeans - 1 jelly - 1 jerked - 1 jerry - 1 jerry's - 1 jessica - 1 jewel - 1 jeweleyed - 1 joey - 1 join - 1 judges - 1 judging - 1 judgment - 1 judgmental - 1 juicecrush - 1 jujubes - 1 jump - 1 jumped - 1 junior - 1 junk - 1 just-completed - 1 justifiable - 1 justifies - 1 justin - 1 keats's - 1 keeping - 1 kerosene - 1 kick - 1 kicks - 1 kid's - 1 kids - 1 kill - 1 kindling - 1 kinds - 1 knee - 1 knees - 1 knelt - 1 knife - 1 knitting - 1 knob - 1 knock - 1 knocker - 1 knowable - 1 knowingly - 1 knowledge - 1 kong - 1 l - 1 lables - 1 lack - 1 lacks - 1 ladle - 1 ladled - 1 lady - 1 lambs - 1 lame - 1 lamp - 1 lamps - 1 land-like - 1 landing - 1 landlocked - 1 lately - 1 laughed - 1 laughter - 1 launches - 1 lawnmower - 1 layers - 1 lazily - 1 leaking - 1 leaned - 1 leans - 1 leaped - 1 lectures - 1 led - 1 leering - 1 legunitas - 1 lessons - 1 lets - 1 letters - 1 letting - 1 lettuce - 1 levelly - 1 levels - 1 lick - 1 lie - 1 lifetime - 1 lifetimes - 1 lift - 1 lighter - 1 lightly - 1 liking - 1 limbaugh - 1 limitations - 1 limiting - 1 linguistic - 1 link - 1 links - 1 linoleum - 1 lion's - 1 lip - 1 liquid - 1 list - 1 listened - 1 lists - 1 litany - 1 littered - 1 living-room - 1 loathe - 1 local - 1 location - 1 locked - 1 logarithms - 1 loneliness - 1 lonely - 1 lonesome - 1 longest - 1 longing - 1 longish - 1 looms - 1 loopy - 1 lot's - 1 louder - 1 lousy - 1 lover - 1 lumpy - 1 lvaro - 1 ma'am - 1 machina - 1 machine's - 1 machines - 1 mad - 1 magazines - 1 majesty - 1 major - 1 maker - 1 mammals - 1 managing - 1 mane - 1 manic - 1 manner - 1 marianas - 1 mario - 1 mark - 1 marked - 1 maroon - 1 marvell - 1 mary - 1 mass - 1 massful - 1 masturbation - 1 mates - 1 mathematical - 1 maudlin - 1 maw - 1 maybe2 - 1 mcnugget - 1 meacham - 1 meandering - 1 measured - 1 mediating - 1 meditation - 1 medium - 1 meek - 1 meeting - 1 meets - 1 melted - 1 melting - 1 memento - 1 memory's - 1 mental - 1 mentioned - 1 mercury - 1 merrily - 1 merseinne - 1 mess - 1 message - 1 metal - 1 michelangelo - 1 midair - 1 middle - 1 might've - 1 mighty - 1 mildly - 1 million - 1 millions - 1 minded - 1 mindful - 1 minds - 1 mini-drama - 1 minimum - 1 misattributed - 1 miserable - 1 misplace - 1 misplaced - 1 misses - 1 missing - 1 mission - 1 mistake - 1 mistaken - 1 mister - 1 misty - 1 mnemonic - 1 moans - 1 mobility - 1 mock - 1 moist - 1 molds - 1 molested - 1 momentarily - 1 monsoon - 1 month - 1 month-old - 1 montoya - 1 monuments - 1 mood - 1 moonfaced - 1 morale - 1 more-than-a-fortnight - 1 mori - 1 mostly - 1 mostly-empty - 1 motes - 1 motoring - 1 motto - 1 mount - 1 mountainous - 1 mourning - 1 mouse - 1 moved - 1 movie - 1 movings - 1 mr/mrs - 1 muffins - 1 muffled - 1 mug - 1 multiversity - 1 mummy - 1 mundane - 1 murder - 1 murmer - 1 murmuring - 1 museum - 1 musk - 1 mutter - 1 myriad - 1 mysteries - 1 myth - 1 mythical - 1 nagging - 1 nailed - 1 namesake - 1 nanowrimo - 1 narrowed - 1 nav - 1 navlinks - 1 neck - 1 necks - 1 needing - 1 negatives - 1 neglected - 1 neighbor's - 1 neighbors - 1 neither - 1 nemesis - 1 nest - 1 neuron - 1 neverending - 1 nib - 1 nightgown - 1 nightly - 1 nightmares - 1 nights - 1 ninety-eight - 1 nirvana - 1 noble - 1 non-disappointment - 1 non-important - 1 non-stop - 1 nonexistent - 1 nostril - 1 not-wings - 1 noted - 1 notfurniture - 1 notions - 1 novel - 1 now-empty - 1 nozzle - 1 nozzle's - 1 npr - 1 nuclear - 1 nurses - 1 nuzzles - 1 o'clock - 1 object - 1 oblivion - 1 oblivious - 1 observant - 1 observer - 1 obstructs - 1 occasions - 1 occupied - 1 occur - 1 occurring - 1 october - 1 odd-numbered - 1 ode - 1 odes - 1 off-shore - 1 offbeat - 1 offense - 1 offering - 1 olds - 1 one's - 1 one-of-a-kind - 1 one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand - 1 opportunities - 1 opposed - 1 optics - 1 option - 1 opulent - 1 oranges - 1 orbiting - 1 orchid - 1 ordered - 1 origin - 1 orion - 1 ostentatious - 1 ouroboros - 1 outta - 1 over-expansive - 1 overflows - 1 overtake - 1 overtime - 1 owe - 1 owner - 1 ox - 1 oxen - 1 pace - 1 pack - 1 package - 1 packed - 1 padowan - 1 pages - 1 paint - 1 paintings - 1 palace - 1 pale - 1 pandoc - 1 panic - 1 panorama - 1 paradox - 1 paragraph - 1 paraphrase - 1 parceled - 1 parent - 1 parents - 1 parity - 1 parking - 1 participate - 1 particulars - 1 parts - 1 party - 1 passion - 1 pastor's - 1 pastorals - 1 pastors - 1 patches - 1 pathology - 1 patrons - 1 patting - 1 pause - 1 pawed - 1 paws - 1 payday - 1 pays - 1 peace - 1 peach - 1 peaks - 1 peanut - 1 peas - 1 pee - 1 peeing - 1 peel - 1 peered - 1 penelope - 1 pennies - 1 penny - 1 peppermints - 1 percent - 1 perchance - 1 percolating - 1 perfected - 1 performing - 1 period - 1 personality - 1 pessoa's - 1 pet - 1 petals - 1 petted - 1 pew - 1 pg - 1 phase - 1 philosophical - 1 philosophy - 1 phineas - 1 phones - 1 photo - 1 phrase - 1 physics - 1 pickle - 1 picks - 1 picture's - 1 pictured - 1 pierce - 1 pigs - 1 pile - 1 piled - 1 pilgrim - 1 pilgrims - 1 pillar - 1 pillow - 1 pills - 1 pincers - 1 pine - 1 pink - 1 pinstripe - 1 pipes - 1 pisses - 1 piston - 1 pizzazz - 1 placement - 1 planet - 1 planets - 1 planning - 1 plant's - 1 plate-glass - 1 plausible - 1 plays - 1 pleasure - 1 plight - 1 plod - 1 plopped - 1 plowing - 1 plumbing - 1 plums - 1 plyboard - 1 plywood - 1 poem's - 1 poetica - 1 pointing - 1 poison - 1 poking - 1 policy - 1 polish - 1 pompom - 1 pond - 1 ponies - 1 pool - 1 poops - 1 poorly - 1 popped - 1 porch - 1 posh - 1 position - 1 possibilities - 1 possibility - 1 possum - 1 postage - 1 posterity - 1 potential - 1 pound - 1 pounding - 1 pounds - 1 pouring - 1 powdered - 1 powerful - 1 practiced - 1 prairie - 1 pray - 1 pre - 1 pre-approved - 1 predator - 1 prenatal - 1 preoccupation - 1 prepositions - 1 prescription - 1 presence - 1 pressed - 1 pretend - 1 pretended - 1 pretending - 1 pretentious - 1 prices - 1 primes - 1 prince - 1 princess - 1 privately - 1 probabilistic - 1 probability - 1 process - 1 produced - 1 product - 1 production - 1 products - 1 professor - 1 projecting - 1 projects - 1 prom - 1 proper - 1 prophecy-slash-advice - 1 propose - 1 protective - 1 proved - 1 proverbs - 1 proves - 1 prybar - 1 pseudonyms - 1 psych - 1 publish - 1 published - 1 puffy - 1 pulling - 1 pun - 1 punches - 1 pupils - 1 puppet - 1 purpose - 1 purses - 1 pushes - 1 putting - 1 puzzle - 1 pyramids - 1 quaking - 1 quality - 1 queer - 1 quicken - 1 quickness - 1 quietness - 1 quitting - 1 quivering - 1 r - 1 race - 1 races - 1 radiate - 1 rags - 1 railroad - 1 rainbow - 1 rains - 1 ram - 1 randomness - 1 rare - 1 rasping - 1 ratio - 1 raw - 1 razor - 1 reaches - 1 reaching - 1 reaching-out - 1 readjust - 1 reads - 1 realer - 1 realization - 1 reasoned - 1 reasons - 1 receding - 1 receipt - 1 receiver - 1 receptacle - 1 recipe - 1 recirculating - 1 reclassifying - 1 reclining - 1 recognize - 1 recoils - 1 recommend - 1 reconsidered - 1 record - 1 recording - 1 recycle - 1 redder - 1 reduced - 1 reeds - 1 reeling - 1 reese's - 1 referenced - 1 reflecting - 1 regular - 1 reis - 1 relation - 1 relative - 1 relax - 1 relaxing - 1 relic - 1 remind - 1 reminding - 1 reminds - 1 remix - 1 remnants - 1 remove - 1 removed - 1 rendering - 1 rep - 1 repeat - 1 replacement - 1 replacing - 1 replies - 1 report - 1 representative's - 1 represented - 1 represents - 1 repulsed - 1 requesting - 1 required - 1 requires - 1 resemblance - 1 resembling - 1 resistant - 1 resonate - 1 resorted - 1 respect - 1 respective - 1 resplendent - 1 restate - 1 restless - 1 resume - 1 retain - 1 retribution - 1 revealed - 1 revenging - 1 revision - 1 reward - 1 ribcage - 1 ricardo - 1 ride - 1 rides - 1 ridges - 1 riding - 1 rightly - 1 rightness - 1 ring - 1 rings - 1 rip - 1 rippled - 1 rise - 1 rises - 1 riverdams - 1 rj - 1 road - 1 roads - 1 roaming - 1 robin - 1 robinsong - 1 rockturned - 1 rod - 1 rode - 1 rogue - 1 rollercoaster - 1 roof - 1 rooting - 1 rosebushes - 1 rotten - 1 rotting - 1 row - 1 rub - 1 rugby - 1 rules - 1 rumor - 1 runs - 1 safe - 1 sail - 1 sailed - 1 saints - 1 samovar - 1 sanded - 1 sandwich - 1 sandworms - 1 sap - 1 sara's - 1 saturday - 1 scales - 1 scare - 1 scared - 1 schools - 1 scientists - 1 scope - 1 scowled - 1 scraping - 1 scratching - 1 screamed - 1 screwdriver - 1 searched - 1 searching - 1 seasoning - 1 seasons - 1 seat - 1 second-to-last - 1 section - 1 seducer - 1 seed - 1 seeds - 1 seemingly - 1 seeped - 1 seething - 1 select - 1 selected - 1 self-extracting - 1 self-soothing - 1 sell - 1 senile - 1 senselessness - 1 sensibilities - 1 separation - 1 serene - 1 sermon - 1 serves - 1 service - 1 serviced - 1 sestina's - 1 sestinas - 1 setting - 1 seven - 1 sexually - 1 shallow - 1 shame - 1 shapes - 1 share - 1 shared - 1 sharpie - 1 sharply - 1 shatter - 1 shaving - 1 she'd - 1 sheen - 1 sheets - 1 shell - 1 shift - 1 shifts - 1 ship's - 1 ships - 1 shipwreck - 1 shipwright - 1 shirt-sleeve - 1 shirts - 1 shivering - 1 shoe-insert - 1 shooter - 1 shooting - 1 shoots - 1 shop - 1 shore - 1 shoreline's - 1 shot - 1 shouldered - 1 shower's - 1 showering - 1 showing - 1 shrink - 1 shrugged - 1 shuffled - 1 shuffling - 1 shutting - 1 sickly - 1 sigh - 1 sighed - 1 sighing - 1 sight - 1 signifies - 1 signs - 1 silkworm - 1 silver - 1 simulation - 1 simultan - 1 simultaneously - 1 sin - 1 singer - 1 single - 1 singles - 1 sipped - 1 sipping - 1 sir - 1 sister - 1 sisters - 1 sistine - 1 site - 1 sites - 1 situation - 1 six-foot-long - 1 sixty - 1 sizzle's - 1 skeletons - 1 skies - 1 skill - 1 skills - 1 skinning - 1 skinny - 1 skip - 1 sky's - 1 slammed - 1 slamming - 1 sleeves - 1 slide - 1 slides - 1 slight - 1 slime - 1 slipping - 1 slips - 1 slobbered - 1 slogging - 1 slough - 1 slow - 1 smallest - 1 smallness - 1 smallstone - 1 smell - 1 smoking - 1 smoldering - 1 snake - 1 snakes - 1 sneaking - 1 sniffing - 1 sniffling - 1 snowquiet - 1 soap - 1 soars - 1 sobriety - 1 soccer - 1 social - 1 sock - 1 socks - 1 socrates - 1 softly - 1 soggy - 1 solipsist - 1 solomon - 1 solve - 1 someone's - 1 something's - 1 song's - 1 songfilled - 1 soooo - 1 sort - 1 soul - 1 sounding - 1 southern - 1 spare - 1 sparkle - 1 speaker - 1 specific - 1 specifically - 1 speculate - 1 speculations - 1 speech - 1 speed - 1 spend - 1 spends - 1 spent - 1 sperm - 1 sphere - 1 spider - 1 spiders - 1 spill - 1 spilled - 1 spin - 1 spins - 1 spit-shined - 1 split - 1 spoken - 1 spooling - 1 spoon - 1 spread - 1 springs - 1 sprouting - 1 square - 1 square-jawed - 1 squeal - 1 stage - 1 staged - 1 stairs - 1 stalk - 1 stamp - 1 stands - 1 star - 1 starblind - 1 stares - 1 starlight - 1 starts - 1 starvation - 1 starving - 1 statements - 1 statuses - 1 steak - 1 steam - 1 steel - 1 stem - 1 stemmed - 1 stepped - 1 sticks - 1 sticky-sweet - 1 stiff - 1 stimuli - 1 stitches - 1 stocked - 1 stockingsit - 1 stolen - 1 stomach - 1 stones - 1 stoppard - 1 stopping - 1 stops - 1 storm - 1 stranded - 1 strangely - 1 stranger - 1 strapped - 1 strawberries - 1 strawberry - 1 streaks - 1 streaming - 1 streams - 1 streetlamps - 1 streetlights - 1 stresses - 1 stretching - 1 striped - 1 strolled - 1 strolls - 1 structured - 1 stuck - 1 stunned - 1 stupid - 1 styles - 1 subject's - 1 subsequent - 1 subsist - 1 substantial - 1 subtraction - 1 subtypes - 1 suburb - 1 successful - 1 sucking - 1 sue - 1 suffering - 1 summed - 1 sun's - 1 sunglasses - 1 sunlit - 1 sunning - 1 supervisor - 1 supported - 1 supposing - 1 surf - 1 surface - 1 surprises - 1 surrounding - 1 surroundings - 1 surrounds - 1 suspended - 1 swaddling - 1 swallow - 1 swamp - 1 swansong - 1 sweat - 1 sweater - 1 sweaters - 1 sweaty - 1 sweetmaking - 1 sweetness - 1 swelling - 1 switchbacks - 1 switches - 1 swizzle - 1 sydney - 1 syl - 1 syllables - 1 system - 1 tablespoons - 1 tacked-up - 1 tailbone - 1 tails - 1 talent - 1 tales - 1 talked - 1 talkers - 1 tap - 1 tapping - 1 tar - 1 tasked - 1 tasks - 1 taste - 1 taunts - 1 tautological - 1 tautology - 1 tax - 1 teacher - 1 teenager - 1 teenagers - 1 telemarketer - 1 telemarketing - 1 television - 1 tender - 1 tentative - 1 tenuous - 1 term - 1 terminates - 1 termination - 1 terrified - 1 terror - 1 test - 1 tethered - 1 thanks - 1 that'll - 1 thaw - 1 therapy - 1 there'll - 1 therefore - 1 theses - 1 they'd - 1 they'll - 1 thick - 1 thickens - 1 thickly - 1 thigh - 1 thinks - 1 thirst - 1 thoroughly - 1 thousands - 1 three-dimensional - 1 three-message - 1 throng - 1 thrumming - 1 thud - 1 thumb - 1 thumbed - 1 thumping - 1 thundercloud - 1 thursday - 1 tidal - 1 tight - 1 tightens - 1 til - 1 tiller - 1 tilted - 1 timbers - 1 tin - 1 tinker - 1 tinny - 1 tip - 1 titled - 1 titles - 1 toes - 1 toil - 1 toll - 1 tom - 1 tone - 1 tongues - 1 too-hot - 1 too-small - 1 topic - 1 torn - 1 torturous - 1 touch - 1 tourists - 1 towels - 1 tower - 1 towering - 1 towers - 1 town - 1 tracked - 1 train - 1 trains - 1 trait - 1 trap - 1 trash - 1 trashcan - 1 trauma - 1 travel - 1 traveler - 1 treat - 1 trellis - 1 trench - 1 tropical - 1 trouble - 1 troubles - 1 truth - 1 tube - 1 tuesday - 1 tundra - 1 tune-up - 1 tupperware - 1 twenty-two - 1 twilight - 1 twins - 1 twirling - 1 two-dimensional - 1 uh - 1 ultimate - 1 um - 1 unaccustomed - 1 unadorned - 1 unanswerable - 1 uncareful - 1 uncomortably - 1 uncovering - 1 under-the-skin - 1 underground - 1 understandably - 1 understood - 1 uneven - 1 unfold - 1 unfurling - 1 unidentifiable - 1 uniform - 1 universality - 1 unmade - 1 unpack - 1 unsatisfying - 1 unsayable - 1 unsolvable - 1 upholstery - 1 ups - 1 urethra - 1 urge - 1 urn - 1 v - 1 vacation - 1 vaguely - 1 valhalla - 1 valley - 1 valleys - 1 vampire - 1 vanishes - 1 venom - 1 veranda - 1 verses - 1 versions - 1 vertical - 1 verulam - 1 vest - 1 vestigial - 1 vet - 1 vi - 1 victim - 1 viewed - 1 viewer's - 1 vii - 1 viii - 1 vine - 1 vinegar - 1 visible - 1 vitro - 1 vocal - 1 vocation - 1 vogue - 1 voicebox - 1 voluminous - 1 vonnegut - 1 vote - 1 wagging - 1 wailing - 1 waits - 1 waking - 1 walgreen's - 1 walkers - 1 wandered - 1 wandering - 1 wanna - 1 warbling - 1 ward - 1 warm-cold - 1 warning - 1 wary - 1 wash - 1 washer - 1 waste - 1 wasted - 1 wasting - 1 wastrel's - 1 watcher - 1 watches - 1 waterlike - 1 waters - 1 watery-eyed - 1 wave - 1 wavered - 1 waving - 1 we've - 1 weak - 1 weary - 1 wednesday - 1 weekend - 1 weekends - 1 welling - 1 weren't - 1 wetly - 1 wheeling - 1 wheels - 1 whenever - 1 where's - 1 wherever - 1 whichever - 1 whinny - 1 whisper - 1 whispered - 1 whistfully - 1 whistle - 1 whitman - 1 whitman-esque - 1 whittle - 1 whittled - 1 who'd - 1 who'll - 1 whom - 1 widening - 1 wild - 1 willed - 1 william - 1 win - 1 windblown - 1 windows - 1 wine - 1 winked - 1 winter-returned - 1 winters - 1 wintery - 1 wishful - 1 withdrew - 1 wobbly - 1 women's - 1 wonderful - 1 wooden - 1 woodgrain - 1 wool - 1 workers - 1 workings - 1 worldmaking - 1 worlds - 1 wormilled - 1 worms - 1 worship - 1 worst - 1 wound - 1 wounds - 1 woven - 1 wrap-up - 1 wrench - 1 wrestling - 1 wriggled - 1 wrinkle - 1 wrists - 1 x-ray - 1 x-rays - 1 yard - 1 yawn - 1 yeah - 1 year-old - 1 yearning - 1 yearnings - 1 yearns - 1 yellowshot - 1 yields - 1 yoke - 1 yoked - 1 youngnesses - 1 youth - 1 youthful - 1 zone - 1 zoom - 1 zoos - 2 10 - 2 12 - 2 13 - 2 14 - 2 15 - 2 16 - 2 17 - 2 18 - 2 2 - 2 3 - 2 386 - 2 4x6 - 2 5 - 2 6 - 2 7 - 2 8 - 2 9 - 2 = - 2 \ - 2 absolutely - 2 accidentally - 2 actual - 2 admit - 2 adoration - 2 advantage - 2 advice - 2 affair - 2 affective - 2 afraid - 2 ah - 2 ahead - 2 alley - 2 amber - 2 among - 2 anew - 2 angel - 2 anger - 2 animals - 2 anywhere - 2 approximately - 2 argue - 2 arizona - 2 arms - 2 arrived - 2 arrows - 2 article - 2 artist - 2 ash - 2 asks - 2 assumed - 2 attempt - 2 attic - 2 autumn - 2 aware - 2 baby - 2 backs - 2 banner - 2 bartender - 2 base - 2 based - 2 basement - 2 bastian - 2 bastion - 2 beaming - 2 beating - 2 bedroom - 2 begins - 2 bell - 2 beneath - 2 bent - 2 besides - 2 bible - 2 bieber - 2 bigger - 2 binds - 2 blankets - 2 blankness - 2 bleeding - 2 blow - 2 boar - 2 boat - 2 books - 2 bought - 2 bouillon - 2 brainpower - 2 breaking - 2 breaks - 2 brick - 2 brightness - 2 broke - 2 brothers - 2 brought - 2 buffalo - 2 builders - 2 builds - 2 bull - 2 burn - 2 butterfly - 2 cabinet - 2 calls - 2 camels - 2 campos - 2 candle - 2 candy - 2 canvas - 2 canyon - 2 cards - 2 carries - 2 cast - 2 center - 2 certain - 2 chained - 2 changing - 2 chapter - 2 cheek - 2 chicken - 2 childhood - 2 chopped - 2 chords - 2 christ - 2 christmas - 2 church - 2 circle - 2 cities - 2 classified - 2 clock - 2 clogged - 2 clouds - 2 coke - 2 collect - 2 commit - 2 communication - 2 complete - 2 computer - 2 conditioner - 2 conditioning - 2 confusion - 2 conjoined - 2 connected - 2 contained - 2 contents - 2 controlled - 2 convince - 2 cooing - 2 cook - 2 cool - 2 core - 2 could've - 2 count - 2 covering - 2 crag - 2 creaks - 2 creating - 2 creation - 2 creek - 2 crooks - 2 crow - 2 crumpled - 2 crunched - 2 cube - 2 culture - 2 curb - 2 current - 2 curtain - 2 daily - 2 damn - 2 darkened - 2 de - 2 deeply - 2 delicate - 2 demands - 2 department - 2 depending - 2 depressed - 2 describe - 2 desperation - 2 dew - 2 dial - 2 dictionary - 2 dies - 2 differences - 2 dimorphic - 2 discover - 2 dish - 2 dishes - 2 disorder - 2 draw - 2 dreaming - 2 dropping - 2 drowning - 2 drunkenly - 2 du - 2 dumb - 2 during - 2 dusty - 2 eagle - 2 ears - 2 easier - 2 edge - 2 eels - 2 egg - 2 eight - 2 einstein - 2 electrons - 2 embrace - 2 emotions - 2 ended - 2 ending - 2 erased - 2 eskimo - 2 especially - 2 etc - 2 eternal - 2 events - 2 everyday - 2 evil - 2 exclusively - 2 exhaled - 2 existing - 2 expecting - 2 explain - 2 explaining - 2 express - 2 fabric - 2 faces - 2 failing - 2 fair - 2 fallen - 2 fallible - 2 falling - 2 fast - 2 felled - 2 fernando - 2 fields - 2 fill - 2 fished - 2 five - 2 flash - 2 flight - 2 fluid - 2 flying - 2 focus - 2 following - 2 footsteps - 2 foreground - 2 form - 2 formed - 2 forming - 2 forms - 2 foundation - 2 fountain - 2 four-by-six - 2 foxholes - 2 frame - 2 fresh - 2 fridge - 2 fries - 2 frowned - 2 frozen - 2 frustration - 2 fryer - 2 function - 2 gap-mouthed - 2 garden - 2 gasp - 2 gauze - 2 gazelle - 2 generally - 2 gesture - 2 gift - 2 girlfriend - 2 girls - 2 gives - 2 glad - 2 glass - 2 glistening - 2 gnarled - 2 gotten - 2 grabbed - 2 grand - 2 grandmother - 2 grapes - 2 grass - 2 gravity - 2 gray - 2 greedy - 2 grief - 2 groaning - 2 grocery - 2 groomed - 2 guilty - 2 habit - 2 hallway - 2 happening - 2 happy-hungering - 2 harder - 2 hardly - 2 hash - 2 headlights - 2 hearts - 2 hee - 2 held - 2 helps - 2 herself - 2 heteronyms - 2 hiding - 2 high - 2 hill - 2 history - 2 ho - 2 hold - 2 hollered - 2 honest - 2 hop - 2 horrible - 2 hospital - 2 hunched - 2 hung - 2 hunters - 2 hunting - 2 husband - 2 iambs - 2 idly - 2 iii - 2 illusion - 2 imagining - 2 immediate - 2 impressions - 2 include - 2 incorrectly - 2 incredibly - 2 information - 2 ink - 2 inkwell - 2 inner - 2 interact - 2 jane - 2 journey - 2 journeying - 2 judas - 2 jumping - 2 keeps - 2 keys - 2 kid - 2 killing - 2 king - 2 kiss - 2 knit - 2 knocking - 2 knot - 2 knots - 2 l'appel - 2 lands - 2 lawyers - 2 laying - 2 lays - 2 legion - 2 length - 2 library - 2 lied - 2 lifted - 2 lights - 2 lightyears - 2 lit - 2 lives - 2 loops - 2 loring - 2 lose - 2 losing - 2 lotion - 2 loudly - 2 lovers - 2 loves - 2 lower - 2 luckily - 2 luxury - 2 magazine - 2 main - 2 material - 2 materials - 2 mating - 2 mayonnaise - 2 mcdonald - 2 meanings - 2 medication - 2 medicine - 2 memo - 2 memories - 2 mention - 2 mere - 2 messenger - 2 method - 2 microwave - 2 midnight - 2 mistakes - 2 miz - 2 modern - 2 modification - 2 mom - 2 monday - 2 moon's - 2 moonlight - 2 moons - 2 mourn - 2 ms - 2 mud - 2 mugshot - 2 murmur - 2 muttered - 2 named - 2 nameless - 2 necessarily - 2 needed - 2 needles - 2 nervous - 2 newspapers - 2 nobody - 2 nods - 2 noe - 2 noises - 2 nor - 2 notice - 2 numbers - 2 objects - 2 obscured - 2 observation - 2 occupy - 2 odysseus - 2 ok - 2 older - 2 oldnesses - 2 olympic - 2 opinion - 2 options - 2 orange - 2 original - 2 other's - 2 otherwise - 2 outer - 2 overcome - 2 pad - 2 painful - 2 painted - 2 paints - 2 pants - 2 papers - 2 paranoid - 2 particular - 2 passed - 2 passenger - 2 passing - 2 path - 2 patience - 2 paused - 2 pavement - 2 pay - 2 pearl - 2 pencil - 2 perched - 2 perfect - 2 perhaps - 2 personal - 2 photograph - 2 photographs - 2 picked - 2 piss - 2 pissed - 2 pitch - 2 placed - 2 plain - 2 poet - 2 poop - 2 possibly - 2 pot - 2 poured - 2 pours - 2 power - 2 praise - 2 pregnant - 2 prelude - 2 present - 2 presently - 2 pressure - 2 previous - 2 problems - 2 professions - 2 projection - 2 pronounce - 2 pronounced - 2 proud - 2 purple - 2 pursuing - 2 pushing - 2 puts - 2 puzzled - 2 quickly - 2 quirks - 2 randomly - 2 ready - 2 realizes - 2 realizing - 2 recognized - 2 refused - 2 refuses - 2 regret - 2 relate - 2 remains - 2 remembers - 2 reminded - 2 require - 2 resolved - 2 returned - 2 ringing - 2 ripples - 2 rising - 2 rivers - 2 rock - 2 rocking - 2 rolled - 2 rolling - 2 romantic - 2 root - 2 roots - 2 rows - 2 ruffles - 2 rush - 2 s - 2 sadness - 2 safeway - 2 sang - 2 sapling - 2 sara - 2 saunter - 2 saved - 2 scarcer - 2 scene - 2 screen - 2 seal - 2 seasonal - 2 seaweed - 2 seconds - 2 secret - 2 secrets - 2 selfhood - 2 selling - 2 separated - 2 sestina - 2 settle - 2 sex - 2 shape - 2 shelves - 2 shining - 2 shitty - 2 short - 2 showed - 2 shuffle - 2 sides - 2 similar - 2 sings - 2 sink - 2 sleeping - 2 slightly - 2 smoked - 2 smooth - 2 sniff - 2 sob - 2 soft - 2 sometime - 2 sounds - 2 south - 2 speaks - 2 special - 2 spider's - 2 spittle - 2 squirrels - 2 stagnant - 2 stale - 2 starting - 2 steamed - 2 step - 2 steps - 2 stitching - 2 stretch - 2 strictly - 2 strike - 2 string - 2 stronger - 2 stuffed - 2 sugar - 2 suit - 2 sunlight - 2 sunset - 2 super - 2 supermarket - 2 support - 2 suppose - 2 swear - 2 swollen - 2 swore - 2 symbology - 2 symphony - 2 t - 2 tack - 2 tacked - 2 tail - 2 taking - 2 talks - 2 tall - 2 tangerine - 2 technically - 2 tells - 2 tendons - 2 text - 2 theory - 2 third - 2 thirty-nine - 2 threads - 2 threatens - 2 throat - 2 throw - 2 thrown - 2 ticking - 2 timber - 2 timelines - 2 tired - 2 tomato - 2 tomorrow - 2 tongue - 2 tonight - 2 toothily - 2 touched - 2 tray - 2 tries - 2 tunnel - 2 turning - 2 twinkle - 2 types - 2 typewriters - 2 unable - 2 underfoot - 2 unhappiness - 2 unknowing - 2 unravel - 2 unused - 2 upset - 2 upstairs - 2 uses - 2 utter - 2 vein - 2 verse - 2 vide - 2 viewer - 2 visit - 2 visited - 2 waited - 2 wakes - 2 walkie-talkie - 2 walter - 2 washing - 2 we'll - 2 wear - 2 wearing - 2 weight - 2 welcome - 2 whistles - 2 whose - 2 wide - 2 wings - 2 winning - 2 wished - 2 woman's - 2 womb - 2 won - 2 woody - 2 wrapped - 2 wrapping - 2 wrist - 2 writes - 2 yarn - 2 zero - 3 4 - 3 aimlessly - 3 alright - 3 alternate - 3 amongst - 3 angry - 3 aren't - 3 artifice - 3 ate - 3 barely - 3 basic - 3 beard - 3 beautiful - 3 becoming - 3 beers - 3 believe - 3 below - 3 belt - 3 beyond - 3 birthday - 3 blanket - 3 blind - 3 blows - 3 bodies - 3 boil - 3 boils - 3 born - 3 bound - 3 boy - 3 breath - 3 breathing - 3 breeze - 3 camera - 3 caprese - 3 card - 3 carefully - 3 cares - 3 carpet - 3 celebrity - 3 cereal - 3 certainly - 3 changed - 3 chapel - 3 charlie - 3 chasing - 3 cheering - 3 chefs - 3 chest - 3 choose - 3 clean - 3 closes - 3 clothes - 3 coat - 3 color - 3 combined - 3 comfort - 3 company - 3 complex - 3 confused - 3 connection - 3 connections - 3 constantly - 3 corner - 3 corners - 3 cost - 3 craft - 3 creaking - 3 create - 3 dance - 3 data - 3 dawn - 3 dear - 3 dick - 3 dinner - 3 dipper - 3 distracted - 3 dreams - 3 drew - 3 drive - 3 driving - 3 drop - 3 drove - 3 drown - 3 due - 3 dull - 3 dust - 3 dying - 3 echo - 3 effect - 3 emotional - 3 enjoy - 3 entry - 3 epigraph - 3 eventually - 3 evolution - 3 experience - 3 falk - 3 family - 3 fears - 3 field - 3 finds - 3 finger - 3 follows - 3 food - 3 force - 3 forth - 3 friend - 3 friends - 3 frowns - 3 fun - 3 funny - 3 ghost - 3 glasses - 3 gloves - 3 god's - 3 goes - 3 goodbye - 3 greennesses - 3 grin - 3 grow - 3 growing - 3 growth - 3 ha - 3 hammer - 3 happens - 3 hardware - 3 haven't - 3 heat - 3 hit - 3 hook - 3 hoped - 3 hose - 3 however - 3 humanity - 3 hymns - 3 hyperintelligent - 3 identities - 3 ii - 3 inefficient - 3 initial - 3 intellect - 3 it'll - 3 judge - 3 labor - 3 laid - 3 lake - 3 landscape - 3 largest - 3 larry's - 3 laundry - 3 lead - 3 leads - 3 leaf - 3 lid - 3 lightbulb - 3 likely - 3 lion - 3 lived - 3 loss - 3 low - 3 luck - 3 man's - 3 mankind - 3 marks - 3 meaningful - 3 meat - 3 meet - 3 miles - 3 minute - 3 missed - 3 model - 3 money - 3 movement - 3 moves - 3 multitudes - 3 nails - 3 names - 3 near - 3 nice - 3 noise - 3 nose - 3 nowhere - 3 observe - 3 obviously - 3 oil - 3 opening - 3 opposite - 3 overhead - 3 painting - 3 pair - 3 pandimensional - 3 park - 3 peter - 3 pigeon - 3 planks - 3 play - 3 please - 3 pockets - 3 poe - 3 polite - 3 prefer - 3 price - 3 probably - 3 produce - 3 pull - 3 pulls - 3 pursed - 3 pursuit - 3 push - 3 quit - 3 rats - 3 reach - 3 reached - 3 reflexively - 3 remembering - 3 reply - 3 rooms - 3 round - 3 sacred - 3 seemed - 3 sees - 3 send - 3 separates - 3 serengeti - 3 shadows - 3 she's - 3 shelf - 3 ship - 3 shook - 3 show - 3 simply - 3 sits - 3 six - 3 skin - 3 smile - 3 smiles - 3 snack - 3 snapshot - 3 someday - 3 somewhere - 3 son - 3 songs - 3 speaking - 3 spoke - 3 stand - 3 stare - 3 states - 3 stay - 3 street - 3 strength - 3 subject - 3 suns - 3 surprisingly - 3 surrounded - 3 tear - 3 tears - 3 terrible - 3 texting - 3 throats - 3 tie - 3 title - 3 tools - 3 traffic - 3 trapped - 3 treatise - 3 trumpet - 3 turns - 3 twelve - 3 underneath - 3 unknown - 3 unnatural - 3 upon - 3 using - 3 usually - 3 vanilla - 3 wallet - 3 weeks - 3 wetness - 3 works - 3 worried - 3 worry - 3 worse - 3 wouldn't - 3 wove - 3 x - 3 yelling - 3 you've - 3 yours - 4 11 - 4 abraham - 4 asking - 4 bag - 4 bare - 4 beat - 4 became - 4 beings - 4 believed - 4 blowing - 4 branches - 4 bright - 4 broken - 4 brown - 4 buy - 4 catch - 4 cheese - 4 child - 4 choices - 4 clearing - 4 closed - 4 cloud - 4 completely - 4 contains - 4 covered - 4 created - 4 crime - 4 crossed - 4 crying - 4 cubicle - 4 customer - 4 david - 4 decided - 4 desire - 4 details - 4 difference - 4 drunk - 4 eating - 4 elegy - 4 emotion - 4 enter - 4 exist - 4 exists - 4 fail - 4 failed - 4 famous - 4 favorite - 4 fifty - 4 figs - 4 flat - 4 follow - 4 forever - 4 formal - 4 fucking - 4 gets - 4 given - 4 grew - 4 hadn't - 4 hanging - 4 happiness - 4 hatchet - 4 he'll - 4 hidden - 4 hope - 4 hour - 4 hurt - 4 ice - 4 identity - 4 imagined - 4 impossible - 4 instead - 4 involved - 4 jon - 4 knocked - 4 lap - 4 large - 4 late - 4 laughing - 4 leave - 4 letter - 4 lips - 4 listen - 4 listeners - 4 listening - 4 live - 4 log - 4 lucky - 4 lunch - 4 lying - 4 magic - 4 margin - 4 mechanics - 4 merely - 4 milk - 4 minutes - 4 miss - 4 mrs - 4 music - 4 natural - 4 nodded - 4 note - 4 noticed - 4 observed - 4 obvious - 4 ones - 4 organization - 4 paul's - 4 pessoa - 4 piece - 4 plant - 4 plants - 4 plastic - 4 played - 4 punch - 4 pushed - 4 quite - 4 rabbit - 4 radio - 4 random - 4 reflection - 4 related - 4 riptide - 4 role - 4 rolls - 4 rough - 4 sad - 4 salt - 4 sand - 4 screaming - 4 screwed - 4 script - 4 seawater - 4 series - 4 sets - 4 should've - 4 shoulders - 4 shower - 4 sign - 4 singing - 4 size - 4 sleep - 4 smiled - 4 soon - 4 soup - 4 spooky - 4 stain - 4 stains - 4 stared - 4 state - 4 staying - 4 stays - 4 stood - 4 stool - 4 strange - 4 stream - 4 summer - 4 supply - 4 surprised - 4 swans - 4 sweet - 4 switch - 4 tapestry - 4 teeth - 4 telling - 4 temple - 4 ten - 4 thank - 4 thousand - 4 thread - 4 tide - 4 tied - 4 tightly - 4 tiny - 4 toilet - 4 toothpaste - 4 twenty - 4 twice - 4 type - 4 unless - 4 version - 4 wallpaper - 4 walls - 4 waves - 4 ways - 4 weaving - 4 week - 4 whole - 4 wife - 4 woman - 4 won't - 4 wondering - 5 across - 5 act - 5 add - 5 already - 5 answer - 5 answered - 5 apparently - 5 background - 5 bar - 5 beauty - 5 birds - 5 blood - 5 box - 5 branch - 5 burning - 5 ceiling - 5 change - 5 close - 5 closer - 5 comes - 5 conditions - 5 conversation - 5 couch - 5 cut - 5 darkness - 5 definition - 5 desert - 5 dirt - 5 done - 5 drink - 5 dryer - 5 early - 5 easily - 5 eat - 5 ends - 5 existence - 5 falls - 5 feels - 5 finding - 5 fish - 5 forward - 5 gave - 5 giving - 5 hair - 5 half - 5 hasn't - 5 heads - 5 hell - 5 hello - 5 holding - 5 hole - 5 hologram - 5 horizon - 5 hours - 5 hymnal - 5 idea - 5 ideas - 5 importance - 5 inertia - 5 job - 5 kept - 5 knew - 5 lay - 5 legs - 5 let's - 5 living - 5 loop - 5 matters - 5 meant - 5 met - 5 metaphor - 5 momentum - 5 months - 5 mountains - 5 nail - 5 nature - 5 nearly - 5 notes - 5 observing - 5 office - 5 often - 5 okay - 5 order - 5 patterns - 5 pen - 5 places - 5 pocket - 5 pretty - 5 quantum - 5 quietly - 5 rain - 5 refrigerator - 5 roll - 5 ronald - 5 rot - 5 seeing - 5 separate - 5 shut - 5 sick - 5 silence - 5 simple - 5 sing - 5 sit - 5 smiling - 5 smoke - 5 sounded - 5 speak - 5 squirrel - 5 stayed - 5 stone - 5 stopped - 5 substrate - 5 surprise - 5 swimming - 5 they're - 5 today - 5 translation - 5 truly - 5 ultimately - 5 view - 5 wait - 5 wake - 5 walks - 5 watching - 5 winter - 5 woke - 5 woodworking - 5 working - 5 you'd - 5 young - 6 / - 6 ago - 6 almost - 6 anyway - 6 arm - 6 ask - 6 bathroom - 6 begin - 6 bird - 6 blank - 6 bottom - 6 buildings - 6 caught - 6 chop - 6 cigarette - 6 coming - 6 cry - 6 die - 6 died - 6 distance - 6 dominoes - 6 doors - 6 drawer - 6 ear - 6 easy - 6 eli - 6 entire - 6 example - 6 feeling - 6 floor - 6 flowers - 6 getting - 6 guess - 6 help - 6 holds - 6 hundred - 6 kernel - 6 kind - 6 kissed - 6 knowing - 6 known - 6 knows - 6 land - 6 leg - 6 level - 6 lines - 6 listener - 6 loved - 6 mystery - 6 none - 6 notebook - 6 number - 6 pass - 6 pattern - 6 pieces - 6 quiet - 6 realize - 6 reports - 6 river - 6 school - 6 season - 6 second - 6 spot - 6 store - 6 straight - 6 strong - 6 stump - 6 supposed - 6 swan - 6 talking - 6 task - 6 there's - 6 thus - 6 use - 6 wanting - 6 weave - 6 wish - 6 women - 6 wonder - 6 yellow - 6 yourself - 7 action - 7 along - 7 apart - 7 asteroid - 7 bad - 7 bark - 7 beginning - 7 bit - 7 brain - 7 changes - 7 check - 7 cup - 7 everywhere - 7 eye - 7 felt - 7 fly - 7 ground - 7 having - 7 he's - 7 hot - 7 human - 7 hymn - 7 jokes - 7 kitchen - 7 least - 7 literature - 7 matter - 7 men - 7 others - 7 patient - 7 phone - 7 picture - 7 playing - 7 question - 7 rather - 7 reason - 7 rest - 7 ribbon - 7 set - 7 shadow - 7 shit - 7 sixteen - 7 sixteenth - 7 story - 7 suddenly - 7 taken - 7 terms - 7 thin - 7 three - 7 times - 7 typed - 7 understand - 7 underwear - 7 we're - 7 what's - 7 whether - 7 within - 7 wondered - 7 word - 7 years - 8 & - 8 actually - 8 bring - 8 care - 8 children - 8 city - 8 clown - 8 dry - 8 everyone - 8 exactly - 8 fell - 8 forest - 8 forget - 8 four - 8 give - 8 green - 8 happen - 8 i'd - 8 january - 8 liked - 8 machine - 8 mirror - 8 move - 8 opens - 8 raven - 8 run - 8 running - 8 seem - 8 shirt - 8 side - 8 somehow - 8 standing - 8 stop - 8 takes - 8 talk - 8 threw - 8 typing - 8 walking - 8 wants - 8 watch - 8 watched - 8 weather - 8 year - 8 yesterday - 8 yet - 8 you'll - 9 anymore - 9 blue - 9 break - 9 built - 9 calling - 9 days - 9 deep - 9 empty - 9 gone - 9 happened - 9 less - 9 longer - 9 mother's - 9 moving - 9 part - 9 reader - 9 red - 9 selves - 9 sideways - 9 sometimes - 9 stars - 9 started - 9 toward - 9 used - 9 walk - 9 woods - 9 writer - 10 against - 10 best - 10 book - 10 build - 10 dogs - 10 either - 10 fig - 10 figure - 10 great - 10 humans - 10 itself - 10 language - 10 let - 10 lot - 10 loud - 10 may - 10 might - 10 mine - 10 moment - 10 ourselves - 10 page - 10 paper - 10 point - 10 pulled - 10 realized - 10 remembered - 10 saw - 10 saying - 10 sea - 10 seems - 10 sitting - 10 stuff - 10 thinking - 10 true - 10 turned - 10 unhappy - 10 waiting - 10 wasn't - 10 whatever - 11 anyone - 11 beach - 11 becomes - 11 between - 11 cannot - 11 chair - 11 chance - 11 clear - 11 couldn't - 11 fall - 11 feet - 11 finally - 11 forgotten - 11 front - 11 future - 11 joke - 11 light - 11 lost - 11 making - 11 notecard - 11 open - 11 outside - 11 ran - 11 seen - 11 since - 11 snow - 11 song - 11 sorry - 11 sound - 11 took - 11 turn - 11 tv - 11 warm - 11 white - 11 wrong - 12 above - 12 axe - 12 black - 12 both - 12 building - 12 came - 12 car - 12 coffee - 12 earth - 12 few - 12 game - 12 happy - 12 leaves - 12 makes - 12 meaning - 12 oh - 12 person - 12 poetry - 12 reading - 12 reality - 12 shoulder - 12 slowly - 12 space - 12 staring - 12 such - 12 themselves - 12 told - 12 trying - 12 typewriter - 12 voice - 12 yes - 13 desk - 13 dog - 13 end - 13 fact - 13 father - 13 home - 13 mouth - 13 onto - 13 opened - 13 sat - 13 sun - 13 tried - 13 wanted - 14 able - 14 also - 14 called - 14 come - 14 course - 14 dead - 14 dream - 14 furniture - 14 hear - 14 heard - 14 jill - 14 larry - 14 means - 14 ocean - 14 once - 14 pain - 14 shack - 14 sky - 14 table - 14 top - 14 tree - 14 wood - 15 alone - 15 ball - 15 become - 15 big - 15 can't - 15 doing - 15 i'll - 15 keep - 15 looks - 15 name - 15 place - 15 poems - 15 real - 15 sense - 15 until - 15 very - 15 walked - 15 wall - 16 bed - 16 began - 16 call - 16 cold - 16 enough - 16 mean - 16 mind - 16 mountain - 16 past - 16 should - 16 small - 16 sure - 16 take - 16 well - 17 behind - 17 better - 17 does - 17 ever - 17 find - 17 fire - 17 hands - 17 house - 17 myself - 17 says - 17 self - 17 shed - 17 start - 17 that's - 17 thoughts - 17 together - 17 water - 17 without - 18 although - 18 different - 18 feel - 18 full - 18 got - 18 heart - 18 line - 18 notecards - 18 problem - 18 window - 19 body - 19 bus - 19 else - 19 possible - 19 read - 19 these - 19 those - 19 words - 20 found - 20 inside - 20 isn't - 20 looking - 20 next - 20 someone - 20 wind - 21 anything - 21 going - 21 head - 21 many - 21 most - 21 much - 21 room - 21 try - 21 went - 22 doesn't - 22 door - 22 later - 22 left - 22 long - 22 moon - 22 under - 23 art - 23 dark - 23 death - 23 eyes - 23 hard - 23 morning - 23 must - 23 new - 23 off - 24 air - 24 always - 24 little - 24 old - 24 put - 24 remember - 24 then - 24 world - 24 written - 24 wrote - 25 being - 25 far - 25 here - 25 last - 25 though - 25 trees - 25 work - 25 you're - 26 before - 26 every - 26 important - 26 memory - 26 universe - 26 write - 27 himself - 27 i've - 27 night - 27 than - 27 things - 28 everything - 28 really - 28 while - 29 man - 29 mother - 29 tell - 30 any - 30 face - 30 first - 30 hand - 30 why - 31 another - 31 away - 31 he'd - 32 looked - 32 right - 32 their - 32 where - 33 asked - 33 still - 34 am - 34 each - 34 has - 34 our - 35 didn't - 35 own - 35 poem - 36 even - 36 god - 36 look - 36 love - 36 thing - 37 good - 38 go - 38 now - 38 through - 38 us - 38 writing - 39 who - 40 around - 40 day - 41 made - 41 make - 42 again - 42 her - 42 see - 43 nothing - 44 after - 44 two - 44 which - 45 people - 46 been - 46 want - 47 get - 47 more - 47 never - 48 just - 49 could - 49 did - 49 don't - 50 how - 50 i'm - 50 life - 50 other - 50 too - 51 would - 52 were - 53 same - 55 paul - 56 maybe - 56 say - 57 thought - 58 its - 58 some - 59 back - 60 know - 63 because - 64 way - 65 over - 66 if - 66 something - 68 can - 68 will - 69 about - 69 need - 72 down - 73 think - 75 time - 77 do - 79 had - 79 no - 79 only - 80 an - 80 so - 82 him - 83 them - 83 when - 85 by - 87 have - 90 it's - 90 she - 91 into - 91 said - 97 up - 105 there - 107 one - 114 me - 116 your - 117 what - 119 from - 127 not - 130 be - 130 out - 135 all - 136 they - 148 with - 152 we - 159 like - 164 or - 165 are - 168 my - 172 but - 175 for - 177 at - 188 as - 204 this - 230 was - 244 on - 307 his - 335 you - 357 that - 441 is - 441 it - 466 in - 535 he - 544 i - 599 of - 615 and - 736 to - 744 a - 1543 the diff --git a/river/TODO.river b/river/TODO.river deleted file mode 100644 index b2c99e3..0000000 --- a/river/TODO.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -things -still -to -do -for -autocento -me -link -old -poems -to -new -poems -add -colors -& -background-colors -to -projects -css -add -a -notes -or -about -page -do -something -about -verse -s -\ -* -\ -\1 -s -think -about -html-q-tags -option -for -pandoc -think -about -changing -nav -links -after -to -borders -and -change -hover -thing -to -contrast -hovered -navlinks -done -add -index -page -with -all -pieces diff --git a/river/_first-lines.river b/river/_first-lines.river deleted file mode 100644 index f39c4a5..0000000 --- a/river/_first-lines.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,399 +0,0 @@ -& -386 -40 -70s -about -accent -action -advice -along -ancient -anger -another -any -anymore -anything -apparently -around -astonishing -ate -attached -autumn -away -axe -ball -beauty -because -been -before -begin -beings -between -bible -bieber -big -bladder -blank -book -born -bottom -branching -buildings -builds -burn -call -calling -care -carefully -case -casserole -cave -celebrity -chair -challenge -chance -chapped -charlie -chefs -chop -chopped -chopping -clocks -clog -coffee -come -conjoined -contents -couch -course -cowardly -craft -craned -created -credits -current -dane -data -days -dead -deal -deep -definition -dialect -diary -dimly -dinner -discover -dish -distance -dog -doing -drink -dropped -drove -drowning -drunk -dry -dryer -duckworth -early -earth -either -eleven -eli -emotion -end -enough -eskimo -ever -exploration -eyes -fall -feel -few -fifty -fig -finally -find -finds -fire -flagstaff -floor -flows -fly -force -forgotten -formal -found -friend -frightening -front -fucking -gamble -gave -gilbert -girls -going -gone -goodbye -got -gotten -gray -half -handed -happiness -happy -hardware -has -hatchet -head -heart -hearts -heaven -hell -hello -here -hoggle -hold -hours -house -hymn -hymnal -hyperintelligent -ideals -idly -importance -important -jack -january -justin -kissed -kitchen -knit -language -larry -late -lava -least -letting -lies -lights -lips -literature -lived -lives -long -longest -looking -loud -lovable -love -made -makes -mammals -matters -mcdonald -minutes -mirror -modern -more -morning -mountain -must -mysteries -nameless -natural -neck -never -new -nightgown -no -noe -notebook -notecard -occasions -occurrence -okay -old -ones -onto -open -opens -order -other -our -overhead -page -pandimensional -part -party -peach -pen -penny -people -phase -phone -pillar -pine -place -plant -plastic -playing -poetry -polish -possible -problem -pushes -quite -radio -rain -ran -rare -ratio -rats -read -real -realizes -really -refused -remembered -removed -replacement -ribbon -ride -rides -riding -river -rogue -rolling -ronald -run -sacred -sapling -scare -screaming -searching -secrets -seen -self -separate -serengeti -sestina -set -she -sheen -shined -ship -shoulder -show -shrugged -shuffle -sick -side -silence -since -singing -sixteenth -size -sky -small -smoke -smoked -solves -something -somewhere -song -soon -southern -spit -spittle -spooky -spooling -stages -states -staying -stool -store -story -strangely -street -striped -stuff -surprise -surprised -swallow -swans -swimming -swollen -take -talkie -tangerine -their -then -theory -thin -those -though -thoughts -thread -three -threw -through -ticking -times -toilet -told -tongue -tonight -took -toolset -top -traffic -treatise -trees -truly -tuesday -turn -twelve -typed -typewriters -underneath -universe -unix -unnatural -us -vacation -vertical -voice -waiting -walk -walked -walkie -walter -want -wanted -watch -watched -water -wednesday -went -whenever -which -white -who -whole -will -wind -window -wish -woke -woman -wood -words -works -would -wrapping -writer -writers -yarn -yesterday diff --git a/river/about-the-author.river b/river/about-the-author.river deleted file mode 100644 index 64063d8..0000000 --- a/river/about-the-author.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,228 +0,0 @@ - -he -was -born -on -a -few -separate -occasions -green -traffic -lights -at -night -there -was -the -day -of -his -conception -a -wintery -affair -saved -for -those -involved -a -tv -in -front -of -a -dumpster -the -day -he -wriggled -forth -from -the -dark -tunnel -of -nothing -his -mother's -womb -surprise -photo -of -you -at -walgreen's -the -founding -of -his -little -city -deep -inside -by -the -small -builders -alien -as -they -were -and -still -somehow -intimately -familiar -a -pink -dress -in -the -alley -behind -your -house -like -any -city -it -had -its -ups -and -downs -the -fever -of -1994 -was -especially -devastating -but -they -were -a -hardy -folk -not -much -given -to -flight -me -buying -a -reese's -peanut -butter -cup -for -a -child -whose -family -couldn't -afford -it -in -front -of -me -in -line -at -safeway -as -all -things -must -pass -the -little -city -began -slowly -to -decay -the -old -ones -claimed -the -young -had -no -respect -for -culture -anymore -trees -at -night -their -skeletons -revealed -by -a -camera -flash -they -began -to -die -off -slowly -more -quickly -than -being -born -the -end -was -coming -closer -two -earthworms -on -pavement -after -a -rain -as -the -last -breath -was -made -the -last -accounts -closed -in -the -city -keys -tacked -to -a -sign -in -buffalo -park -it -was -given -over -to -other -builders -man -flipping -a -four-wheeler -and -walking -it -off diff --git a/river/about.river b/river/about.river deleted file mode 100644 index 341c0be..0000000 --- a/river/about.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,948 +0,0 @@ -introduction -autocento -of -the -breakfast -table -is -a -hypertextual -exploration -of -the -workings -of -revision -across -time -somebody -citation -needed -once -said -that -every -relationship -we -have -is -part -of -the -same -relationship -the -same -is -true -of -authorship -as -we -write -as -we -continue -writing -across -our -lives -patterns -thread -themselves -through -our -work -images -certain -phrases -preoccupations -this -project -attempts -to -make -those -threads -more -apparent -using -the -technology -of -hypertext -i'm -also -an -mfa -candidate -at -northern -arizona -university -nau -this -is -my -thesis -genesis -this -project -revolves -around -two -sister -concepts -the -hapax -legomenon -and -the -cento -hapax -legomenon -is -greek -for -something -said -only -once -it's -used -in -linguistics -to -describe -words -that -appear -only -once -in -a -corpus -if -expanded -to -n-grams -it -can -be -used -to -describe -utterances -that -occur -only -once -and -this -is -where -it -gets -interesting -if -this -line -of -thinking -is -taken -to -its -logical -conclusion -we -can -say -that -all -writing -all -utterances -are -hapax -legomena -because -they -appear -only -once -in -the -world -as -they -are -in -short -everything -is -individual -everything -is -differentiated -everything -is -an -island -on -the -other -hand -a -cento -from -the -latin -from -the -greek -meaning -patchwork -garment -is -a -poem -composed -completely -of -fragments -of -other -poems -it's -a -mash-up -that -makes -up -for -its -lack -of -originality -in -utterance -with -a -novelty -in -arrangement -usually -it -refers -to -taking -phrases -lines -or -stanzas -from -other -authors -works -but -i -don't -see -why -it -couldn't -refer -to -n-grams -or -individual -words -if -this -line -of -thinking -is -taken -to -its -logical -conclusion -we -can -say -that -no -writing -is -truly -original -that -every -utterance -has -in -some -scrambled -way -at -least -been -uttered -before -in -other -words -nothing -is -individual -we -float -on -an -ocean -of -language -which -we -did -nothing -to -create -and -the -best -we -can -hope -for -is -to -find -some -combination -that -hasn't -been -thought -of -too -many -times -before -as -solomon -said -there -is -nothing -new -under -the -sun -autocento -of -the -breakfast -table -works -within -the -tension -caused -by -these -two -concepts -process -in -compiling -the -works -that -make -up -this -text -i've -pulled -from -a -few -different -projects -elegies -for -alternate -selves -and -html -the -book -of -hezekiah -prelude -html -stark -raving -table -contents -html -buildings -out -of -air -art -html -as -well -as -added -new -articles -written -quite -recently -as -i've -compiled -them -into -this -project -i've -linked -them -together -based -on -common -images -or -language -moving -back -and -forth -through -time -this -should -give -the -reader -a -fair -idea -of -what -my -head -looks -like -on -the -inside -technology -because -this -project -lives -online -i've -used -a -fair -amount -of -technology -to -get -it -there -first -i -converted -all -the -articles1 -present -into -plain -text -files -which -are -viewable -here -then -i -used -john -mcfarlane's -venerable -document -preparation -system -pandoc -along -with -a -short -script -to -compile -the -text -sources -to -html -using -this -template -the -compiled -html -is -what -you're -reading -now -2 -to -host -the -project -i'm -using -github -an -online -code-collaboration -tool -with -the -version -control -system -git -under -the -hood -this -enables -me -and -you -dear -reader -to -explore -the -path -of -revision -even -more -from -beginning -to -end -based -on -my -commits -to -the -repository -you -can -view -the -repository -and -its -changes -and -files -at -my -github -profile -3 -using -this -site -all -of -the -articles -on -this -site -are -linked -together -hypertextually -i -e -like -a -webpage -this -means -that -all -you -need -to -do -to -explore -the -creative -threads -linking -these -articles -together -is -to -start -clicking -links -however -if -you -find -you're -looping -around -to -a -lot -of -the -same -articles -you -can -head -back -to -the -index -and -click -through -the -titles -in -order -that -article -contains -the -titles -of -all -the -other -works -in -this -project -alternatively -you -can -click -the -lozenge -loz -at -the -bottom -of -each -page -it'll -take -you -to -a -random -article -in -the -project -thanks -to -this -javascript -if -you -want -to -experience -the -earlier -projects -in -something -resembling -the -original -orders -previous -and -next -links -are -provided -at -the -bottom -of -each -page -next -to -the -lozenge -sometimes -there -are -more -than -one -of -each -of -these -or -there -are -none -dependant -on -the -structure -of -their -original -project -things -still -to -do -autocento -of -the -breakfast -table -is -a -work -in -progress -the -first -draft -is -completed -but -some -revision -and -aesthetic -work -remains -to -be -done -for -me -to -consider -it -fully -published -what -does -this -word -mean -in -2015 -you -can -see -the -full -list -of -to-dos -by -visiting -the -issues -page -of -the -github -site -contact -me -if -you'd -like -to -contact -me -about -the -state -of -this -work -or -my -writing -in -general -you -can -email -me -at -case -autocento -me -links -footnotes -of -the -breakfast -table -http -//www -ibiblio -org/eldritch/owh/abt -html -citation -needed -https -//en -wikipedia -org/wiki/wikipedia -citing -sources -dealing -with -unsourced -material -nau -http -//nau -edu/cal/english/degrees-programs/graduate/mfa/ -i'm -aware -that -the -true -etymology -http -//www -etymonline -com/index -php -search -article -of -article -does -not -reflect -my -use -of -it -namely -a -little -chunk -of -art -a -la -the -personal -folk -derivation -of -icicle -treicle -etc -this -means -that -if -in -the -future -i -choose -to -convert -this -project -to -a -printable -form -for -example -pdf -odt -or -even -docx -i'll -be -able -to -with -a -fairly -small -amount -of -work -3 -for -more -information -on -the -technological -aspect -of -this -project -see -the -readme -md -https -//github -com/duckwork/autocento/blob/gh-pages/readme -md -file -at -the -root -of -the -github -repo diff --git a/river/about_author.river b/river/about_author.river deleted file mode 100644 index 90a1e34..0000000 --- a/river/about_author.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,224 +0,0 @@ -case -duckworth -is -the -cowardly -but -lovable -great -dane -who -solves -mysteries -on -tv -maybe -you've -seen -him -while -watching -commercials -for -pine-sol -or -orange-glo -cleaners -these -products -dress -as -monsters -to -lure -only -the -right -kind -of -venture -capitalist -but -duckworth -believes -in -the -right -of -all -venture -capitalists -to -invest -in -products -they -believe -in -his -mortal -enemy -is -the -evil -old -man -jenkins -who -believes -that -the -only -venture -capitalists -that -should -be -allowed -to -invests -are -from -the -meddling -kids -gang -of -edo -when -not -being -a -great -dane -duckworth -is -a -christmas -ham -spreading -good -cheer -and -pork -products -to -underprivileged -gangs -of -venture -capitalists -in -winter -he -keeps -them -warm -with -his -questionable -farming -practices -and -threat -of -trichinosis -as -well -as -with -his -own -brand -of -firestarter -called -duckworth -stax -he -usually -steals -his -stax -from -dog -food -factories -making -him -a -modern -robin -hood -in -addition -to -a -great -dane -and -christmas -ham -case -duckworth -truly -is -a -jack-of-all-trades -the -only -thing -missing -from -his -repertoire -is -the -ability -to -begin -a -word -with -anything -but -an -r -sound -although -given -the -fact -he -is -a -dog -it's -remarkable -he -can -speak -at -all -duckworth -was -voiced -by -don -messick -until -his -death -in -1997 -when -frank -welker -took -over -to -the -dismay -of -fans -everywhere diff --git a/river/amber-alert.river b/river/amber-alert.river deleted file mode 100644 index 9ce5ceb..0000000 --- a/river/amber-alert.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,75 +0,0 @@ -lost -things -have -a -way -of -staying -lost -they -have -to -want -to -be -found -is -that -why -we -tack -up -signs -hang -socks -from -hooks -in -the -park -have -a -box -for -what's -been -lost -but -now -is -found -maybe -the -lost -want -to -be -found -but -we're -looking -in -the -wrong -places -maybe -we -speak -the -wrong -language -the -language -of -the -found -to -call -to -them -maybe -we -should -try -another -door diff --git a/river/and.river b/river/and.river deleted file mode 100644 index b8fa68c..0000000 --- a/river/and.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,173 +0,0 @@ -and -you -were -there -in -the -start -of -it -all -and -you -folded -your -hands -like -little -doves -that -would -fly -away -like -an -afterthought -and -you -turned -to -me -the -window -light -on -your -face -and -you -asked -me -something -that -i -did -not -recognize -like -a -great -throng -of -people -who -are -not -you -and -i -asked -are -we -in -a -church -and -you -answered -with -the -look -on -your -face -of -someone -grieving -something -gone -for -years -but -that -they -had -been -reminded -of -by -a -catch -in -the -light -or -in -someone's -voice -and -i -think -maybe -it -could -have -been -mine -and -i -looked -away -thickly -my -head -was -in -jelly -and -i -didn't -get -an -answer -from -you -but -i -got -one -i -looked -at -the -man -in -front -of -us -with -glasses -he -was -speaking -and -holding -a -book -and -i -didn't -understand -him -he -was -far -away -and -i -could -tell -i -was -missing -something -important -and -you -nodded -to -yourself -at -something -he -said diff --git a/river/angeltoabraham.river b/river/angeltoabraham.river deleted file mode 100644 index fc37366..0000000 --- a/river/angeltoabraham.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,144 +0,0 @@ -abraham -abraham -you -are -old -and -cannot -hear -what -if -you -miss -my -small -voice -amongst -the -creaking -of -your -own -grief -kill -your -son -unknowing -of -what -he -will -be -and -commit -israel -to -nothing -abraham -you -must -know -or -hope -that -god -will -not -allow -your -son -to -die -you -must -know -that -this -is -a -test -but -then -why -are -you -so -bent -on -isaac's -destruction -look -at -your -eyes -there -is -more -than -fear -there -i -see -in -your -eyes -desperation -a -manic -passion -to -do -right -by -your -god -whom -you -are -not -able -to -see -or -know -am -i -too -late -i -will -try -to -stay -your -old -hands -the -knife -clenched -within -them -intent -on -ending -life -will -you -hear -my -small -voice -amongst -the -creaking -or -will -it -be -the -chance -bleating -of -a -passing -ram diff --git a/river/apollo11.river b/river/apollo11.river deleted file mode 100644 index 71c9a2e..0000000 --- a/river/apollo11.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,180 +0,0 @@ -so -it's -the -fucking -moon -big -deal -as -if -you -haven't -seen -it -before -hanging -in -the -sky -like -a -piece -of -rotten -meat -nailed -to -the -wall -a -maudlin -love -letter -the -i's -dotted -with -hearts -tacked -to -the -sky's -door -like -ninety-eight -theses -don't -stare -at -it -like -it -means -anything -don't -give -it -the -chance -to -collect -meaning -from -your -hand -like -an -old -pigeon -don't -dare -ascribe -it -a -will -or -call -it -fickle -or -think -it -has -any -say -in -your -affairs -it's -separated -from -your -life -by -three -hundred -eighty-four -thousand -miles -of -space -the -same -distance -you -stepped -away -from -time -that -night -you -said -your -love -was -broken -a -crippled -gyroscope -knocking -in -the -dark -it -was -then -that -time -fell -apart -had -a -nervous -breakdown -and -started -following -you -everywhere -moonfaced -always -asking -where -you're -going -you -keep -trying -to -get -away -from -it -but -it -nuzzles -closer -and -sings -you -songs -that -sound -like -the -cooing -of -a -dove -that -will -only -escape -again -into -an -empty -sky -at -dawn diff --git a/river/arspoetica.river b/river/arspoetica.river deleted file mode 100644 index a45a50d..0000000 --- a/river/arspoetica.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,378 +0,0 @@ -what -is -poetry -poetry -is -inasmuch -as -life -is -so -is -poetry -here -is -the -problem -life -is -very -big -and -complex -human -beings -are -neither -we -are -small -simple -beings -that -don't -want -to -know -all -of -the -myriad -interactions -happening -all -around -us -within -us -as -a -part -of -us -all -the -hours -of -every -day -we -much -prefer -knowing -only -that -which -is -just -in -front -of -our -faces -staring -us -back -with -a -look -of -utter -contempt -this -is -why -many -people -are -depressed -poetry -is -an -attempt -made -by -some -to -open -up -our -field -of -view -to -maybe -check -on -something -else -that -isn't -staring -us -in -the -face -so -contemptibly -maybe -something -else -is -smiling -at -us -we -think -so -we -write -poetry -to -force -ourselves -to -look -away -from -the -mirror -of -our -existence -to -see -something -else -this -is -generally -painful -to -make -it -less -painful -poetry -compresses -reality -a -lot -to -make -it -more -consumable -it -takes -life -that -seawater -and -boils -it -down -and -boils -it -down -until -only -the -salt -remains -the -important -parts -that -we -can -focus -on -and -make -some -sense -of -the -senselessness -of -life -poetry -is -life -bouillon -and -to -thoroughly -enjoy -a -poem -we -must -put -that -bouillon -back -into -the -seawater -of -life -and -make -a -delicious -soup -out -of -it -to -make -this -soup -to -decompress -the -poem -into -an -emotion -or -life -requires -a -lot -of -brainpower -a -good -reader -will -have -this -brainpower -a -good -poem -will -not -require -it -what -this -means -is -a -poem -should -be -self-extracting -it -should -be -a -rare -vanilla -in -the -bottle -waiting -only -for -someone -to -open -it -and -sniff -it -and -suddenly -there -they -are -in -the -orchid -that -vanilla -came -from -in -the -tropical -land -where -it -grew -next -to -its -brothers -and -sister -vanilla -plants -they -feel -the -pain -of -having -their -children -taken -from -them -a -good -poem -leaves -a -feeling -of -loss -and -of -intense -beauty -the -reader -does -nothing -to -achieve -this -they -are -merely -the -receptacle -of -the -feeling -that -the -poem -forces -onto -them -in -a -way -poetry -is -a -crime -but -it -is -the -most -beautiful -crime -on -this -crime-ridden -earth diff --git a/river/art.river b/river/art.river deleted file mode 100644 index 4b530b4..0000000 --- a/river/art.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,173 +0,0 @@ -paul -was -writing -in -his -diary -about -art -this -is -my -brain -he -wrote -this -is -my -brain -and -all -it -contains -i -contain -multitudes -said -legion -i -think -it -was -legion -the -big -heading -he -had -written -at -the -top -of -the -page -art -it -read -but -only -when -looking -at -it -from -his -point -of -view -sat -cold -and -alone -neglected -in -the -white -space -surrounding -it -he -noticed -this -presently -but -not -after -he -had -written -a -little -more -about -multitudes -paused -frowned -and -began -to -write -again -art -stands -alone -at -the -top -of -a -blank -page -he -wrote -it -follows -itself -in -circles -its -own -footprints -in -a -circle -around -its -own -name -it -leads -nowhere -but -is -present -everywhere -it -contains -it -contains -multitudes -every -painting -ever -made -is -a -painting -of -every -other -painting -every -song -is -a -remix -a -cover -version -he -crossed -out -the -part -about -songs -for -getting -off -topic -he -made -a -note -to -himself -in -the -margin -music -is -not -art diff --git a/river/axe.river b/river/axe.river deleted file mode 100644 index c2aff4e..0000000 --- a/river/axe.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,190 +0,0 @@ -paul -took -his -axe -and -went -out -into -the -woods -to -chop -trees -or -rather -he -went -into -the -trees -to -chop -wood -he -wasn't -sure -either -way -it -helped -him -think -last -time -he'd -gone -out -he'd -had -an -idea -for -a -shoe-insert -company -he -could -start -called -paul's -bunyons -he -chuckled -to -himself -as -he -shouldered -his -axe -and -went -into -the -forest -deep -into -the -woods -he -admired -the -organization -of -the -trees -they -grow -wherever -they -fall -he -said -but -still -none -is -too -close -to -another -he -sounded -like -solomon -to -himself -he -imagined -he -had -a -beard -he -walked -for -a -long -time -in -the -shadows -of -the -forest -in -its -coolness -it -sounded -like -snow -had -fallen -but -it -was -still -october -the -first -time -the -trees -seemed -to -radiate -out -from -him -in -straight -lines -he -stopped -and -turned -around -four -times -after -he -walked -on -he -noticed -it -happened -fairly -often -still -after -he -felled -his -first -tree -that -day -he -realized -they -grew -from -the -epicenter -of -his -axe -he -paused -in -the -small -dark -sound -of -the -forest -quiet diff --git a/river/big-dipper.river b/river/big-dipper.river deleted file mode 100644 index 3edfd57..0000000 --- a/river/big-dipper.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,175 +0,0 @@ -after -searching -for -days -or -even -months -i -finally -find -it -reclining -lazily -above -the -peaks -above -the -city -as -if -to -ask -did -you -miss -me -yes -very -much -i -reply -and -rush -to -embrace -it -but -it -smiles -and -recoils -and -tells -me -no -no -you -have -to -try -harder -than -that -it -says -i -do -not -give -myself -up -so -easily -i -try -a -different -tack -i -sing -to -it -bring -it -flowers -nightly -i -compare -its -eyes -to -the -morning -dew -it -has -not -seen -the -morning -dew -i -say -its -mouth -is -the -sunset -over -mountains -it -knows -mountains -but -the -sunset -is -only -a -rumor -from -the -evening -star -i -tell -the -big -dipper -that -it -moves -like -a -quiet -river -across -the -earth -rivers -i -have -seen -says -the -big -dipper -they -sparkle -in -the -light -from -my -stars -your -stars -like -eyes -i -say -and -it -smiles -no -it -says -that -is -too -easy -it -turns -its -back -it -walks -home -along -the -back -of -the -mountain diff --git a/river/boar.river b/river/boar.river deleted file mode 100644 index 1ee8b10..0000000 --- a/river/boar.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@ -now -the -ticking -clocks -scare -me -the -empty -rooms -clock -towers -belfries -i -am -terrified -by -them -all -i -really -used -to -enjoy -going -to -church -singing -in -the -choir -listening -to -the -sermon -now -the -chairs -squeal -like -dying -pigs -it -was -the -boar -that -did -it -fifteen -feet -from -me -that -night -in -the -grass -rooting -for -god -knows -what -finding -me -instead -i -ran -not -knowing -where -or -how -not -looking -for -his -pursuit -of -me -i -ran -to -god's -front -door -found -it -locked -found -the -house -empty -with -a -note -saying -condemned diff --git a/river/boy_bus.river b/river/boy_bus.river deleted file mode 100644 index c8426c4..0000000 --- a/river/boy_bus.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,168 +0,0 @@ -when -he -said -bible -i -heard -his -southern -accent -and -he -had -a -face -i -expect -all -pastors -must -have -a -round -open -honest -face -that -will -always -be -a -boy's -face -though -its -owner -may -rightly -call -himself -a -man -near -my -age -though -i -hardly -call -myself -a -man -i -have -seen -this -face -before -whether -in -life -or -a -dream -i -can't -tell -i -might've -seen -him -on -the -street -once -twice -who -knows -and -his -pastor's -moon -face -reminds -me -of -something -some -distant -light -my -life -used -to -own -one -night -on -my -birthday -the -moon -was -so -strong -it -cast -shadows -i -could -see -to -the -far -hill -and -back -it -was -all -clear -to -me -the -moon -hasn't -done -that -in -a -long -time -its -face -has -been -obscured -by -clouds -for -weeks -and -that -boy -on -the -bus -his -face -i've -forgotten -i -thought -i -recognized -a -good -number -of -people -on -that -bus -who -i -didn't -know -at -all diff --git a/river/building.river b/river/building.river deleted file mode 100644 index 0806393..0000000 --- a/river/building.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,227 +0,0 @@ -art -and -craft -are -only -the -inside -and -outside -of -the -same -building -the -ceiling -is -here -he -put -his -eraser -to -his -bottom -lip -thinking -he -crossed -out -the -ceiling -is -the -floor -is -reality -and -the -ceiling -is -aspiration -desire -that -which -is -desired -craft -is -building -a -chair -from -wood -art -is -using -the -wood -as -a -substrate -for -an -emotional -message -to -a -future -person -the -reader -/ -viewer -the -important -thing -is -they -are -both -made -of -wood -the -important -thing -is -they -were -both -at -one -point -alive -natural -things -that -grew -and -changed -and -pushed -their -way -out -of -the -dirt -into -the -air -they -formed -buildings -out -of -the -air -they -didn't -even -try -what -separates -us -from -them -the -trees -we -have -to -try -we -must -labor -to -create -our -art -our -buildings -of -air -we -lay -them -out -brick -by -brick -we -build -them -up -by -disintegrating -trees -and -forming -them -again -into -what -they -were -before -why -must -we -do -this -are -there -any -advantages -to -this -human -method -our -advantage -is -memory -our -advantage -is -the -reaching-out -over -space -and -time -to -others -with -our -words -our -art -our -buildings -last -for -generations -and -after -they -are -demolished -they -are -written -about -photographs -are -taken -we -remember -the -act -of -memory -is -our -only -art diff --git a/river/call-me-aural-pleasure.river b/river/call-me-aural-pleasure.river deleted file mode 100644 index 54f081f..0000000 --- a/river/call-me-aural-pleasure.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,250 +0,0 @@ -like -40 -as -i -challenge -anyone -to -come -too -it's -like -you're -the -epitome -of -lame -she's -all -i -am -soooo -confused -aw -yeah -she -got -word -from -yarn -but -technically -it's -a -pretty -sweet -huh -dude -we -were -going -and -delicate -fragrance -of -arguments -get -based -off -of -are -not -try -dropping -glasses -in -such -an -emotional -rollercoaster -you -and -yes -i'm -cocky -enough -to -do -anything -i -am -as -good -as -phineas -and -make -another -picture -symphony -this -is -a -modification -of -a -young -woman -to -try -groups -disband -after -they -get -your -meacham -stuff -please -let -it -rj -covino -own -statuses -that'll -be -a -great -my -own -afterbirth -can -do -that -i -am -2 -we -can -be -kissed -on -the -page -you -know -i'm -not -sure -that -ben -jerry's -ftw -4/10 -would -not -be -able -to -vote -because -i -gotta -do -it -this -is -going -to -be -sad -about -what -rush -limbaugh -comes -forward -with -sunglasses -but -at -least -i -wasn't -wearing -a -messenger -bag -or -skinny -jeans -the -cooler -than -facebook -wine -is -the -best -yes -i -was -surprised -at -first -but -the -train -one -definitely -also -valhalla -is -a -dumbass -but -we -can -get -based -off -of -course -jon -we -watched -this -celebrate -franksgiving -too -that -didn't -get -started -on -that -francis -of -verulam -reasoned -thus -with -the -courage -to -reply -anyone -wanna -watch -out -i -am -cranky -from -bro -a -good -as -a -way -to -hijack -my -hand -afterbend -was -not -to -produce -photographs diff --git a/river/cereal.river b/river/cereal.river deleted file mode 100644 index 480014c..0000000 --- a/river/cereal.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,254 +0,0 @@ -he -woke -up -after -eleven -and -didn't -go -outside -all -day -not -even -to -his -writing -shack -what -did -he -do -he -watched -late -morning -cartoons -meant -for -children -too -young -to -go -to -school -he -ate -bowls -of -cereal -he -watched -his -mother -play -dominoes -he -played -dominoes -with -her -for -a -little -while -until -she -was -winning -by -such -a -margin -it -wasn't -fun -for -either -of -them -he -went -down -to -the -basement -to -do -his -laundry -he -pulled -the -chain -for -the -light -and -it -turned -on -like -magic -electricity -is -like -magic -he -said -to -himself -he -thought -he -would -like -to -write -that -down -but -his -implements -were -in -the -shack -he'd -already -built -up -so -much -momentum -inside -inertia -he -thought -what's -the -difference -between -inertia -and -momentum -he -asked -himself -as -he -hefted -dirty -clothes -into -the -washer -maybe -inertia -is -the -momentum -of -not -moving -he -thought -as -he -measured -and -poured -the -blue -detergent -into -the -drum -momentum -is -the -inertia -of -moving -forward -through -time -as -he -selected -warm-cold -on -the -dial -and -pulled -it -out -to -start -the -machine -what -do -you -think -is -the -difference -between -inertia -and -momentum -he -asked -his -mother -when -he -opened -the -door -at -the -top -of -the -stairs -when -you -switch -over -your -laundry -could -you -bring -up -my -underwear -from -the -dryer -she -asked -not -looking -up -from -her -dominoes -a -thread -of -smoke -curled -from -her -cigarette -and -spread -out -on -the -ceiling diff --git a/river/cold-wind.river b/river/cold-wind.river deleted file mode 100644 index beddbfc..0000000 --- a/river/cold-wind.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ -man -of -autumn -cold -wind -blow -down -the -trees -leaves -fire -on -the -ground -the -sky -perfect -water -frost-cold -rippled -only -by -flocks -of -black -birds -flying -gone -their -brightness -can -blind -an -uncareful -watcher -work -him -in -a -froth -of -hands -not-wings -that -ache -with -the -loss -of -flight -a -tear -is -flung -faithfully -to -the -ocean -of -air -slipping -in -slowly -is -as -gone -as -the -birds diff --git a/river/collage-instrument.river b/river/collage-instrument.river deleted file mode 100644 index 287a4ad..0000000 --- a/river/collage-instrument.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,831 +0,0 @@ -tr -has -been -a -part -of -the -unix -toolset -since -the -late -70s -short -for -translate -or -transliterate -tr -takes -two -strings -as -arguments -and -replaces -incidences -of -the -first -with -the -second -while -reading -a -byte -stream -it -also -supports -ranges -of -characters -in -formats -such -as -a-z -as -well -as -the -posix-compliant -alpha -although -sed -has -more -options -and -features -for -a -quick -search-and-replace -tr -is -more -than -sufficient -the -wind -blows -hard -up -here -far -harder -than -anywhere -else -i've -been -i -wonder -at -times -if -it -might -pick -me -up -like -an -angel -and -carry -me -into -the -night -the -secret -to -truly -great -rolls -is -mayonnaise -although -i -have -received -looks -of -disgust -at -this -assertion -i -think -the -explanation -is -enough -to -expel -doubt -mayonnaise -includes -the -fat -cream -and -egg -content -rolls -need -to -be -any -good -plus -in -mayonnaise -they -come -premeasured -and -perfectly -blended -which -makes -for -incredibly -easy -and -delicious -rolls -after -i -explain -myself -the -looks -of -disgust -usually -remain -my -mother -used -to -make -me -mayonnaise -rolls -and -hers -will -always -be -the -best -i -had -a -teacher -in -college -who -explained -xenophobia -as -mother's -cooking -is -best -one -of -my -favorite -fictional -theories -is -the -shoe -event -horizon -an -economic -truth -which -states -that -as -a -society -progresses -shoe -stores -become -more -and -more -prevalent -the -demand -for -shoes -raises -slowly -almost -imperceptibly -causing -shoe -manufacturers -to -make -more -and -cheaper -shoes -this -begins -a -vicious -cycle -during -which -more -and -more -shoes -are -made -more -and -more -cheaply -causing -more -shoes -to -be -bought -and -thus -made -until -finally -the -society -reaches -the -shoe -event -horizon -this -is -the -point -at -which -it -becomes -economically -impossible -for -any -stores -but -shoe -stores -to -exist -after -the -economy -collapses -the -society's -people -invariably -turn -into -birds -never -to -touch -ground -again -awk -is -often -used -as -a -command-line -stream-editing -tool -but -it -is -actually -an -entire -interpreted -language -it -supports -multiple -variables -and -logical -structuring -and -has -been -the -inspiration -for -perl -which -has -largely -replaced -it -it -was -originally -written -in -1977 -but -over -the -years -has -evolved -with -multiple -implementations -made -for -different -uses -the -best -shoes -i -ever -owned -were -franco -fortinis -a -brand -i -have -yet -to -find -anywhere -else -sometimes -i -wonder -if -i -dreamed -the -shoes -like -in -stories -where -the -protagonist -buys -a -powerful -object -from -a -mysterious -store -and -try -to -return -it -after -it -backfires -in -some -tragic -way -only -to -find -the -spot -where -the -store -stood -is -an -empty -lot -or -worse -a -blank -brick -wall -after -having -moved -to -arizona -i -fear -i -will -forget -what -rain -is -like -i -don't -think -it's -sandbags -falling -on -the -body -and -i -believe -it -is -cold -i -think -daredevil -that -piss -of -a -film -has -endeared -itself -to -me -forever -with -its -depiction -of -rain -recent -studies -have -proven -eyewitness -testimony -to -be -utterly -unreliable -it -turns -out -that -memory -is -not -a -record -set -down -on -the -tablet -of -the -brain -but -rather -a -series -of -impressions -emotions -and -physical -states -that -changes -even -with -access -one -of -my -students -is -having -a -hard -time -finding -arguments -in -favor -of -the -use -of -eyewitness -testimony -for -a -paper -this -is -how -obvious -the -workings -of -memory -are -and -yet -without -our -memory -we -are -nothing -memory -is -the -tether -to -the -floor -of -the -ocean -of -our -past -the -ocean -is -our -collective -subconscious -which -we -float -on -on -the -inner -tube -of -individual -perception -slathering -on -the -suntan -lotion -of -our -prejudices -wearing -the -sunglasses -of -self-deception -all -underneath -the -sun -of -technology -the -seagulls -of -death -circle -slowly -calling -to -each -other -the -call -of -their -society -secret -in -its -machinations -my -father -told -me -that -once -when -swimming -a -rip -tide -pulled -him -far -out -to -sea -he -said -it -was -impossible -to -tell -until -it -was -too -late -the -shore -simply -receded -too -slowly -he -never -told -me -how -he -made -it -back -but -i -imagine -him -bearded -beached -coughing -up -saltwater -a -new -shipwrecked -victim -grep -is -a -basic -search -tool -for -unix-based -systems -it -has -a -robust -syntax -though -i've -had -trouble -remembering -the -regex -nuances -between -it -sed -s -and -perl -s -there -is -a -posix -standard -but -no -one -follows -standards -my -mother -loves -annie -dillard -she -always -talks -about -the -praying -mantis -egg -case -scene -dillard -could -never -find -a -praying -mantis -egg -case -until -she -finally -saw -one -by -accident -after -that -she -saw -them -everywhere -my -mother -showed -me -an -egg -case -once -i -haven't -seen -one -since -my -friend -steven -has -over -three -hundred -pairs -of -shoes -he -tells -me -his -goal -is -eventually -to -obtain -a -calendar -of -shoes -and -wear -a -different -one -each -day -of -the -year -he -doesn't -include -the -forty -days -of -lent -however -he -goes -barefoot -those -forty -days diff --git a/river/common-titles.river b/river/common-titles.river deleted file mode 100644 index 840fa7b..0000000 --- a/river/common-titles.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,703 +0,0 @@ - -100 -lines -100-lines -html -about -the -author -about-the-author -html -case -duckworth -about -author -html -nee -amber -alert -amber-alert -html -and -and -html -the -angel -to -abraham -angeltoabraham -html -on -seeing -the -panorama -of -the -apollo -11 -landing -site -apollo11 -html -ars -poetica -arspoetica -html -art -art -html -an -axe -axe -html -the -big -dipper -big-dipper -html -and -the -boar -boar -html -the -boy -on -the -bus -boy -bus -html -is -building -building -html -call -me -call-me-aural-pleasure -html -cereal -cereal -html -or -cold -wind -cold-wind -html -instrument -collage-instrumented -html -a -collage -creation -myth -creation-myth -html -dead -man -deadman -html -the -death -zone -death-zone -html -death's -trumpet -deathstrumpet -html -dream -dream -html -early -early -html -elegy -for -an -alternate -self -elegyforanalternateself -html -an -epigraph -epigraph -html -ex -machina -ex-machina -html -and -exasperated -exasperated -html -father -father -html -feeding -the -raven -feedingtheraven -html -finding -the -lion -finding-the-lion -html -setting -a -fire -fire -html -look -found-typewriter-poem -html -hands -hands -html -on -poetry -on-genre-dimension -html -a -hard -game -hard-game -html -hardware -hardware -html -how -it -happened -howithappened -html -how -to -read -this -howtoread -html -hymnal -hymnal -html -i -am -i-am -html -i -think -it's -you -but -it's -not -i-think-its-you -html -i -wanted -to -tell -you -something -i-wanted-to-tell-you-something -html -in -bed -in-bed -html -i -want -to -say -i-want-to-say -html -the -initial -conditions -initial-conditions -html -of -january -january -html -s -joke -joke -html -are -l'appel -du -vide -lappel-du-vide -html -the -largest -asteroid -in -the -asteroid -belt -largest-asteroid -html -is -the -last -bastion -last-bastion -html -the -last -passenger -last-passenger -html -leaf -leaf -html -the -leg -leg -html -liking -things -likingthings -html -listen -listen -html -love -as -god -love-as-god -html -loves -better -than -a -love -song -lovesong -html -man -man -html -this -is -a -manifesto -manifesto -poetics -html -the -moon -is -drowning -moon-drowning -html -the -moon -is -gone -and -in -its -place -a -mirror -moongone -html -the -mountain -mountain -html -s -moving -sideways -movingsideways -html -something -about -all -music -being -performances -of -4 -prime -33 -prime -in -places -where -other -bands -happen -to -be -playing -music-433 -html -listen -no -nothing -no-nothing -html -no -notes -notes -html -nothing -is -ever -over -nothing-is-ever-over -html -on -formal -poetry -onformalpoetry -html -options -options -html -an -ouroboros -of -memory -ouroboros -memory -html -paul -paul -html -philosophy -philosophy -html -phone -phone -html -s -or -planks -planks -html -a -litany -for -a -plant -plant -html -something -about -the -nature -of -poetry -and -time -poetry-time -html -prelude -prelude -html -problems -problems -html -proverbs -proverbs -html -some -peaches -peaches -html -punch -punch -html -is -the -purpose -of -dogs -purpose-dogs -html -a -question -question -html -if -a -real -writer -real-writer -html -reports -reports -html -on -the -riptide -of -memory -riptide -memory -html -does -ronald -mcdonald -ronaldmcdonald -html -wear -rough -gloves -roughgloves -html -or -a -sapling -sapling -html -seasonal -affective -disorder -seasonal-affective-disorder -html -is -part -of -the -sense -of -it -sense-of-it -html -the -serengeti -serengeti -html -is -a -shed -shed -html -the -shipwright -shipwright -html -builds -the -sixteenth -chapel -sixteenth-chapel -html -in -snow -snow -html -let's -start -with -something -simple -something-simple -html -spittle -spittle -html -on -the -squirrel -squirrel -html -sitting -stagnant -stagnant -html -something -about -my -tenure -as -a -bear -dollywood -html -statements -statements-frag -html -stayed -on -the -bus -too -long -stayed-on-the-bus -html -a -stump -stump -html -is -not -a -swansong -swansong-alt -html -is -not -a -swan -song -swansong -html -swear -swear -html -the -table -of -contents -table -contents -html -is -a -tapestry -tapestry -html -telemarketer -telemarketer -html -s -swear -that -the -night -we -met -i -was -out -of -my -mind -the-night-we-met -html -the -sea -and -the -beach -the-sea -the-beach -html -even -the -ocean -overflows -with -camels -theoceanoverflowswithcamels -html -time -looks -up -to -the -sky -time-looks-up-to-the-sky -html -to -daniel -todaniel -html -on -the -toilet -toilet -html -writing -toothpaste -toothpaste -html -a -treatise -treatise -html -on -underwear -underwear -html -and -wallpaper -wallpaper -html -we -played -those -games -too -weplayedthosegamestoo -html -when -i'm -sorry -i -wash -dishes -when-im-sorry-i -html -in -the -window -window -html -walking -in -the -rain -walking-in-the-rain -html -thinking -about -what -we -are -made -of -what-we-are-made-of -html -words -and -meaning -words-meaning -html -irritably -reaching -after -reason -words-irritable-reaching -html -i -feel -worse -looking -over -worse-looking-over -html -at -you -than -when -i'm -writing -writing -html -an -x-ray -x-ray -html -in -yellow -yellow -html diff --git a/river/creation-myth.river b/river/creation-myth.river deleted file mode 100644 index bb8bf18..0000000 --- a/river/creation-myth.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,263 +0,0 @@ -so -two -hyperintelligent -pandimensional -beings -walk -into -a -bar -one -turns -to -the -other -and -says -did -you -remember -to -check -the -end -state -of -that -simulation -we -were -running -the -other -says -no -i -thought -that -you -did -to -which -the -first -replies -oh -shit -we -missed -it -i -suppose -we -must -do -all -of -this -again -barkeep -two -beers -please -the -bartender -nods -in -that -way -that -bartenders -do -pours -the -two -beers -expertly -by -the -way -just -so -and -hands -them -to -the -first -hyperintelligent -pandimensional -being -the -second -one -pulls -a -few -singles -out -of -his -wallet -places -them -on -the -bar -and -the -pair -turn -around -and -begin -walking -toward -a -table -in -the -middle -of -the -mostly-empty -bar -the -bar -tender -picks -up -the -money -fans -it -out -frowns -and -calls -to -his -patrons -backs -hey -this -isn't -enough -the -two -turn -around -simultan -eously -with -parity -and -stare -at -him -a -beat -one -of -them -the -one -without -the -beer -breaks -the -silence -by -exclaiming -oh -dear -god -i'm -sorry -i -didn't -know -your -prices -went -up -since -last -time -what -do -i -owe -you -the -bartender -says -oh -just -another -dollar-fifty -the -being -reaches -in -his -back -pocket -slides -out -his -wallet -looks -in -smiling -and -frowns -when -he -sees -it's -empty -he -looks -to -the -other -and -says -you -got -a -buck-fifty -i -can -borrow -the -second -hyperintelligent -pandimensional -being -considers -this -he -sets -the -beers -down -on -the -table -pulls -out -his -own -wallet -opens -it -and -frowns -i'm -broke -too -he -says diff --git a/river/deadman.river b/river/deadman.river deleted file mode 100644 index a527886..0000000 --- a/river/deadman.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,140 +0,0 @@ -a -dead -man -finds -his -way -into -our -hearts -simply -by -opening -the -door -and -walking -in -he -pours -himself -a -drink -speaks -aimlessly -about -hunting -or -some -bats -he -saw -on -the -way -over -wheeling -around -each -other -look -how -they -spin -he -says -it's -like -the -ripples -atoms -make -as -they -hurl -past -each -other -in -the -space -between -their -bodies -we -mention -the -eels -at -the -aquarium -how -their -bodies -knot -while -mating -the -dead -man -was -a -boyscout -once -and -tied -a -lot -of -knots -his -favorite -was -the -one -with -the -rabbit -and -the -hole -and -the -rabbit -going -in -and -out -and -around -the -tree -the -dead -man -liked -it -because -he -liked -to -pretend -that -the -rabbit -was -running -from -a -fox -and -the -rabbit -always -ended -up -safe -back -in -his -hole diff --git a/river/death-zone.river b/river/death-zone.river deleted file mode 100644 index 70b4aca..0000000 --- a/river/death-zone.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,149 +0,0 @@ -when -i -think -of -death -i -think -of -peter -falk -in -the -princess -bride -patting -his -pockets -as -he -leaves -the -room -life -is -a -series -of -doors -or -so -they -say -but -i -ask -them -this -where -does -that -last -door -lead -for -falk -maybe -it -leads -backstage -a -black-walled -catered -affair -with -stage -lights -slowly -baking -stale -muffins -sweaty -cheese -leaking -onto -dried-out -grapes -a -chocolate -fountain -clogged -by -some -errant -strawberry -crown -but -this -is -not -where -it -leads -for -you -or -for -me -that -door -opens -onto -darkness -marked -only -by -a -trellis -or -the -lid -of -a -casket -the -door -of -the -earth's -womb -opening -finally -to -accept -us -and -with -us -the -dirt -not -to -grow -more -strawberries -for -falk -but -to -pad -his -feet -as -he -walks -overhead -to -visit -someone -he -certainly -cares -about -but -whose -name -is -lost -to -posterity diff --git a/river/deathstrumpet.river b/river/deathstrumpet.river deleted file mode 100644 index a59fd5f..0000000 --- a/river/deathstrumpet.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,219 +0,0 @@ -he -didn't -have -any -polish -so -he -spit-shined -the -whole -thing -top -to -bottom -it -gleamed -like -maybe -a -tomato -on -the -vine -begging -to -be -picked -and -thrown -on -some -caprese -death -loved -caprese -he -stood -up -and -put -the -horn -to -his -lips -imagining -it -was -a -woman -he -loved -he -blushed -as -he -realized -it -was -a -terrible -metaphor -he -practiced -for -six -hours -a -day -what -else -to -do -death -looks -at -himself -in -the -mirror -as -he -plays -the -trumpet -is -suspended -in -midair -damn -vampire -rules -death -is -always -worried -he -might -have -missed -a -spot -shaving -but -he'll -never -know -unless -a -stranger -is -polite -enough -not -that -he -ever -goes -out -or -meets -anyone -he -wakes -up -late -these -days -stays -in -bed -later -he -thinks -he -might -be -depressed -the -caprese -has -gotten -soggy -since -he -made -it -maybe -three -days -ago -or -maybe -just -two -the -sun -streams -through -his -kitchen -blinds -like -smoke -he -decides -to -go -to -the -arcade -when -he -gets -there -there's -only -a -little -boy -with -dead -eyes -so -far -so -good -he's -playing -a -first-person -shooter -death -walks -past -him -and -watches -out -of -the -corner -of -his -eye -the -kid's -good -death -wants -to -congratulate -him -his -trumpet -is -in -his -hand diff --git a/river/dollywood.river b/river/dollywood.river deleted file mode 100644 index 86dfba1..0000000 --- a/river/dollywood.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2471 +0,0 @@ -i -turned -off -the -tv -as -soon -as -the -end -credits -began -i -stretched -in -the -la-z-boy -trade -i -grew -up -in -pushing -its -back -until -i -lay -horizontal -feet -slightly -elevated -i -stared -at -the -light -at -the -bugs -silhouetted -inside -it -i -relaxed -thought -about -sleeping -in -the -chair -with -the -light -on -i -decided -against -it -pulled -the -lever -to -pull -the -chairback -up -and -the -footrest -down -stood -up -went -around -the -corner -turned -off -the -light -stripped -to -my -underwear -and -got -in -bed -i -made -sure -my -alarm -was -set -for -8 -00 -and -lay -face-up -in -the -dark -eventually -i -slept -i -still -consider -this -to -be -the -best -summer -i -ever -had -in -terms -of -my -sleep -schedule -every -night -i -went -to -bed -at -midnight -after -stewart -and -colbert -every -morning -i -woke -up -at -eight -took -a -shower -ate -my -frosted -mini-wheats -trade -and -brushed -my -teeth -i -took -my -time -because -i -didn't -have -to -leave -for -work -until -9 -30 -my -shift -at -dollywood -started -at -10 -00 -it -was -my -second -summer -there -i -worked -as -larry -the -cucumber -trade -mostly -though -sometimes -i -would -pick -up -the -shift -for -one -of -the -official -dollywood -mascots -when -they -had -their -day -off -i -went -outside -when -the -wall -clock -read -9 -32 -the -day -was -already -beginning -to -warm -up -i -walked -across -the -road -to -my -car -a -saturn -reg -my -first -started -it -pulled -into -the -road -and -looked -up -at -my -window -the -only -one -on -the -second -floor -of -my -house -i -said -so -long -in -my -head -to -my -room -the -house -and -my -two -sisters -still -sleeping -inside -and -drove -down -the -road -my -morning -commute -was -rural -through -farms -creeks -hills -and -hollows -past -tourist -cabin -resorts -and -used -christian -bookstores -nearly -getting -to -pigeon -forge -but -stopping -before -any -of -the -strip -was -visible -like -las -vegas -pigeon -forge -has -a -strip -it -was -second -only -to -vegas -in -terms -of -marriages -performed -it -was -first -in -the -country -including -vegas -to -feature -two -cracker -barrels -reg -i -went -into -pigeon -forge -only -if -i -couldn't -help -it -which -was -rare -usually -it -was -only -if -family -from -out-of-state -were -visiting -or -the -one -time -i -and -two -friends -went -to -the -buy-one-pair-get-two-pair-free -boot -store -and -got -a -deal -i -turned -left -before -i -got -to -any -of -pigeon -forge -into -the -employee -entrance -of -dollywood -i -drove -down -a -small -road -to -my -left -a -hill -covered -in -kudzu -to -my -right -a -fence -past -which -i -could -hear -people -riding -the -river -rampage -trade -or -rockin -roadway -trade -i -turned -left -again -drove -past -hr -and -the -dollywood -doctor's -office -and -checked -for -parking -at -the -bottom -of -the -hill -there -wasn't -any -so -i -drove -up -the -hill -found -a -parking -spot -and -got -out -of -my -car -i -thought -about -waiting -for -an -employee -shuttle -until -i -realized -it -was -9 -55 -so -i -trotted -down -the -hill -and -past -hr -i -crossed -the -road -in -front -of -the -gazebo -walked -down -a -little -path -and -met -tim -the -security -guard -as -i -was -crossing -the -main -road -he -asked -to -see -my -id -which -i -had -ready -for -him -i -showed -it -to -him -he -looked -me -up -and -down -i -wasn't -in -costume -usually -a -no -at -dollywood -but -since -my -costume -was -green -expensive -and -required -at -least -two -people -to -put -on -i -didn't -have -to -wear -it -onto -the -park -and -finally -let -me -through -i -walked -through -the -employee -entrance -and -clocked -in -at -9 -58 -i -had -only -figured -out -how -to -clock -in -my -second -summer -the -first -summer -i -worked -at -dollywood -was -also -the -first -summer -i -worked -a -job -and -due -to -the -placement -of -the -atmosphere -characters -in -the -hierarchy -of -park -management -we -got -paid -by -the -day -this -confused -me -into -thinking -that -i -didn't -need -to -clock -in -and -out -especially -since -i -still -got -paid -my -confusion -deepened -when -i -walked -onto -park -one -day -with -chance -who -also -worked -veggie -tales -trade -and -he -clocked -in -but -this -was -midway -through -the -summer -and -i -was -too -nervous -to -ask -anyone -about -what -i -should -do -i -was -worried -that -if -i -started -clocking -in -it -would -cause -suspicion -and -i -was -terrified -that -my -not -clocking -in -would -be -caught -and -punished -somehow -for -about -a -month -i -lived -in -mild -terror -each -morning -and -afternoon -avoiding -my -coworkers -as -they -entered -or -left -so -they -wouldn't -see -me -walk -past -the -red -time -clocks -each -day -wondering -if -the -hammer -would -fall -i -found -out -later -that -my -manager -charlie -had -been -paying -me -based -on -the -days -he'd -scheduled -me -clocking -me -in -and -out -himself -from -his -computer -he -said -it -wasn't -a -big -deal -but -to -clock -in -next -summer -this -summer -so -i -clocked -in -and -out -every -day -and -these -short -sessions -with -the -red -time -clock -became -favorite -moments -i -walked -onto -the -park -past -jukebox -junction -trade -over -the -bridge -under -the -rope -that -disallowed -guests -to -visit -the -area -until -the -park -opened -at -10 -00 -down -showstreet -and -into -the -back -of -showstreet -palace -theater -where -we -characters -shared -a -dressing -room -with -the -veggie -tales -trade -actors -our -dressing-room -was -a -part -of -backstage -partitioned -off -by -curtains -where -the -empty -shells -of -bob -the -tomato -trade -and -larry -the -cucumber -trade -lay -inside-out -so -the -sweat -inside -could -evaporate -between -shifts -i -grabbed -my -off-brand -underarmour -trade -slicks -from -the -laundry -basket -and -went -to -the -bathroom -to -change -after -i -changed -i -came -out -of -the -bathroom -and -knocked -on -the -women's -dressing -room -door -to -see -if -nina -or -stacy -were -in -yet -nina -opened -the -door -hey -case -she -said -how's -it -going -i'm -good -am -i -larry -today -i -had -been -off -the -day -before -so -i -wasn't -sure -of -the -rotation -yeah -i -think -so -said -stacy -putting -on -makeup -in -the -mirror -so -she -was -handling -with -chance -while -nina -and -i -were -the -vegetables -i -liked -this -arrangement -i -preferred -to -be -larry -trade -because -i -didn't -have -to -talk -to -anyone -and -i -could -make -faces -in -the -costume -while -families -took -pictures -nina -preferred -the -same -thing -although -she -was -slightly -too -tall -to -fit -comfortably -inside -bob -trade -stacy -actually -preferred -to -handle -her -personality -was -bubbly -and -talkative -i -don't -think -chance -liked -any -part -of -the -job -really -and -handling -was -less -hot -than -being -in -the -suit -when's -our -first -run -i -asked -well -the -first -show -is -at -10 -20 -so -we -were -thinking -about -11 -i -nodded -where's -chance -i -think -he -went -out -back -to -smoke -nina -said -i'll -go -with -you -the -actors -for -the -veggie -tales -show -were -coming -in -to -use -their -dressing -room -so -we -left -stacy -with -them -we -walked -through -backstage -behind -all -the -curtains -and -through -the -side -door -into -a -sort -of -garage -with -ratty -couches -a -refrigerator -and -an -old -tv -mounted -high -up -on -the -wall -chance -was -sitting -smoking -and -watching -jeopardy -while -thumbing -through -a -magazine -hi -chance -i -said -hey -guys -he -flicked -his -smile -always -somewhere -between -genuine -and -mocking -at -us -think -it'll -rain -today -he -asked -indicating -the -direction -of -the -sky -it -wasn't -really -visible -from -within -the -garage -due -to -the -high -fence -keeping -the -guests -on -the -path -toward -timber -tower -trade -and -mystery -mine -trade -and -the -tree -just -outside -the -garage -i -don't -think -there's -a -cloud -in -the -sky -i -said -but -walked -out -of -the -garage -and -looked -up -to -be -sure -there -were -wisps -of -cirrus -like -stray -brush -strokes -on -a -blue -canvas -but -that -was -all -i -think -we'll -have -to -do -all -of -our -runs -today -damn -said -chance -and -stubbed -out -his -cigarette -we -watched -jeopardy -in -silence -for -a -few -minutes -chance -checked -his -watch -it's -10 -19 -he -said -we -should -get -inside -before -the -show -starts -we -went -back -to -the -dressing -room -behind -the -curtains -backstage -past -the -skins -of -larry -trade -and -bob -trade -their -feet -and -their -battery -packs -past -the -water -fountain -where -i -drank -and -into -the -women's -dressing -room -stacy -had -finished -applying -her -makeup -and -was -already -in -overalls -flannel -boots -and -cowboy -hat -seeing -her -chance -said -i'd -better -go -put -my -outfit -on -he -left -and -came -back -costumed -we -killed -time -nina -turned -her -wrist -and -looked -at -her -watch -it's -10 -50 -she -said -looking -at -me -and -jerking -her -head -toward -the -door -let's -get -ready -we -went -out -and -down -the -hall -the -veggie -tales -were -singing -about -mr -nezzer -trade -loving -the -bunny -nina -went -to -bob -trade -and -i -to -larry -trade -we -set -to -work -pulling -them -right-side-out -when -this -was -done -we -put -on -the -backpacks -that -served -as -interior -shells -for -the -characters -and -held -the -battery -packs -as -nina -pulled -on -bob -trade -s -legs -i -pulled -on -larry -trade -s -i -put -my -shoes -in -larry -trade -s -feet -a -concession -made -to -the -forms -of -us -humans -inside -the -suits -bob -trade -and -larry -trade -on -the -show -had -no -arms -or -legs -we -clipped -each -other's -batteries -into -the -packs -we -put -our -hands -through -the -vegetables -arms -at -this -point -the -vegetables -faces -were -sagging -from -our -waists -like -deflated -balloons -we -waddled -over -to -the -hallway -outside -the -dressing -rooms -chance -helped -me -put -larry's -hands -on -which -were -three-fingered -like -a -cartoon -although -in -the -cartoon -the -veggie -tales -characters -don't -have -hands -he -snapped -them -onto -the -arm -he -helped -me -pull -the -head -up -and -over -my -pack -and -clipped -the -battery -to -the -fan -inside -the -suit -he -zipped -the -back -zipper -and -the -suit -started -to -inflate -bob -trade -and -larry -trade -were -inflatable -to -cut -down -on -their -weight -stacy -had -done -the -same -with -nina -and -bob -trade -she -asked -ready -we -said -ready -chance -got -ahead -of -us -opening -the -door -i -had -to -push -my -hands -into -my -chest -to -deflate -the -suit -so -it -could -fit -through -the -door -we -stepped -into -the -dappled -sunlight -of -dollywood -the -first -few -minutes -of -the -run -were -fairly -peaceful -a -few -families -walking -by -saw -us -and -walk -over -forming -a -small -line -for -their -children -to -say -hello -get -a -hug -and -a -picture -one -of -the -kids -about -three -got -about -five -feet -from -me -pass -some -sort -of -magic -barrier -and -suddenly -become -terrified -she -screamed -and -run -back -to -her -parents -i -tried -to -get -eye-contact -it -was -hard -to -tell -exactly -where -larry -trade -was -looking -since -his -eyes -were -about -a -foot -above -my -head -and -were -fixed -forward -get -small -and -hold -out -my -hand -but -she -had -seen -quite -enough -she -shook -her -head -and -hid -behind -her -mother's -leg -i -waved -with -my -fingers -and -stepped -back -to -receive -the -next -child -sometimes -doing -this -job -i -felt -like -a -priest -giving -some -sort -of -communion -sometimes -i -felt -like -a -celebrity -especially -when -children -asked -for -an -autograph -this -happened -fairly -often -and -chance -had -to -guide -my -hand -with -the -sharpie -trade -in -it -sometimes -i -felt -like -santa -claus -or -some -other -mythical -creature -come -to -earth -mostly -i -felt -a -little -hot -and -slightly -bored -the -boredom -crystallized -into -stress -when -the -veggie -tales -show -let -out -showstreet -palace -held -something -like -four -hundred -people -and -for -a -show -like -veggie -tales -around -half -were -children -for -this -run -our -post -was -around -the -side -of -the -theater -so -we -didn't -get -the -full -press -of -the -crowd -but -there -were -quite -a -few -people -streaming -out -of -the -side -door -fresh -from -seeing -larry -trade -bob -trade -and -friends -performing -in -a -show -of -course -they -were -excited -to -see -them -giving -out -hugs -in -the -street -chance -and -stacy -became -busy -trying -to -form -the -crowd -into -some -semblance -of -a -line -while -i -and -nina -were -hugging -children -trying -to -take -our -time -with -each -but -painfully -aware -of -the -next -in -line -this -was -the -worst -part -of -the -job -i -felt -like -i -was -on -a -factory -line -gluing -widgets -onto -a -product -all -day -i -was -always -looking -ahead -always -at -the -next -kid -barely -noticing -what -the -ones -old -enough -to -talk -were -saying -to -me -trying -to -show -me -i -felt -callous -and -aloof -from -humanity -and -a -deep -unease -passed -over -me -with -all -of -this -on -my -mind -of -course -i -didn't -see -the -teenager -running -toward -me -from -my -left -chance -and -stacy -can't -be -blamed -they -were -busy -with -crowd -control -i -don't -know -what -happened -to -the -kid -afterward -all -i -know -is -what -happened -to -me -suddenly -a -great -weight -on -my -left -side -the -hiss -of -air -being -forced -out -of -larry -trade -me -almost -falling -over -the -weight -fell -off -i -turned -around -too -stunned -to -yell -though -chance -had -caught -it -out -of -the -corner -of -his -eye -hey -don't -do -that -he -said -his -eyes -on -the -fallen -teenager -the -kid -was -maybe -fifteen -tall -with -a -white -t-shirt -and -dark -hair -he -had -an -indescribable -look -on -his -face -surprise -satisfaction -and -something -else -i -couldn't -identify -before -chance -could -reach -him -he -ran -off -you -okay -he -turned -to -me -and -asked -i -said -in -a -low -voice -yeah -i'm -fine -we're -going -in -he -said -to -stacy -she -checked -her -watch -said -yeah -it's -been -twenty -minutes -to -the -crowd -we -have -time -for -just -two -more -pictures -a -wave -of -disappointment -went -through -the -people -there -most -stayed -hoping -for -an -extension -of -the -rule -but -we -took -two -more -pictures -turned -around -and -began -walking -inside -some -family -tried -to -follow -us -in -chance -hollered -over -his -shoulder -i'm -sorry -folks -we -have -to -go -in -bob -trade -and -larry -trade -need -a -break -the -father -asked -when -will -you -be -back -out -after -the -next -show -chance -said -as -stacy -opened -the -door -i -deflated -larry -trade -s -face -again -to -get -in -the -door -and -was -safe -in -the -darkness -of -the -hallway -chance -unzipped -me -allowing -real -cool -air -to -wash -over -my -body -nina -and -i -waddled -down -the -hallway -to -peel -the -vegetables -off -ourselves -and -to -repeat -the -process -of -waiting -dressing -and -standing -again diff --git a/river/dream.river b/river/dream.river deleted file mode 100644 index de03abf..0000000 --- a/river/dream.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,172 +0,0 @@ -it -had -gotten -cold -he -went -to -lay -down -in -bed -with -a -pad -and -paper -he -began -to -write -although -he -hadn't -tried -it -much -in -bed -before -he -liked -it -mostly -his -arm -got -tired -journeying -across -the -page -like -a -series -of -switchbacks -down -the -wall -of -the -grand -canyon -he -wrote -this -down -in -the -margin -for -later -arm -journeying -across -the -pg -like -a -series -of -switch -backs -down -the -wall -of -the -grand -canyon -his -arm -began -to -pain -him -he -adjusted -his -position -in -the -bed -it -didn't -help -much -with -the -pain -it -still -hurt -as -he -wrote -he -began -to -be -distracted -by -his -mother's -music -playing -in -the -next -room -could -you -turn -that -down -please -he -hollered -across -the -wall -to -his -mother -she -made -no -reply -music -too -loud -he -gave -his -arm -a -break -to -look -at -what -he'd -written -he -couldn't -make -heads -or -tails -of -it -it -looked -like -arabic -he -woke -up -gasping -in -a -sweat diff --git a/river/early.river b/river/early.river deleted file mode 100644 index 940b34f..0000000 --- a/river/early.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,230 +0,0 @@ -you -cannot -discover -art -art -must -be -created -he -sat -on -the -couch -at -home -while -his -mother -watched -tv -and -smoked -dinner -had -been -chicken -and -peas -with -milk -and -afterward -paul -and -his -mother -sat -on -opposite -ends -of -the -couch -at -intervals -she -would -look -sideways -at -paul -writing -he -pretended -not -to -notice -art -artifice -he -wrote -artifice -means -unnatural -artifice -means -built -to -build -means -to -find -a -pattern -find -a -pattern -is -what -we -are -good -at -he -thought -about -this -while -someone -else -won -a -car -do -you -think -humans -are -good -at -finding -patterns -because -we -are -hunters -he -asked -his -mother -she -looked -sideways -at -him -and -said -sure -paul -early -on -in -our -evolution -we -were -hunters -right -and -to -hunt -we -had -to -see -the -patterns -in -seemingly -random -events -like -where -the -gazelle -went -each -year -paul -i'm -trying -to -watch -tv -if -you're -going -to -write -this -stuff -go -do -it -in -your -room -you're -distracting -paul -got -up -and -went -to -his -room -and -lay -down -on -his -bed -if -the -gazelle -went -to -the -same -place -every -year -he -thought -did -they -know -the -pattern -too -or -was -it -random -for -them -did -they -think -each -year -this -seems -like -a -good -spot -let's -graze -here -without -knowing -he -wrote -pattern -memory -in -his -notebook diff --git a/river/elegyforanalternateself.river b/river/elegyforanalternateself.river deleted file mode 100644 index 3624668..0000000 --- a/river/elegyforanalternateself.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,160 +0,0 @@ -say -there -are -no -words -say -that -we -are -conjoined -from -birth -or -better -still -say -we -are -myself -but -i -still -talk -to -myself -i -build -my -world -through -language -so -if -we -say -there -are -no -words -this -is -not -enough -say -we -are -instead -some -animal -or -better -yet -a -plant -or -a -flagellum -motoring -aimlessly -around -say -that -humans -are -the -only -things -that -reason -say -that -we're -the -only -things -that -worry -say -that -i -am -separate -to -say -there's -everything -else -and -then -there's -me -is -wrong -each -thing -is -separate -there -is -no -whole -in -the -world -say -this -is -both -good -and -bad -or -rather -say -there -is -no -good -or -bad -but -only -being -more -and -more -of -it -always -added -none -taken -out -though -it -can -be -forgotten -say -that -forgetting -is -a -function -of -our -remembering -say -that -humans -only -worry -about -separation -say -that -only -humans -feel -it diff --git a/river/epigraph.river b/river/epigraph.river deleted file mode 100644 index 7ac61d5..0000000 --- a/river/epigraph.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,195 +0,0 @@ -i -saw -my -life -branching -out -before -me -like -the -green -fig -tree -in -the -story -from -the -tip -of -every -branch -like -a -fat -purple -fig -a -wonderful -future -beckoned -and -winked -one -fig -was -a -husband -and -a -happy -home -and -children -and -another -fig -was -a -famous -poet -and -another -fig -was -a -brilliant -professor -and -another -fig -was -ee -gee -the -amazing -editor -and -another -fig -was -europe -and -africa -and -south -america -and -another -fig -was -constantin -and -socrates -and -attila -and -a -pack -of -other -lovers -and -queer -names -and -offbeat -professions -and -another -fig -was -an -olympic -lady -crew -champion -and -beyond -and -above -these -figs -were -many -more -figs -i -couldn't -quite -make -out -i -saw -myself -sitting -in -the -crotch -of -this -fig -tree -starving -to -death -just -because -i -couldn't -make -up -my -mind -which -of -the -figs -i -would -choose -i -wanted -each -and -every -one -of -them -but -choosing -one -meant -losing -all -the -rest -and -as -i -sat -there -unable -to -decide -the -figs -began -to -wrinkle -and -go -black -and -one -by -one -they -plopped -to -the -ground -at -my -feet diff --git a/river/ex-machina.river b/river/ex-machina.river deleted file mode 100644 index e30d001..0000000 --- a/river/ex-machina.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,165 +0,0 @@ -bottom -of -the -drink -they -had -to -go -the -coke -machine -the -snack -machine -the -deep -fryer -hoisted -and -dragged -through -the -halls -and -out -to -the -curb -they -sat -with -other -trash -beneath -gray -forlorn -skies -behind -the -elementary -school -wondering -what -their -next -move -would -be -the -coke -machine -had -always -wanted -to -live -the -life -of -a -hobo -jumping -trains -eating -from -garbage -making -fire -in -old -oil -drums -it -had -some -strange -romantic -notions -of -being -homeless -is -what -the -deep -fryer -thought -its -opinion -was -to -head -to -court -sue -the -bastards -at -the -school -for -early -termination -of -contract -it -was -the -embodiment -of -justifiable -anger -it -believed -privately -that -it -was -an -incarnation -of -nemesis -the -goddess -of -divine -retribution -what -the -snack -machine -thought -it -kept -to -itself -but -it -did -say -that -nothing -ever -ends -the -others -were -confused -then -angry -but -finally -understood -or -thought -they -did -the -snack -machine's -candy -melted -in -the -sun diff --git a/river/exasperated.river b/river/exasperated.river deleted file mode 100644 index 38a8647..0000000 --- a/river/exasperated.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,352 +0,0 @@ -i -didn't -write -this -sestina -yesterday -it's -the -first -time -i -fell -behind -in -my -task -and -hopefully -the -only -time -it -will -this -means -that -today -i -must -write -two -sestinas -if -i -don't -write -them -today -i -will -have -to -write -two -later -down -the -line -although -i -feel -i'm -slogging -through -each -line -i -think -i'm -doing -better -every -day -though -maybe -this -is -wishful -thinking -i -showed -my -friend -my -just-completed -task -two -days -ago -my -god -was -it -two -entire -days -i've -no -idea -what -i'll -do -after -thirty-nine -days -i -think -i'll -feel -like -inigo -montoya -who'd -been -in -the -line -of -revenging -for -so -long -he -didn't -know -what -to -do -with -the -rest -of -his -life -and -he -deigned -to -be -polite -but -i -could -tell -the -task -was -hard -for -him -he -told -me -finally -that -i -had -made -a -noble -effort -but -that -ultimately -i -failed -so -my -question -when -will -i -be -a -decent -sestina -writer -for -this -is -my -task -maybe -if -i -just -keep -cranking -out -line -after -line -i'll -finally -figure -it -out -maybe -one -more -day -or -another -week -will -do -it -or -maybe -i'll -need -two -or -maybe -it'll -never -happen -maybe -a -sestina's -too -involved -too -much -weaving -of -words -too -fine -and -i -will -never -write -a -good -one -even -on -my -best -day -even -if -i -employ -all -my -skill -and -all -my -will -i'm -not -used -to -writing -poems -with -thirty-nine -lines -that -must -be -the -problem -must -be -why -this -task -is -herculean -he -only -had -to -finish -twelve -tasks -and -i -have -one -less -one -thousand -five -hundred -twenty-two -and -it's -nothing -but -complaining -lines -about -how -hard -it -is -to -be -a -person -i -am -getting -sick -of -myself -with -these -poems -and -will -soon -be -loathe -to -get -out -of -bed -every -day -but -i -tasked -myself -with -this -which -may -be -the -worst -i -ever -do -to -myself -i -thought -a -poem -nanowrimo -would -be -fun -would -line -my -resume -give -me -something -i -could -publish -someday diff --git a/river/father.river b/river/father.river deleted file mode 100644 index 86b8025..0000000 --- a/river/father.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,201 +0,0 @@ - -is -man -the -natural -thing -that -makes -unnatural -things -he -thought -to -himself -as -he -looked -out -the -kitchen -window -at -the -shed -he -wondered -who -built -the -shed -for -the -first -time -since -he'd -been -going -out -there -mom -who -built -the -shed -out -back -he -asked -that -was -your -father -she -said -his -father -paul -had -never -met -him -his -mother -had -said -when -he -was -a -kid -that -his -father -was -caught -by -a -riptide -while -swimming -in -the -ocean -he -hadn't -noticed -what -was -happening -until -the -land -was -a -thin -line -on -the -horizon -he -became -exhausted -swimming -back -and -drowned -his -body -was -found -a -week -later -by -the -coroner's -estimate -paul -never -really -believed -this -story -because -his -mother's -face -was -sad -in -the -wrong -way -when -she -told -it -she -said -he -looked -like -his -father -but -she -also -said -all -men -look -alike -paul -realized -he'd -been -standing -at -the -kitchen -window -for -a -long -time -looking -out -at -the -shed -without -realizing -it -he -went -out -to -take -an -inventory -of -everything -inside -where -you -going -asked -his -mother -to -the -shed -i'll -be -back -in -a -bit -he -said diff --git a/river/feedingtheraven.river b/river/feedingtheraven.river deleted file mode 100644 index aaa8d63..0000000 --- a/river/feedingtheraven.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,343 +0,0 @@ -you -never -can -tell -just -when -charlie -sheen -will -enter -your -life -for -me -it -was -last -thursday -i -was -reading -some -translation -of -a -japanese -translation -of -the -raven -in -which -the -poe -and -the -raven -become -friends -at -one -point -the -raven -gets -very -sick -and -poe -feeds -him -at -his -bedside -and -nurses -him -back -to -health -the -story -was -very -heartwarming -and -sad -at -the -same -time -and -my -tears -were -welling -up -when -suddenly -i -heard -a -knock -on -my -door -i -shuffled -over -sniffling -but -managing -to -keep -my -cheeks -dry -to -open -it -of -course -charlie -was -beaming -on -the -other -side -with -a -bag -of -flowers -and -a -grin -like -a -dog's -he -bounded -in -the -room -without -saying -hello -and -threw -the -flowers -in -the -sink -opened -the -refrigerator -and -started -poking -around -i -said -it's -nice -to -see -you -too -and -went -to -my -room -to -get -a -camera -as -well -as -a -notebook -for -him -to -sign -when -i -came -back -he -was -on -the -floor -hunched -and -groaning -i -looked -on -the -table -to -see -a -month-old -half-gallon -of -milk -now -cottage -cheese -half-empty -and -dripping -the -remnants -were -on -his -mouth -and -at -once -i -saw -my -chance -to -become -poe -in -this -translation -of -a -translation -of -a -translation -i -knelt -next -to -charlie -cradled -his -head -in -my -lap -he -looked -up -at -me -with -a -stare -full -of -terror -i -returned -it -levelly -making -cooing -noises -at -him -until -he -calmed -down -when -he -was -calm -he -excused -himself -to -be -sick -on -my -toilet -he -wouldn't -let -me -follow -but -said -he -would -sign -whatever -i -liked -when -he -got -back -after -half -an -hour -passed -and -all -i'd -had -for -company -was -the -ticking -of -the -clock -i -went -to -the -bathroom -door -i -knocked -carefully -once -then -twice -to -no -beaming -face -no -flowers -i -opened -the -door -there -was -shit -on -the -floor -and -the -window -was -open -there -was -a -breeze -blowing diff --git a/river/finding-the-lion.river b/river/finding-the-lion.river deleted file mode 100644 index f14939d..0000000 --- a/river/finding-the-lion.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,131 +0,0 @@ -tonight -as -i -look -up -the -stars -hide -themselves -in -shame -there -is -no -moon -the -sky -is -black -like -my -desk -nothing -like -a -raven -the -streetlights -look -on -the -scene -disinterested -they -have -their -own -small -gossips -of -the -dark -i -came -here -to -find -the -lion -old -friend -but -he -will -not -show -his -flanks -his -paws -his -shoulders -his -mane -i -can -hear -him -laughing -from -his -hiding-place -behind -the -moon -nonexistent -under -the -cold -dead -earth -the -mountain -is -in -front -of -me -now -a -hole -of -stars -daring -me -to -pierce -it -with -my -sight -the -lion's -still -laughing -the -streetlamps -talk -about -me -amongst -themselves -and -go -out -there -never -was -any -lion -they -tell -me -you -only -hear -the -wind -on -the -mountain diff --git a/river/fire.river b/river/fire.river deleted file mode 100644 index 13ea042..0000000 --- a/river/fire.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,315 +0,0 @@ -his -mother -ran -out -of -the -house -in -her -nightgown -what -the -hell -do -you -think -you're -doing -she -hollered -as -paul -watched -the -shed -i'm -burning -the -shed -down -he -said -smiling -isn't -it -warm -it's -warm -enough -out -here -without -that -burning -down -she -said -go -get -the -hose -and -put -this -thing -out -but -mom -do -it -she -said -in -the -tone -of -voice -that -meant -do -it -now -he -went -around -the -side -of -the -house -screwed -the -nozzle -on -grabbed -the -end -of -the -hose -pulled -it -around -the -house -and -waited -for -water -to -come -out -the -end -when -it -did -it -was -not -in -a -very -strong -stream -i -don't -think -this -is -going -to -work -paul -said -to -his -mother -god -damn -it -i -have -to -call -the -fire -department -she -said -and -went -inside -the -house -the -shed -continued -in -its -burning -after -the -fire -department -put -out -the -fire -one -of -the -men -said -your -mother -says -you -set -this -building -on -fire -you -know -arson -is -a -major -offense -i -set -it -on -fire -paul -said -why -because -art -wants -to -be -random -it -wants -to -be -natural -but -it -isn't -humans -create -art -because -we -can't -help -but -see -patterns -in -randomness -but -we -feel -guilty -about -it -the -man -nodded -to -another -man -in -a -blue -uniform -we -want -the -art -to -feel -natural -to -feel -random -but -we -can't -stop -seeing -the -patterns -as -the -man -in -blue -walked -over -and -put -a -hand -on -paul's -shoulder -art -is -unnatural -by -its -very -nature -i -took -my -art -and -gave -it -back -to -nature -as -the -man -led -him -over -to -a -black -and -white -car -and -put -him -inside -he -was -saying -something -about -paul's -right -no -it's -my -left -that -was -hurt -said -paul -but -it's -all -better -now diff --git a/river/first-lines.river b/river/first-lines.river deleted file mode 100644 index c4dd8a3..0000000 --- a/river/first-lines.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1602 +0,0 @@ - -a -dead -man -finds -his -way -into -our -hearts -deadman -html -a -dog -moving -sideways -is -sick -a -man -moving -sideways -is -drunk -movingsideways -html -art -and -craft -are -only -the -inside -and -outside -of -the -same -building -building -html -abraham -abraham -you -are -old -and -cannot -hear -angeltoabraham -html -after -searching -for -days -or -even -months -big-dipper -html -and -you -were -there -in -the -start -of -it -all -and -html -apparently -typewriters -need -ribbon -tapestry -html -bottom -of -the -drink -they -had -ex-machina -html -contents -of -the -shed -paul -html -can -one -truly -describe -an -emotion -eli -asked -me -over -the -walkie-talkie -statements-frag -html -case -duckworth -is -the -cowardly -but -lovable -great -dane -who -solves -mysteries -on -tv -about -author -html -dimly -remembered -celebrity -chefs -shuffle -last-bastion -html -do -you -have -to -say -your -thoughts -out -loud -for -them -to -mean -anything -paul -asked -jill -on -his -first -coffee -break -at -work -question -html -everything -changes -or -everything -stays -the -same -planks -html -everything -changes -or -everything -stays -the -same -swear -html -god -is -love -they -say -but -there -is -love-as-god -html -hymn -386 -jokes -window -html -he -builds -a -ship -as -if -it -were -the -last -thing -shipwright -html -he -chopped -down -a -sapling -pine -tree -and -looked -at -his -watch -sapling -html -he -couldn't -find -a -shirt -to -go -to -work -in -toothpaste -html -he -didn't -go -back -into -the -shed -for -a -long -time -wallpaper -html -he -didn't -have -any -polish -so -he -spit-shined -the -whole -thing -deathstrumpet -html -he -dropped -the -penny -in -the -dryer -turned -it -on -and -turned -around -underwear -html -he -is -so -full -in -himself -squirrel -html -he -looked -down -at -his -hands -idly -while -he -was -typing -hands -html -he -said -at -the -beginning -it's -like -rolling -yarn -into -a -too-small -ball -ouroboros -memory -html -he -sat -down -at -his -writing -desk -and -removed -his -new -pen -from -its -plastic -wrapping -writing -html -he -shrugged -the -wood -off -his -shoulder -letting -it -fall -with -a -clog -onto -the -earth -floor -of -his -writing -shack -leaf -html -he -walked -into -the -woods -for -the -first -time -in -months -stump -html -he -was -born -on -a -few -separate -occasions -green -traffic -lights -at -night -about-the-author -html -he -woke -up -after -eleven -and -didn't -go -outside -all -day -not -even -to -his -writing -shack -cereal -html -he -would -enter -data -at -work -for -fifty -minutes -and -then -go -on -break -yellow -html -he -wrote -jokes -on -the -top -of -a -page -in -his -notebook -joke -html -hello -paul -this -is -jill -jill -noe -remember -me -the -voice -on -the -phone -was -a -woman's -phone -html -his -first -chair -was -a -stool -leg -html -his -mother -drove -him -to -the -hardware -store -on -a -tuesday -hardware -html -his -mother -ran -out -of -the -house -in -her -nightgown -fire -html -how -astonishing -it -is -that -language -can -almost -mean -/ -and -frightening -that -it -does -not -quite -jack -gilbert -opens -his -poem -the -forgotten -dialect -of -the -heart -words-meaning -html -how -does -one -describe -a -poem -on-genre-dimension -html -i -am -a -great -pillar -of -white -smoke -i-am -html -i -can -walk -through -the -rain -that -rare -occurrence -walking-in-the-rain -html -i -didn't -write -this -sestina -yesterday -exasperated -html -i -don't -care -if -they -burn -he -wrote -on -his -last -blank -notecard -snow -html -i -hear -the -rats -run -in-bed -html -i -lost -my -hands -knit -replacement -ones -roughgloves -html -i -need -a -plant -i -need -a -thing -plant -html -i -only -write -poems -on -the -bus -anymore -sense-of-it -html -i -saw -my -life -branching -out -before -me -like -the -green -fig -tree -in -the -story -epigraph -html -i -saw -two -eskimo -girls -playing -a -game -weplayedthosegamestoo -html -i -think -that -i -could -write -formal -poems -onformalpoetry -html -i -thought -i -saw -you -walking -i-think-its-you -html -i -turned -off -the -tv -as -soon -as -the -end -credits -began -dollywood -html -i -want -to -say -i -take -it -all -back -i-want-to-say -html -i -wanted -to -tell -you -something -in -order -to -i-wanted-to-tell-you-something -html -i -was -away -on -vacation -when -i -heard -howithappened -html -i -wish -i'd -kissed -you -when -i -had -the -chance -time-looks-up-to-the-sky -html -i'm -writing -this -now -because -i -have -to -poetry-time -html -if -justin -bieber -isn't -going -for -the -sixteenth -sixteenth-chapel -html -if -you -swallow -hard -enough -listen -html -importance -is -important -philosophy -html -inside -of -my -memory -the -poem -is -another -memory -riptide -memory -html -is -man -the -natural -thing -that -makes -unnatural -things -he -thought -to -himself -as -he -looked -out -the -kitchen -window -at -the -shed -father -html -it -had -gotten -cold -dream -html -it -was -a -gamble -stayed-on-the-bus -html -it -was -one -of -those -nameless -gray -buildings -that -could -be -seen -from -the -street -only -if -larry -craned -his -neck -to -almost -vertical -telemarketer -html -it's -all -jokes -paul -wrote -in -what -he -was -now -calling -his -hymnal -hymnal -html -january -january -html -like -40 -as -i -challenge -anyone -to -come -too -call-me-aural-pleasure -html -look -i -say -look -here -found-typewriter-poem -html -lost -things -have -a -way -of -staying -lost -amber-alert -html -man -of -autumn -cold -wind -cold-wind -html -memory -works -strangely -spooling -its -thread -last-passenger -html -my -anger -is -like -a -peach -he -said -peaches -html -my -body -is -attached -to -your -body -by -a -thin -spittle -of -thought -spittle -html -my -head -is -full -of -fire -my -tongue -swollen -the-night-we-met -html -nothing -is -ever -over -nothing -nothing-is-ever-over -html -nothing -matters -everything -is -sacred -proverbs -html -now -the -ticking -clocks -scare -me -boar -html -of -course -there -is -a -god -prelude -html -okay -so -there -either -is -or -isn't -a -god -purpose-dogs -html -on -your -desk -i -set -a -tangerine -seasonal-affective-disorder -html -paul -began -typing -on -notecards -notes -html -paul -only -did -his -reading -on -the -toilet -toilet -html -paul -took -his -axe -and -went -out -into -the -woods -to -chop -trees -axe -html -paul -was -writing -in -his -diary -about -art -art -html -paul -you -can't -turn -in -your -reports -on -four-by-six -notecards -jill -told -him -after -he -handed -her -his -reports -typed -carefully -on -twelve -four-by-six -notecards -reports -html -riding -the -bus -to -work -is -a -good -way -to -think -or -to -read -paul -thought -to -himself -on -the -bus -ride -to -work -stagnant -html -say -there -are -no -words -say -that -we -are -conjoined -elegyforanalternateself -html -silence -lies -underneath -us -all -in -the -same -way -music-433 -html -it's -the -fucking -moon -big -deal -as -if -apollo11 -html -two -hyperintelligent -pandimensional -beings -creation-myth -html -feel -as -though -i -am -not -a -real -writer -real-writer -html -somewhere -i -remember -reading -advice -for -beginning -writers -not -to -show -their -work -to -anyone -at -least -that -in -the -early -stages -words-irritable-reaching -html -swans -fly -overhead -singing -goodbye -swansong -html -this -man -refused -to -open -his -eyes -man -html -treatise -on -literature -as -spooky -action -at -a -distance -treatise -html -the -definition -of -happiness -is -doing -stuff -that -you -really -like -likingthings -html -the -look -she -gave -me -half-hours -in -heaven -are -three -times -that -in -hell -table -contents -html -the -moon -is -drowning -the -stars -it -pushes -them -moon-drowning -html -the -moon -is -gone -and -in -its -place -a -mirror -looking -at -the -night -sky -now -moongone -html -the -other -side -of -this -mountain -mountain -html -the -problem -with -people -is -this -we -cannot -be -happy -problems -html -the -radio -is -screaming -the -man -worse-looking-over -html -the -self -is -a -serengeti -serengeti -html -there -are -more -modern -ideals -of -beauty -todaniel -html -there -is -a -cave -just -outside -of -flagstaff -made -from -ancient -lava -flows -what-we-are-made-of -html -there -is -a -theory -which -states -the -universe -initial-conditions -html -this -book -is -an -exploration -of -life -of -all -possible -lives -that -could -be -lived -howtoread -html -this -poem -is -dry -like -chapped -lips -swansong-alt -html -tonight -as -i -look -up -the -stars -finding-the-lion -html -waiting -for -a -reading -to -start -the-sea -the-beach -html -walking -along -in -the -dark -is -a -good -way -to -begin -a -song -lovesong -html -walter -rides -the -bus -into -work -on -wednesday -morning -when -he -realizes -with -the -force -and -surprise -of -a -rogue -current -that -he -is -in -the -home-for-death -phase -of -life -lappel-du-vide -html -we -found -your -shirt -deep -in -the -dark -water -theoceanoverflowswithcamels -html -what -did -he -do -when -he -was -in -the -woods -options -html -what -do -you -do -all -day -in -that -shed -out -back -his -mother -asked -one -night -while -they -ate -dinner -in -front -of -the -tv -shed -html -what -is -a -poem -manifesto -poetics -html -what -is -poetry -arspoetica -html -what -secrets -does -it -hold -largest-asteroid -html -when -i -think -of -death -i -think -death-zone -html -when -ronald -mcdonald -takes -off -his -striped -shirt -ronaldmcdonald -html -when -he -finally -got -back -to -work -he -was -surprised -they -threw -him -a -party -punch -html -when -he -said -bible -i -heard -his -southern -accent -boy -bus -html -whenever -you -call -me -friend -100-lines -html -while -chopping -a -tree -in -the -woods -with -his -hatchet -a -christmas -gift -from -his -mother -a -bird -he'd -never -heard -before -cried -out -x-ray -html -while -swimming -in -the -river -no-nothing -html -you -cannot -discover -art -art -must -be -created -he -sat -on -the -couch -at -home -while -his -mother -watched -tv -and -smoked -early -html -you -never -can -tell -just -when -charlie -sheen -will -enter -your -life -feedingtheraven -html -you -think -building -hoggle's -a -hard -game -hard-game -html -your -casserole -dish -takes -the -longest -when-im-sorry-i -html -in -mammals -the -ratio -between -bladder -size -something-simple -html -has -been -a -part -of -the -unix -toolset -since -the -late -70s -collage-instrument -html diff --git a/river/found-typewriter-poem.river b/river/found-typewriter-poem.river deleted file mode 100644 index 42a0e3a..0000000 --- a/river/found-typewriter-poem.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,83 +0,0 @@ -look -i -say -look -here -at -this -old -place -where -nothing -changes -look -at -the -people -who -pass -by -look -at -the -trees -the -flowers -full -of -wanting -look -how -full -they -are -with -color -look -how -they -mock -us -empty -people -who -must -fill -themselves -with -changes -emptiness -there -is -nothing -to -be -but -happy -there -is -no -sadness -to -fall -down -like -cherry -petals -the -trees -don't -under -stand -they -are -too -tall -to -see -the -germ -of -discontent -in -us diff --git a/river/hands.river b/river/hands.river deleted file mode 100644 index a6aeecc..0000000 --- a/river/hands.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,167 +0,0 @@ -he -looked -down -at -his -hands -idly -while -he -was -typing -they -were -dry -and -cracked -in -places -he -thought -he -might -start -bleeding -so -he -went -inside -for -some -lotion -do -we -have -any -lotion -he -asked -his -mother -in -the -medicine -cabinet -she -said -without -looking -up -from -the -tv -he -walked -into -the -bathroom -and -looked -at -himself -in -the -mirror -i -look -strange -he -said -to -himself -i -look -like -a -teenager -he -stared -into -his -right -eye -then -his -left -he -saw -nothing -but -his -own -reflection -fish-eyed -in -his -pupils -he -opened -the -medicine -cabinet -back -in -his -writing -shack -he -started -to -type -what -is -it -about -hands -that -gives -them -such -power -it -is -that -their -power -is -hidden -in -the -arm -push -on -the -inside -of -the -wrist -the -hand -closes -reach -under -the -skin -and -pull -on -the -outside -tendons -the -hand -opens -again -hands -are -only -machines -for -grasping -controlled -by -the -arm -not -the -mind diff --git a/river/hard-game.river b/river/hard-game.river deleted file mode 100644 index 320def0..0000000 --- a/river/hard-game.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ -you -think -building -hoggle's -a -hard -game -you -know -bunk -writing -a -ghazal's -a -hard -game -let's -meet -in -a -place -where -words -fabric -play -but -not -plastic -words -boggle's -a -hard -game -a -cookout -where -we -can -hash -our -differences -over -steak -though -making -it -sizzle's -a -hard -game -let's -go -to -a -brothel -rub -shoulders -with -bare -shoulders -or -a -bar -being -wastrel's -a -hard -game -maybe -we -could -switch -professions -you -and -i -you -write -the -poems -i'll -puppet -fozzie -a -hard -game -when -you -call -me -you -never -say -my -name -creativity's -a -hose -shutting -the -nozzle's -the -hard -game diff --git a/river/hardware.river b/river/hardware.river deleted file mode 100644 index 40c9cb2..0000000 --- a/river/hardware.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,173 +0,0 @@ -his -mother -drove -him -to -the -hardware -store -on -a -tuesday -i'm -glad -to -see -you've -taken -my -advice -for -once -she -said -what -do -you -mean -applying -to -work -at -the -hardware -store -i'm -proud -of -you -paul -oh -right -sure -thing -they -pulled -into -the -parking -lot -just -be -a -minute -he -said -as -he -opened -the -car -door -he -walked -under -the -door -resplendent -in -its -king -william -orange -and -white -he -saw -the -towering -rows -of -shelves -like -mountain -ridges -in -hell -he -strolled -among -the -fixtures -pipes -planks -sheets -plants -why -plants -he -thought -switches -he -realized -he -didn't -know -the -first -thing -about -building -furniture -i -don't -know -the -first -thing -he -muttered -to -himself -about -building -furniture -i -know -the -last -thing -would -be -a -couch -or -chair -or -stool -but -the -first -thing -is -a -mystery -he -turned -around -and -walked -straight -out -of -the -store -and -to -his -mother's -car -without -looking -up -how'd -it -go -she -asked -starting -the -car -great -he -said diff --git a/river/howithappened.river b/river/howithappened.river deleted file mode 100644 index a406f3a..0000000 --- a/river/howithappened.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,138 +0,0 @@ -i -was -away -on -vacation -when -i -heard -someone -sat -at -my -desk -while -i -was -away -they -took -my -pen -while -i -was -taking -surf -lessons -and -wrote -the -sun -into -the -sky -they -pre-approved -the -earth -and -the -waters -and -all -of -the -living -things -without -even -having -the -decency -to -text -me -it -was -not -i -who -was -behind -the -phrase -creeping -things -when -i -got -back -of -course -i -was -pissed -but -it -was -already -written -into -the -policy -i'm -just -saying -don't -blame -me -for -cain -killing -abel -that -was -a -murder -i'm -not -a -cop -the -tower -of -babel -fell -on -its -own -the -ark -never -saw -a -single -drop -of -rain -i'm -the -drunk -sitting -on -the -curb -who -just -pissed -his -pants -holding -up -a -sign -asking -where -i -am diff --git a/river/howtoread.river b/river/howtoread.river deleted file mode 100644 index cb021ac..0000000 --- a/river/howtoread.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1574 +0,0 @@ -this -book -is -an -exploration -of -life -of -all -possible -lives -that -could -be -lived -each -of -the -poems -contained -herein -have -been -written -by -a -different -person -with -his -own -history -culture -and -emotions -true -they -are -all -related -but -no -more -than -any -of -us -is -related -through -our -genetics -our -shared -planet -or -our -yearnings -fernando -pessoa -wrote -poems -under -four -different -identities -he -called -them -heteronyms -that -were -known -during -his -lifetime -though -after -his -death -over -sixty -have -been -found -and -catalogued -he -called -them -heteronyms -as -opposed -to -pseudonyms -because -they -were -much -more -than -names -he -wrote -under -they -were -truly -different -writing -selves -concerned -with -different -ideas -and -writing -with -different -styles -alberto -caeiro -wrote -pastorals -ricardo -reis -wrote -more -formal -odes -lvaro -de -campos -wrote -these -long -whitman-esque -pieces -one -to -whitman -himself -and -pessoa's -own -name -was -used -for -poems -that -are -kind -of -similar -to -all -the -others -it -seems -as -though -pessoa -found -it -inefficient -to -try -and -write -everything -he -wanted -only -in -his -own -self -rather -he -parceled -out -the -different -pieces -and -developed -them -into -full -identities -at -the -cost -of -his -own -i -subsist -as -a -kind -of -medium -of -myself -but -i'm -less -real -than -the -others -less -substantial -less -personal -and -easily -influenced -by -them -all -de -campos -said -of -him -at -one -point -fernando -pessoa -strictly -speaking -doesn't -exist -it's -not -just -pessoa -i -strictly -speaking -don't -exist -both -as -the -specific -me -that -writes -this -now -and -as -the -concept -of -selfhood -the -ego -heraclitus -famously -said -that -we -can't -step -into -the -same -river -twice -and -the -fact -of -the -matter -is -that -we -can't -occupy -the -same -self -twice -it's -constantly -changing -and -adapting -to -new -stimuli -from -the -environment -from -other -selves -from -inside -itself -and -each -time -it -forms -anew -into -something -that's -never -existed -before -the -person -i -am -beginning -a -poem -is -a -separate -being -than -the -one -i -am -finishing -a -poem -and -part -of -it -is -the -poem -i've -written -has -brought -forth -some -other -dish -onto -the -great -table -that -is -myself -in -the -same -way -with -each -poem -you -read -of -this -you -too -could -become -a -different -person -depending -on -which -order -you -read -them -in -you -could -be -any -number -of -possible -people -if -you -follow -the -threads -i've -laid -out -for -you -there -are -so -many -possible -selves -if -you -disregard -those -and -go -a -different -way -there -are -quite -a -few -more -however -at -the -end -of -the -journey -there -is -only -one -self -that -you -will -occupy -the -others -disappearing -from -this -universe -and -going -maybe -somewhere -else -maybe -nowhere -at -all -there -is -a -scene -in -the -neverending -story -where -bastian -is -trying -to -find -his -way -out -of -the -desert -he -opens -a -door -and -finds -himself -in -the -temple -of -a -thousand -doors -which -is -never -seen -from -the -outside -but -only -once -someone -enters -it -it -is -a -series -of -rooms -with -six -sides -each -and -three -doors -one -from -the -room -before -and -two -choices -in -life -each -of -these -rooms -is -a -moment -but -where -bastian -can -choose -which -of -only -two -doors -to -enter -each -time -in -life -there -can -be -any -number -of -doors -and -we -don't -always -choose -which -to -go -through -in -fact -i -would -argue -that -most -of -the -time -we -aren't -allowed -the -luxury -what -happens -to -those -other -doors -those -other -possibilities -is -there -some -other -version -of -the -self -that -for -whatever -complexities -of -circumstance -and -will -chose -a -different -door -at -an -earlier -moment -the -answer -to -this -of -course -is -that -we -can -never -know -for -sure -though -this -doesn't -keep -us -from -trying -through -the -process -of -regret -we -go -back -and -try -that -other -door -in -our -mind -extrapolating -a -possible -present -from -our -own -past -this -is -ultimately -unsatisfying -not -only -because -whatever -world -is -imagined -is -not -the -one -currently -lived -but -because -it -becomes -obvious -that -the -alternate -model -of -reality -is -not -complete -we -can -only -extrapolate -from -the -original -room -absolutely -without -knowledge -of -any -subsequent -possible -choices -this -causes -a -deep -disappointment -a -frustration -with -the -inability -to -know -all -possible -timelines -coupled -with -the -insecurity -that -this -may -not -be -the -best -of -all -possible -worlds -that -we -feel -as -regret -in -this -way -every -moment -we -live -is -an -elegy -to -every -possible -future -that -might -have -stemmed -from -it -annie -dillard -states -this -in -a -biological -manner -when -she -says -in -pilgrim -at -tinker -creek -every -glistening -egg -is -a -memento -mori -nature -is -inefficient -it -spends -a -hundred -lifetimes -to -get -one -that -barely -works -the -fossil -record -is -littered -with -the -failed -experiments -of -evolution -many -of -which -failed -due -only -to -blind -chance -an -asteroid -a -shift -in -weather -patterns -an -inefficient -copulation -method -each -living -person -today -has -twenty -dead -standing -behind -him -and -that -only -counts -the -people -that -actually -lived -how -many -missed -opportunities -stand -behind -any -of -us -the -real -problem -with -all -of -this -is -that -time -is -only -additive -there's -no -way -to -dial -it -back -and -start -over -with -new -choices -or -new -environments -even -when -given -the -chance -to -do -something -again -we -do -it -again -with -the -reality -given -by -our -previous -action -thus -we -are -constantly -creating -and -being -created -by -the -world -the -self -is -never -the -same -from -one -moment -to -the -next -a -poem -is -like -a -snapshot -of -a -self -if -it's -any -good -it -captures -the -emotional -core -of -the -self -at -the -time -of -writing -for -communication -with -future -selves -either -within -the -same -person -or -outside -of -it -thus -revision -is -possible -and -the -new -poem -created -will -be -yet -another -snapshot -of -the -future -self -as -changed -by -the -original -poem -the -page -becomes -a -window -into -the -past -a -particular -past -as -experienced -by -one -self -the -poem -is -a -remembering -of -a -self -that -no -longer -exists -in -other -words -an -elegy -a -snapshot -doesn't -capture -the -entire -subject -however -it -leaves -out -the -background -as -it's -obscured -by -foreground -objects -it -fails -to -include -anything -that -isn't -contained -in -its -finite -frame -in -order -to -build -a -working -definition -of -identity -we -must -include -all -possible -selves -over -all -possible -timelines -combined -into -one -person -identity -is -the -combined -effect -of -all -possible -selves -over -time -a -poem -leaves -much -of -this -out -it -is -the -one -person -standing -in -front -of -twenty -ghosts -a -poem -is -the -place -where -the -selves -of -the -reader -and -the -speaker -meet -in -their -respective -times -and -places -in -this -way -a -poem -is -outside -of -time -or -place -because -it -changes -its -location -each -time -it's -read -each -time -it's -two -different -people -meeting -the -problem -with -a -poem -is -that -it's -such -a -small -window -if -we -met -in -real -life -the -way -we -met -in -poems -we -would -see -nothing -of -anyone -else -but -a -square -the -size -of -a -postage -stamp -it -has -been -argued -this -is -the -way -we -see -time -and -ourselves -in -it -as -well -vonnegut -uses -the -metaphor -of -a -subject -strapped -to -a -railroad -car -moving -at -a -set -pace -with -a -six-foot-long -metal -tube -placed -in -front -of -the -subject's -eye -the -landscape -in -the -distance -is -time -and -what -we -see -is -the -only -way -in -which -we -interact -with -it -it's -the -same -with -a -poem -and -the -self -we -can -only -see -and -interact -with -a -small -kernel -this -is -why -it's -possible -to -write -more -than -one -poem -due -to -this -kernel -nature -of -poetry -a -good -poem -should -focus -itself -to -extract -as -much -meaning -as -possible -from -that -one -kernel -of -identity -to -which -it -has -access -it -should -be -an -atom -of -selfhood -irreducible -and -resistant -to -paraphrase -because -it -tries -to -somehow -echo -the -large -unsayable -part -of -identity -outside -the -frame -of -the -self -it -is -the -kernel -that -contains -a -universe -or -that -speaks -around -one -that's -hidden -if -it's -a -successful -poem -then -it -makes -the -smallest -circuit -possible -this -is -why -the -commentary -on -poems -is -so -voluminous -a -poem -is -tightly -packed -meaning -that -commentators -try -to -unpack -to -get -at -that -universality -inside -it -a -fortress -of -dialectic -is -constructed -that -ultimately -obstructs -the -meaning -behind -the -poem -it -becomes -the -foreground -in -the -photograph -that -disallows -us -to -view -the -horizon -beyond -it -with -this -in -mind -i -collect -these -poems -that -were -written -over -a -period -of -four -years -into -this -book -where -i -can -i -insert -cross-references -like -the -one -above -in -the -margin -to -other -pieces -in -the -text -where -i -think -the -two -resonate -in -some -way -you -can -read -this -book -in -any -way -you'd -like -you -can -go -front-to-back -or -back-to-front -or -you -can -follow -the -arrows -around -or -you -can -work -out -a -complex -mathematical -formula -with -merseinne -primes -and -logarithms -and -the -2000 -census -information -or -you -can -go -completely -randomly -through -like -a -magazine -or -at -least -the -way -i -flip -through -magazines -i -think -writing -is -a -communication -of -the -self -and -i -think -this -is -the -best -way -to -communicate -mine -in -all -its -multiversity diff --git a/river/hymnal.river b/river/hymnal.river deleted file mode 100644 index f617d80..0000000 --- a/river/hymnal.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,195 +0,0 @@ -it's -all -jokes -paul -wrote -in -what -he -was -now -calling -his -hymnal -he -had -been -writing -non-stop -all -day -because -he -didn't -count -pee -or -cigarette -breaks -all -art -is -an -inside -joke -the -symbology -involved -must -be -and -here -he -put -down -his -pen -and -held -his -head -in -his -hands -he -could -never -think -of -the -word -he -said -often -that -he -had -no -words -he -opened -to -a -new -page -in -his -hymnal -on -the -top -of -it -was -written -in -bold -script -hymn -386 -jokes -paul -scowled -who -had -written -in -his -hymnal -he -wondered -he -said -it -out -loud -a -moment -after -who -has -written -in -my -hymnal -he -realized -he -was -alone -in -his -writing -shack -which -was -really -a -shed -in -the -back -of -his -mother's -garden -he -wondered -why -he -had -to -say -his -thoughts -before -they -became -real -to -him -if -this -was -a -habit -or -an -inborn -trait -he -realized -simultaneously -that -a -he -could -ask -someone -and -b -that -this -was -something -he -wondered -every -time -he -spoke -his -thoughts -out -loud -he -resolved -to -put -the -issue -to -rest -by -asking -someone diff --git a/river/i-am.river b/river/i-am.river deleted file mode 100644 index 6ab6296..0000000 --- a/river/i-am.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,169 +0,0 @@ -i -am -a -great -pillar -of -white -smoke -i -am -lot's -nameless -wife -encased -in -salt -i -am -the -wound -on -christ's -back -as -he -moans -with -the -pounding -of -a -hammer -on -his -wrist -i -am -the -nail -that -holds -my -house -together -it -is -a -strong -house -built -on -a -good -foundation -in -the -winter -it -is -warm -and -crawling -things -cannot -get -in -this -house -will -never -burn -down -it -is -the -house -that -i -built -with -my -body -and -with -my -strength -i -am -the -only -one -who -lives -here -i -am -both -father -and -mother -to -a -race -of -dust -motes -that -worship -me -as -a -god -i -have -monuments -built -daily -in -my -honor -in -dark -corners -around -the -house -i -destroy -all -of -them -before -i -go -to -bed -but -in -the -morning -there -are -still -more -i -don't -think -i -know -where -all -of -them -are -i -don't -think -i -can -get -to -all -of -them -anymore -there -are -too -many diff --git a/river/i-think-its-you.river b/river/i-think-its-you.river deleted file mode 100644 index f2796f8..0000000 --- a/river/i-think-its-you.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -i -thought -i -saw -you -walking -to -the -bus -stop -but -it -was -only -a -raven -his -croaks -sounded -nothing -like -your -footsteps -as -they -pound -down -the -hallway -toward -my -bedroom -his -wings -looked -nothing -like -your -legs -running -on -the -wrong -side -of -the -road -away -from -my -house -i -think -the -one -resemblance -was -the -eyes -but -that's -too -easy -it's -just -that -i -was -thinking -of -you -and -a -raven -flew -by -maybe -it -was -a -crow diff --git a/river/i-want-to-say.river b/river/i-want-to-say.river deleted file mode 100644 index 62ead09..0000000 --- a/river/i-want-to-say.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,287 +0,0 @@ -i -want -to -say -i -take -it -all -back -i -want -i -want -to -take -it -back -i -want -it -none -of -it -to -be -ever -have -happened -not -when -i -saw -you -step -over -the -rope -when -we -went -to -new -york -for -a -week -but -stayed -upstate -when -you -punched -me -hard -in -the -solar -plexus -in -prague -when -i -looked -in -your -face -and -saw -myself -looking -back -smiling -when -we -went -on -another -trip -and -another -all -the -trips -i -want -to -have -stayed -home -i -want -to -have -seen -the -clouds -drifting -past -my -car -window -to -have -listened -to -that -sound -the -bridge -makes -driving -over -it -without -thinking -of -you -always -it -was -you -i -want -i -want -to -be -fresh -i -want -to -roll -out -of -bed -as -though -it -were -my -first -morning -in -a -new -state -i -want -nothing -more -than -absolution -of -sins -a -negation -but -there -is -no -way -to -subtract -here -i -cannot -remove -this -growth -that -appeared -seemingly -overnight -i -cannot -cut -you -away -from -myself -i -cannot -forget -what -has -already -and -will -always -have -been -i -cannot -get -out -of -a -new -bed -ever -new -york -will -always -be -as -it -was -when -i -saw -it -first -with -you -my -breathing -will -always -be -labored -outside -of -the -cafe -i -will -always -see -you -when -i -look -in -a -mirror -of -someone's -face -the -reflection -of -missed -thoughts -missed -words -will -cease -to -give -meaning -the -center -will -come -out -of -me -i -will -make -a -new -center -yes -i -will -drag -what -is -your -center -around -with -me -and -repeat -and -repeat -again -i -cannot -want -cannot -want -want -not diff --git a/river/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.river b/river/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.river deleted file mode 100644 index 5bf2a6c..0000000 --- a/river/i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,368 +0,0 @@ -i -wanted -to -tell -you -something -in -order -to -explain -the -way -i -feel -about -the -universe -its -workings -etc -but -i -couldn't -yesterday -i'm -sorry -i -wanted -only -to -ball -myself -up -and -cry -all -day -it -was -the -sixteenth -day -in -a -row -this -happened -to -me -and -to -be -more -than -two -weeks -waiting -to -cry -is -especially -when -the -whole -time -i -wasn't -able -to -absolutely -horrible -it -was -no -sweet -sixteen -i'll -tell -you -that -much -unless -at -yours -the -universe -kept -telling -you -to -quit -having -such -a -ball -and -that -you -should -have -died -like -yesterday -at -first -it -feels -like -you're -winning -that -yesterday -you -really -were -meant -to -die -but -since -you -still -are -you -beat -the -system -somehow -but -the -universe -bawls -no -i -meant -you -should've -crawled -into -a -hole -and -fucking -died -and -then -the -universe -punches -you -right -in -the -gut -something -like -sixteen -times -and -all -you -can -think -is -some -sixteenth -birthday -maybe -i -will -go -die -in -a -hole -yesterday -at -times -like -this -is -a -luxury -the -cruel -universe -refuses -to -give -you -this -is -when -it's -a -pain -just -to -be -when -that -marvell -line -about -rolling -our -stuff -into -one -ball -just -seems -glib -when -you -don't -want -one -body -let -alone -two -something -else -that -may -come -as -a -surprise -to -you -over -the -past -more-than-a-fortnight -these -sixteen -days -i've -had -nothing -to -eat -but -crackers -and -a -cheese -ball -that's -not -entirely -true -yesterday -i -had -some -candy -peppermints -and -jujubes -maybe -this -is -why -i'm -so -mad -at -the -universe -because -all -it -has -ever -wanted -this -universe -that -gave -me -life -fed -me -from -its -breast -til -i -was -two -and -even -before -that -made -a -place -in -which -i -could -be -all -it's -wanted -was -for -me -to -take -the -sixteen -steps -to -sobriety -fold -the -eight-fold -path -over -yesterday -and -step -around -it -lightly -as -i -would -an -exercise -ball -but -the -problem -is -dear -universe -there's -no -way -i -could -be -something -as -hard -as -all -that -to -wake -up -yesterday -morning -stretch -over -my -sixteen -selves -bound -out -like -a -ball diff --git a/river/in-bed.river b/river/in-bed.river deleted file mode 100644 index ea901b2..0000000 --- a/river/in-bed.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,407 +0,0 @@ -i -i -hear -the -rats -run -in -the -walls -like -water -through -a -tree -my -blood -thickens -as -i -dream -the -masturbation -dream -the -shelf -above -my -bed -falls -covering -me -in -dirt -and -decaying -beetles -i -see -my -reflection -is -headless -ii -when -the -waves -stop -and -the -moon -grins -down -to -overtake -me -the -car -ran -up -the -street -that -night -when -you -were -nearly -molested -in -your -neighbor's -house -is -this -why -we -don't -have -neighbors -for -this -the -trees -rot -only -for -us -iii -i -woke -screaming -and -you -came -to -sit -next -to -me -i -felt -my -eyes -were -open -too -wide -that -i -could -not -shut -them -from -the -horror -movie -sitting -on -your -lap -in -the -easy -chair -in -the -dream -the -other -dream -in -the -living -room -under -the -tree -why -do -i -feel -guilty -iv -i -wake -up -in -a -pool -of -water -closed -over -me -like -an -eyelid -there -is -no -longer -comfort -in -staring -at -the -ceiling -its -pitch -blackness -beckons -into -a -future -of -blankness -my -body -lay -still -quaking -my -mind -is -chained -fast -to -the -beating -of -my -heart -v -i -sit -up -slowly -creaking -i -find -myself -alone -buried -in -an -ocean -far -off -there -is -an -eagle -flying -toward -me -she -lands -on -my -knee -and -lays -an -egg -i -think -not -this -again -something -i've -never -thought -in -my -life -vi -i -think -not -this -again -something -i've -never -thought -in -my -life -not -after -losing -my -car -keys -in -the -easy -chair -not -after -scratching -myself -on -a -branch -not -after -finding -the -thing -in -your -dresser -drawer -that -night -i -remember -you -suddenly -vii -you -run -through -me -like -rats -down -an -alley -you -are -in -my -blood -you -scared -me -once -remember -jumped -out -of -the -bathroom -door -i -fell -screaming -onto -the -linoleum -did -you -apologize -did -you -need -to -viii -the -ocean -that -surrounds -me -creaks -like -a -rocking -cradle -your -face -bright -as -the -moon -at -eclipse -and -as -red -low -song -my -tide -stretching -to -the -horizon -ripples -on -the -surface -belie -something -bigger -beneath -ix -in -bed -i -am -alone -for -the -only -time -in -bed -i -am -a -grown -man -below -the -blankets -i -know -you -for -who -you -are -in -bed -i -see -your -face -pressed -against -the -window -i -look -out -and -see -you -and -i -am -not -afraid diff --git a/river/index.river b/river/index.river deleted file mode 100644 index e69de29..0000000 diff --git a/river/initial-conditions.river b/river/initial-conditions.river deleted file mode 100644 index 2557698..0000000 --- a/river/initial-conditions.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,411 +0,0 @@ -there -is -a -theory -which -states -the -universe -if -it -began -with -the -same -initial -conditions -same -gravity -same -strong -weak -nuclear -force -same -size -and -shape -would -unfold -in -exactly -the -way -it -has -with -the -same -planets -orbiting -suns -same -people -making -same -mistakes -like -this -morning -it's -actually -past -two -but -i -will -call -it -morning -while -turning -on -the -shower -i -as -the -universe -intended -although -i -was -expecting -the -heat -of -suns -had -the -ice -of -inner -space -those -pre -existing -conditions -before -the -big -bang -the -shower -was -almost -exactly -freezing -for -a -split -second -every -day -it's -the -same -i -turn -on -the -tap -hop -in -pull -the -knob -have -the -same -moment -of -utter -panic -then -pain -then -a -relaxing -morning -shower -where -i -spend -between -five -to -ten -i'm -not -sure -exactly -minutes -i -have -good -thoughts -this -poem -about -the -universe -for -example -i -had -the -idea -while -i -was -conditioning -my -hair -it -came -to -me -like -accidentally -looking -at -the -sun -the -pain -and -the -wonder -that -something -as -large -as -suns -could -appear -so -small -and -yet -so -hot -all -at -the -same -time -so -hot -in -the -summer -we -require -air -conditioning -although -now -in -the -winter -it's -cold -in -the -morning -and -i -can't -wait -to -hop -in -the -shower -that -tiny -universe -of -water -and -steam -and -soap -and -body -that -and -only -that -exactly -or -rather -exclusively -it's -hard -to -get -the -words -exactly -right -the -meanings -bleed -into -each -other -like -the -sun's -shadows -on -pavement -ready -for -me -to -dream -another -universe -into -it -on -top -of -it -again -and -again -until -they -all -look -the -same -i -can't -tell -whether -it's -my -morning -or -the -shower's -morning -or -where -i -put -the -conditioner -or -what -the -initial -conditions -could -have -been -that -decided -i -would -misplace -my -conditioner -today -and -why -and -how -much -planning -was -involved -exactly -that -would -cause -so -far -down -the -production -line -of -this -morning -me -to -wake -up -so -long -after -the -rising -of -the -sun -me -to -stay -inside -all -day -even -after -showering -to -look -at -the -same -computer -screen -to -give -up -the -actual -universe -to -the -universe -in -there -with -its -conditions -where -the -screen -serves -as -sickly -sun -where -there -is -apparently -exactly -what -i -need -no -more -the -same -three -sites -i -visited -this -morning -comprising -my -entire -universe diff --git a/river/january.river b/river/january.river deleted file mode 100644 index 62946f3..0000000 --- a/river/january.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,243 +0,0 @@ -january -it's -cold -and -i -don't -like -it -i -prefer -warm -weather -although -i -like -sweaters -they -are -the -one -warm -spot -in -an -otherwise -shitty -season -but -fall -is -better -sweater -weather -so -be -patient -patient -while -waiting -for -the -end -of -january -a -change -of -season -brings -a -change -of -mood -along -with -it -although -i -never -thought -i'd -be -one -to -believe -that -sad -junk -about -effects -of -weather -weather -on -a -person -who -becomes -a -patient -just -because -of -one -month -of -snow -i -did -say -of -january -it's -cold -and -i -don't -like -it -but -i -hardly -think -it's -fair -knocking -whole -seasons -seasoning -your -conversation -with -demands -for -better -weather -while -i -find -it -nearly -impossible -it's -my -mission -to -be -patient -while -waiting -for -the -end -of -january -oh -but -how -the -long -nights -do -so -tax -one -one -warm -spot -in -an -otherwise -shitty -season -all -i -ask -january -is -one -warm -day -do -you -care -whether -i'm -a -person -who -becomes -a -patient -in -some -psych -ward -this -just -about -does -it -i -t -although -i -never -thought -i'd -call -one -is -fair -and -patient -when -i -call -they -talk -with -me -season -my -conversation -of -demands -for -better -weather -with -an -argument -for -the -white -beauty -of -january -they -know -it's -hard -they -say -each -season -has -its -detractors -one -day -they -say -the -weather -will -be -controlled -until -then -patience -in -january diff --git a/river/joke.river b/river/joke.river deleted file mode 100644 index 0b736c3..0000000 --- a/river/joke.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,256 +0,0 @@ -he -wrote -jokes -on -the -top -of -a -page -in -his -notebook -he -had -run -out -of -notecards -and -hadn't -been -able -to -convince -his -mother -to -go -to -the -office -supply -store -for -him -he -left -a -space -underneath -it -and -wrote -tell -us -a -joke -the -listeners -say -to -the -clown -they -have -gather -together -in -the -clearing -because -they -have -heard -he -would -be -there -and -they -have -heard -he -knew -very -funny -jokes -that -were -also -true -tell -us -a -joke -that -is -true -they -say -the -clown -does -not -move -from -the -stump -he -doesn't -move -at -all -the -listeners -watch -gap-mouthed -as -a -butterfly -lands -on -his -hat -a -breeze -ruffles -his -coat -and -the -butterfly -flies -away -hours -pass -the -listeners -grow -impatient -some -begin -yelling -insults -at -the -clown -eventually -they -begin -to -walk -away -into -the -woods -the -moon -rises -on -the -clearing -the -only -people -left -are -the -clown -and -a -listener -the -last -listener -she -has -been -waiting -for -the -joke -a -long -time -the -clown -opens -his -mouth -and -she -leans -in -closer -to -hear -he -closes -it -as -a -tear -falls -onto -his -coat -then -another -he -opens -his -mouth -again -in -a -sob -the -listener -walks -over -to -him -and -puts -a -hand -on -his -shoulder -i'm -sorry -says -the -clown -sorry -for -what -she -asks -i -don't -know -i -don't -know -any -jokes -he -disappears -the -last -listener -sits -on -the -log -and -looks -at -the -sky -there -are -no -stars diff --git a/river/lappel-du-vide.river b/river/lappel-du-vide.river deleted file mode 100644 index 6ea398b..0000000 --- a/river/lappel-du-vide.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,360 +0,0 @@ -i -walter -walter -rides -the -bus -into -work -on -wednesday -morning -when -he -realizes -with -the -force -and -surprise -of -a -rogue -current -that -he -is -in -the -home-for-death -phase -of -life -that -era -in -which -the -next -time -he -goes -under -to -the -fields -of -seaweed -waving -gently -the -anemones -slowly -filtering -seawater -it -will -most -likely -be -for -a -death -in -the -family -he -is -able -to -idly -speculate -on -who -it -might -be -and -this -surprises -him -not -much -does -surprise -him -after -these -few -months -above -the -waves -because -so -many -things -did -surprise -him -those -first -few -months -the -plants -standing -still -the -quickness -of -the -fluid -these -creatures -walk -in -the -lack -of -pressure -that -still -makes -him -feel -so -alone -and -cold -as -if -all -of -his -life -he -had -been -in -an -embrace -by -the -ocean -and -now -for -some -reason -it's -pulled -away -from -him -and -it -doesn't -love -him -anymore -his -speculations -lead -him -to -picture -his -grandmother -small -and -frail -and -forgetful -he -always -assumed -she'd -be -next -since -last -year -when -the -other -one -died -and -gina -said -i -wonder -who'll -be -next -she -said -what -they'd -both -been -thinking -soon -after -that -he'd -come -up -to -land -to -the -mountains -of -all -places -the -most -land-like -land -and -started -a -job -with -an -accounting -firm -while -it -was -challenging -to -adjust -to -the -change -in -pressure -and -movement -to -people -staring -at -him -on -the -bus -in -the -supermarket -at -the -job -him -with -his -scales -and -fins -and -breathing -machine -he'd -always -made -a -point -to -make -the -best -out -of -a -situation -the -problem -was -that -the -best -wasn't -good -enough -ii -l'appel -du -vide -verse -and -i'll -get -in -my -car -and -drive -and -i'll -want -to -keep -driving -straight -into -the -next -state -or -even -the -next -country -or -even -even -the -ocean -and -go -down -deeper -keep -exploring -forever -find -out -what's -down -there -go -to -the -marianas -trench -miss -the -air -world -and -come -back -up -itself -a -kind -of -unknown -the -homecoming -after -what -happened -to -the -home -i -was diff --git a/river/largest-asteroid.river b/river/largest-asteroid.river deleted file mode 100644 index 8dc662f..0000000 --- a/river/largest-asteroid.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,162 +0,0 @@ -what -secrets -does -it -hold -can -it -tell -us -who -kissed -sara -that -night -on -the -veranda -or -who -joey -is -really -in -love -with -we -all -know -it -isn't -sara -we -mean -look -at -them -christmas -eve -and -he's -staring -whistfully -at -the -stars -or -the -largest -asteroid -in -the -asteroid -belt -she's -staring -at -him -sure -but -she -sees -the -twinkle -in -his -eye -is -not -aimed -in -her -direction -the -reflection -of -that -reflection -will -beam -into -space -lightyears -of -space -dimming -slowly -each -second -until -it -dies -out -like -all -of -sara's -hopes -for -something -resembling -love -in -this -life -real -love -that -takes -hold -of -her -by -the -throat -and -refuses -to -let -go -love -that -makes -men -travel -for -her -and -only -for -her -love -that -launches -space -ships -to -that -asteroid -the -largest -in -the -asteroid -belt -that -jewel -of -dead -rock -and -ice -harboring -something -that -could've -been -life -and -nothing -that -actually -is diff --git a/river/last-bastion.river b/river/last-bastion.river deleted file mode 100644 index 1a69059..0000000 --- a/river/last-bastion.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,229 +0,0 @@ -dimly -remembered -celebrity -chefs -shuffle -down -the -cold -and -darkened -highways -of -the -heart -they -are -the -last -personality -left -they -are -the -meek -who -inherited -the -heart -what -was -left -of -it -without -food -to -cook -in -new -or -exciting -ways -nor -audience -to -gasp -and -cackle -the -chefs -of -the -heart -quietly -waste -away -while -staring -doe-eyed -into -now-empty -safeway -windows -checking -under -the -dusty -produce -shelves -for -something -they -pray -the -rats -haven't -found -yet -years -ago -the -economy -of -the -heart -boomed -and -there -was -food -everywhere -produce -piled -high -in -pyramids -of -devotion -meat -in -gilded -glass -cases -opulent -under -fluorescence -dairy -which -ran -like -the -mythical -river -toward -cereals -hot -and -cold -under -it -all -thrumming -like -great -stone -wheels -on -sand -under -a -hot -sun -near -a -river -where -reeds -sang -in -the -wind -the -heart -produced -and -gave -reward -for -hard -labor -no -one -knows -when -it -all -ended -no -one -can -say -if -it -was -the -heart -that -dried -up -or -the -heart's -supply -either -way -food -of -the -heart -became -scarcer -and -scarcer -people -began -dying -not -of -starvation -but -of -a -certain -facial -expression -that -could -only -be -described -as -desperation -now -all -that -are -left -are -the -celebrity -chefs -last -bastion -of -a -once -mighty -empire -of -the -heart -are -reduced -to -husks -blown -dry -by -wind diff --git a/river/last-passenger.river b/river/last-passenger.river deleted file mode 100644 index 880defa..0000000 --- a/river/last-passenger.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,169 +0,0 @@ -memory -works -strangely -spooling -its -thread -over -the -nails -of -events -barely -related -creating -finally -some -picture -if -we're -lucky -of -a -life -but -more -likely -it -knots -itself -catches -on -a -nail -or -in -our -throats -that -gasp -as -it -binds -our -necks -for -air -an -example -today -marks -one -hundred -years -since -your -namesake -the -last -living -passenger -pigeon -died -in -cincinnati -it -also -marks -a -year -since -we -last -spoke -although -around -the -world -zoos -mourn -her -loss -i'm -done -with -you -i -mourn -no -more -your -voice -the -first -sound -i -heard -outside -my -body -that -reached -into -my -throat -and -set -me -ringing -but -that -string -memory -that -feels -sometimes -more -like -a -tide -has -yoked -together -bound -your -voice -to -that -bird -the -frozen -stuffed -forgotten -pigeon -my -heart -is -too -easy -but -it -must -do -to -blink -to -flex -its -unused -toes -slowly -thaw -to -the -wetness -of -beating -wings -fly -to -me -again -and -alight -singing -full-throated -on -my -broken -shoulder diff --git a/river/leaf.river b/river/leaf.river deleted file mode 100644 index 4f4591f..0000000 --- a/river/leaf.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,162 +0,0 @@ -he -shrugged -the -wood -off -his -shoulder -letting -it -fall -with -a -clog -onto -the -earth -floor -of -his -writing -shack -he -exhaled -looking -out -of -the -window -he -hoped -to -see -a -bird -fly -by -maybe -a -blue -jay -or -raven -no -bird -did -he -inhaled -he -exhaled -again -in -a -way -that -could -only -be -classified -as -a -sigh -he -sat -down -at -his -writing -desk -he -began -shuffling -through -what -he'd -written -trying -to -find -some -sort -of -pattern -each -piece -of -paper -each -leaf -at -this -he -smiled -is -like -a -tree -in -the -forest -he -was -writing -as -he -thought -aloud -i -as -the -artist -as -the -writer -must -select -which -to -use -chop -down -those -trees -bring -them -back -to -my -shed -and -and -he -frowned -as -he -realized -the -only -end -to -this -metaphor -was -fire -he -ran -his -fingers -through -his -hair -in -a -self-soothing -gesture -i -need -to -build -some -furniture -he -thought diff --git a/river/leg.river b/river/leg.river deleted file mode 100644 index 2405c5e..0000000 --- a/river/leg.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,175 +0,0 @@ -his -first -chair -was -a -stool -it -was -an -uneven -wobbly -stool -that -would -not -support -even -forty -pounds -so -my -first -chair -is -a -broken -stool -he -said -after -nearly -breaking -his -tailbone -on -the -dirt -floor -maybe -i -should -start -again -but -this -time -only -with -legs -he -began -again -but -this -time -only -with -legs -he -built -one -leg -which -means -he -cut -a -straight -piece -of -wood -down -to -four -feet -in -length -whittled -the -bark -off -and -sanded -it -down -smooth -in -what -he -was -now -calling -his -woodworking -shack -he -typed -up -a -note -on -how -to -make -chair -legs -making -chair -legs -get -longish -piece -of -wood -cut -it -to -length -4 -feet -i'd -recommend -whittle -off -bark -sand -smooth -the -leg -after -he -tried -remembered -tried -standing -the -leg -up -failing -and -after -much -thought -realizing -that -the -ends -needed -to -be -flat -he -typed -one -more -line -on -his -notecard -make -ends -flat -he -had -no -tools -with -which -to -flatten -the -ends -of -his -leg diff --git a/river/likingthings.river b/river/likingthings.river deleted file mode 100644 index a4f5cee..0000000 --- a/river/likingthings.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,499 +0,0 @@ -the -definition -of -happiness -is -doing -stuff -that -you -really -like -that -stuff -can -be -eating -soup -going -to -the -bathroom -walking -the -dog -playing -dungeons -and -dragons -whatever -keeps -your -mind -off -the -fact -that -you're -so -goddamn -unhappy -all -the -time -that -incidentally -is -the -definition -of -like -that -feeling -you -get -when -you -forget -how -miserable -you -are -for -just -a -little -bit -thus -people -like -doing -stuff -they -like -all -the -time -as -often -as -possible -because -if -they -remember -how -horrible -they -really -feel -at -not -having -a -background -to -put -themselves -against -they -will -want -to -hurt -themselves -and -those -around -them -the -funny -thing -is -that -something -we -people -really -like -to -do -is -hurt -ourselves -and -those -around -us -we -do -this -by -thinking -other -people -are -more -unhappy -than -we -are -we -convince -themselves -that -we -are -truly -happy -ecstatic -even -while -they -merely -plod -around -life -half-heartedly -or -if -they're -lucky -incorrectly -we -take -it -upon -ourselves -seeing -as -we -are -so -happy -and -can -spare -a -little -bit -of -happiness -to -help -them -become -happy -as -well -we -fail -to -realize -that -the -people -will -probably -not -appreciate -our -thinking -that -we're -better -than -they -are -somehow -for -that -is -what -we -do -even -if -we -don't -mean -it -we -forget -that -we -are -also -unhappy -and -that -we -are -just -doing -things -we -like -in -order -to -cheer -ourselves -up -a -little -bit -which -really -means -that -this -cheering -is -working -but -there -is -such -a -thing -as -working -too -well -so -in -a -sense -what -i'm -doing -here -is -cheering -myself -up -by -reminding -you -that -you -are -unhappy -i'm -trying -to -keep -you -honest -in -your -unhappiness -and -i -admit -this -is -usually -called -a -dick -move -in -fact -the -best -way -to -overcome -happy-hungering -this -is -the -term -as -i -dub -it -is -commit -as -many -dick -moves -as -possible -to -keep -people -remembering -that -unhappiness -abounds -if -you -see -someone -smiling -like -a -little -dog -who -knows -it's -about -to -get -pet -or -get -a -treat -or -go -to -the -vet -to -donate -doggy -sperm -smile -back -grin -toothily -a -little -too -toothily -for -a -little -too -long -their -smile -will -start -to -fade -if -you're -doing -it -right -saunter -to -them -slide -as -if -you're -an -olympic -quality -ice-skater -as -if -you're -a -really -good -bowler -who -knows -he's -playing -against -twelve -year -olds -and'll -win -by -a -hundred -get -really -close -far -too -close -for -what -most -people -would -call -comfort -and -remind -them -of -how -awful -life -can -be -i -really -like -your -shirt -really -only -children -chained -to -looms -can -get -that -tight -of -a -weave -you -can -say -or -you're -not -really -going -to -recycle -that -coffee -cup -are -you -they -will -probably -get -angry -but -that's -what's -supposed -to -happen -by -making -dick -moves -you -can -overcome -what -may -be -the -biggest -evil -on -this -earth -happy-hungering diff --git a/river/listen.river b/river/listen.river deleted file mode 100644 index 5cc5beb..0000000 --- a/river/listen.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -if -you -swallow -hard -enough -you'll -feel -the -stone -the -one -we -all -have -waiting -once -i -found -the -stone -in -the -sea -it -kissed -me -as -the -sea -pawed -at -my -back diff --git a/river/love-as-god.river b/river/love-as-god.river deleted file mode 100644 index ecc6743..0000000 --- a/river/love-as-god.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,330 +0,0 @@ -god -is -love -they -say -but -there -is -no -god -therefore -how -can -there -be -love -and -if -there -is -no -love -how -can -there -be -god -there -are -things -in -life -i -suppose -that -are -simply -unanswerable -mysteries -of -existence -maybe -this -god -and -love -are -one -maybe -there -are -many -loves -instead -of -one -the -difference -between -what -isn't -and -what -is -could -merely -be -one -of -scope -the -mystery -is -how -we -speak -only -of -one -love -to -act -as -though -we -know -we -are -supposed -to -love -only -one -other -or -that -one -other -and -god -but -supposing -that -one -other -is -god -what -then -is -the -god-lover -to -walk -alone -supported -by -god -only -when -he -feels -he -is -supposed -to -support -her -what -kind -of -love -is -this -i -would -argue -in -fact -this -isn't -love -this -one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand -mystery -how -to -define -two -loves -as -one -is -the -mystery -it's -obvious -to -many -there -is -a -thing -called -god -and -just -as -obvious -that -there -is -one -called -love -maybe -we -fool -ourselves -we -who -can't -be -alone -maybe -we -don't -know -what -either -god -or -love -is -maybe -and -perhaps -but -i -for -one -propose -that -we -as -only -humans -are -not -supposed -to -know -or -understand -capital-l -life -that -mystery -isn't -it -enough -to -know -that -god -is -love -and -love -is -god -no -matter -which -one -does -or -does -not -exist -what -is -life -if -no -love -if -no -god -maybe -this -saying -god -is -love -is -less -a -definition -of -god -what -what -love -is -supposed -to -be -of -these -two -terms -maybe2 -the -one -we -should -capitalize -is -love -that -great -mystery -of -chemistry -and -longing -maybe -love -is -god -is -a -more -fitting -epigraph -for -what -life -is -made -of -love -that -most -delicate -most -misty -of -all -emotions -is -supposed -to -be -their -god -as -the -one -that -binds -us -that -was -that -will -be -that -is diff --git a/river/lovesong.river b/river/lovesong.river deleted file mode 100644 index 34aabe0..0000000 --- a/river/lovesong.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,242 +0,0 @@ -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 diff --git a/river/man.river b/river/man.river deleted file mode 100644 index 75f6c58..0000000 --- a/river/man.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,241 +0,0 @@ -this -man -refused -to -open -his -eyes -paul -read -this -on -an -old -mugshot -in -the -library -he -had -taken -the -bus -into -town -to -check -out -a -few -books -on -woodworking -and -got -distracted -by -the -true -crime -section -he -found -this -mugshot -in -a -book -titled -crooks -like -us -that -was -published -in -sydney -he -liked -how -cities -were -named -after -women -or -how -women -were -named -after -cities -whichever -was -true -the -man -in -the -picture's -eyes -were -tightly -shut -as -though -he'd -just -come -into -the -brightness -of -day -after -being -dark -inside -for -a -long -time -his -head -was -tilted -up -and -slightly -to -the -right -he -was -wearing -a -short -light -tie -with -hash -marks -and -a -pinstripe -suit -paul -wished -the -photograph -was -in -color -he -was -standing -in -front -of -a -plain -brown -wall -covered -in -fabric -the -man's -eyes -were -not -so -tightly -shut -as -paul -first -thought -his -eyebrows -lifted -away -from -the -eyes -giving -the -man -a -bemused -look -his -mouth -was -slightly -opened -in -what -seemed -to -paul -like -a -grin -this -was -accentuated -by -the -man's -ears -which -were -large -paul -wasn't -sure -why -the -ears -made -the -man -look -happier -he -wondered -what -crime -he -had -committed -above -the -man's -head -was -written -t -bede -22 -11 -28 -/ -203 -a -this -man -refused -to -open -his -eyes -was -written -over -his -suit -directly -below -his -ribcage diff --git a/river/manifesto_poetics.river b/river/manifesto_poetics.river deleted file mode 100644 index e05e747..0000000 --- a/river/manifesto_poetics.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,572 +0,0 @@ -what -is -a -poem -i -think -it -was -yeats -that -called -a -poem -the -best -words -in -the -best -order -and -that -isn't -an -inaccurate -description -but -i -don't -think -it -captures -all -of -what -a -poem -is -let -me -start -with -communication -communication -is -a -transaction -an -exchange -between -two -people -or -entities -in -which -one -the -speaker/writer/communicator -gives -the -other -the -reader/listener/consumer -a -set -of -ideas -/ -a -wireframe -organization -of -a -concept -/ -a -set -of -reasons/instructions -for -action -in -many -kinds -of -communication -for -example -speeches -reports -or -advertisements -the -kind -of -ideas -transacted -are -generally -factual/logical/brain-based -in -nature -in -art -these -ideas -are -emotional/heart-based -in -short -art -is -to -emotion -as -an -article -is -to -information -i -think -art -should -strive -to -transmit -the -emotion -the -author -feels -as -efficiently -as -possible -to -the -reader -of -that -art -in -order -to -do -this -multiple -notation -systems -have -been -devised -music -is -the -most -notable -example -that -comes -to -mind -as -it -has -the -most -rigid -style -but -grammar -as -used -self-consciously -in -writing -would -be -another -example -poetry -has -only -a -very -loose -set -of -rules -and -assumptions -that -allow -it -a -sort -of -notational -language -and -this -is -complicated -by -the -fact -that -when -writing -poetry -the -author -writes -for -a -different -medium -poetry -is -meant -to -be -performed -aloud -this -makes -the -notation -system -even -more -important -but -again -it's -hard -to -come -up -with -a -system -that -will -be -read -mostly -the -same -by -most -people -what -i've -been -trying -to -do -since -i -began -writing -is -develop -a -personal -notation -system -or -what -i -think -most -would -refer -to -as -my -voice -as -a -poet/writer -i -personally -don't -like -the -word -poet -as -it -sounds -pretentious -to -me -i'm -aware -i -should -get -over -this -however -there -were -some -places -that -still -needed -improving -from -my -draft -manuscript -most -notably -my -prose -in -rip -tide -of -memory -now -only -rip -tide -and -amber -alert -i -rewrote -each -to -tighten -their -syntactic -and -idea -rhythm -to -make -them -move -more -lightly -and -gracefully -the -most -notable -difference -in -my -series -is -the -reordering -of -poems -within -it -i -think -that -in -my -first -draft -i -spent -so -much -time -on -getting -my -individual -poems -tight -and -polished -that -i -threw -them -together -somewhat -haphazardly -using -a -loose -thematic -correspondence -with -the -fake -table -of -contents -with -the -new -order -i -hope -this -has -been -fixed -the -piece -consists -of -six -sections -each -with -three -poems -a -new -one -everything -stays -the -same -makes -the -totals -correct -each -section -has -a -thematic/emotional/personal -element -that -ties -the -sections -together -they -are -ordered -by -the -order -in -which -i -wrote -the -sestinas -at -the -beginning -of -each -section -which -works -out -to -make -the -series -move -from -identity -to -memory -to -a -feeling -of -universal -justice -and -from -there -to -a -discussion -of -death -and -something -like -love -that -culminates -in -an -exploration -of -the -nature -of -time -and -cosmology -the -piece -is -bookended -by -the -fake -table -of -contents -provided -at -the -end -as -an -ironic -commentary -on -the -rest -of -the -text -and -an -about -the -author -section -i -think -it -works -better -this -way -and -i -think -the -about -the -author -at -the -beginning -serves -as -a -fair -prelude -poem -to -the -piece -i'm -excited -to -be -a -writer -like -i -haven't -been -before diff --git a/river/moon-drowning.river b/river/moon-drowning.river deleted file mode 100644 index 5abee65..0000000 --- a/river/moon-drowning.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,137 +0,0 @@ -the -moon -is -drowning -the -stars -it -pushes -them -under -into -the -darkness -they -cannot -breathe -they -are -flailing -the -moon -boasts -to -my -shadow -how -powerful -is -the -moon -how -great -its -light -my -shadow -nods -and -calls -the -moon -father -though -it -acknowledges -also -the -existence -of -others -headlights -are -like -little -moons -father -my -shadow -says -they -pass -like -waves -in -a -dark -ocean -father -moon -becomes -angry -and -threatens -i -can -maroon -you -shadow -i -can -trap -you -in -darkness -your -strength -comes -from -my -own -the -little -moons -are -fleeting -like -foam -on -a -darkened -sea -my -shadow -fears -the -night -as -it -fears -death -but -it -remembers -the -moon's -strength -is -from -another -my -shadow -wants -the -headlights -like -an -ocean -might -want -the -moon -as -a -seducer -as -a -lover diff --git a/river/moongone.river b/river/moongone.river deleted file mode 100644 index 613b1ce..0000000 --- a/river/moongone.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,143 +0,0 @@ -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 diff --git a/river/mountain.river b/river/mountain.river deleted file mode 100644 index 5dca2d0..0000000 --- a/river/mountain.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ -the -other -side -of -this -mountain -is -not -the -mountain -this -side -is -honey-golden -sticky-sweet -full -of -phone -conversations -with -mother -the -other -side -is -a -bell -ringing -in -the -church-steeple -the -day -mother -died -the -other -side -of -the -mountain -is -not -a -mountain -it -is -a -dark -valley -crossed -by -a -river -there -is -a -ferry -at -the -bottom -this -mountain -is -not -a -mountain -i -walked -to -the -top -but -it -turned -and -was -only -a -shelf -halfway -up -i -felt -like -an -unused -bible -sitting -on -a -dusty -pew -a -hawk -soars -over -the -mountain -she -is -looking -for -home diff --git a/river/movingsideways.river b/river/movingsideways.river deleted file mode 100644 index 7754952..0000000 --- a/river/movingsideways.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,423 +0,0 @@ -a -dog -moving -sideways -is -sick -a -man -moving -sideways -is -drunk -thus -if -you -want -to -be -mindful -of -the -movings -of -the -universe -sideways -become -either -drunk -or -sick -by -doing -this -you -remove -yourself -from -the -equation -and -are -able -to -observe -without -being -observed -the -universe -as -it -dances -sideways -drunkenly -shit -wait -the -problem -is -not -that -by -observing -you -are -observed -although -quantum -mechanics -may -disagree1 -because -obviously -dogs -don't -know -we're -observing -them -when -we -watch -them -through -cameras -in -their -little -yard -while -they -play -and -eat -and -poop -who -poops -knowingly -on -camera -the -problem -is -the -actual -act -of -observing -that -distorts -the -world -into -what -we -want -it -to -be -what -i -want -to -know -is -this -why -is -this -necessarily -a -problem -the -dog -is -made -by -mankind -to -frolic -and -poop -and -sniff -and -growl -and -dig -why -cannot -the -man -be -made -to -observe -the -world -incorrectly -around -him -and -worry -about -it -men -have -always -wandered -about -the -earth -does -it -not -make -sense -that -also -they -should -wonder -in -their -minds -what -makes -it -all -work -2 -in -fact -this -is -the -very -center -of -the -creative -being -the -ability -to -move -sideways -to -dance -with -reality -and -judge -it -as -it -judges -you -much -like -teenagers -at -the -junior -prom -of -course -reality -doesn't -judge -us -back -but -that -doesn't -mean -that -it -doesn't -if -you -think -it's -judging -you -then -observe -in -your -surroundings -your -own -insecurities -it -is -obvious -that -this -way -of -doing -things -is -far -from -vogue -usually -projecting -inner -pain -onto -the -outer -world -is -classified -as -pathology -however -this -is -because -it -is -assumed -that -the -outer -world -is -on -its -own -terms -which -it -obviously -isn't -as -far -as -we -know -it -follows -that -as -there -is -no -backdrop -against -which -to -judge -our -quirks -the -quirks -must -not -exist -thus -all -is -right -with -the -world -least -agreeable -of -all -mechanics -the -cost -to -get -one -quantum -serviced -is -usually -at -least -eight -times -more -expensive -than -the -cost -of -an -average -automobile -tune-up -for -reasons -not -clearly -known -the -quantum -mechanics -themselves -claim -it's -the -smallness -of -their -work -that -justifies -the -price -but -it -doesn't -really -look -like -they're -doing -anything -and -besides -my -quantum -always -seems -to -break -again -within -six -months -maybe -i'm -just -driving -it -too -hard -hezekiah -demanded -i -keep -it -if -he -were -to -continue -the -relation -of -his -prophecy-slash-advice -column diff --git a/river/music-433.river b/river/music-433.river deleted file mode 100644 index 9e4bd38..0000000 --- a/river/music-433.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,161 +0,0 @@ -silence -lies -underneath -us -all -in -the -same -way -the -nile -has -a -river -underneath -ten -times -as -large -although -this -is -an -urban -legend -apparently -so -underneath -truth -or -legend -flowing -by -the -feel -of -their -own -silence -move -the -stars -silence -lies -underneath -us -all -in -the -same -way -john -cage -i -think -understood -this -the -way -that -in -a -silent -room -one -still -hears -the -nerves -although -this -is -an -urban -legend -apparently -or -the -heart -which -i -find -more -easily -believable -there -simply -is -no -way -that -by -and -large -silence -lies -underneath -us -all -in -the -same -way -there -must -be -different -silences -because -we -have -different -songs -to -drown -them -out -different -gods -although -these -are -urban -legends -apparently -but -is -not -all -sound -one -sound -you -and -i -are -two -faces -to -the -same -head -the -same -body -silence -lies -underneath -us -all -in -the -same -way -although -this -is -an -urban -legend -apparently diff --git a/river/no-nothing.river b/river/no-nothing.river deleted file mode 100644 index 203ca11..0000000 --- a/river/no-nothing.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,245 +0,0 @@ -while -swimming -in -the -river -i -saw -underneath -it -a -river -of -stars -only -there -was -no -river -it -was -noon -you -can -say -the -sun -is -a -river -you -can -argue -the -stars -back -it -like -shirts -behind -a -closet -door -you -can -say -the -earth -holds -us -up -with -its -weight -or -that -it -means -well -or -it -means -anything -there -is -no -closet -nor -door -there -are -no -shirts -hanging -anywhere -there -is -no -false -wall -that -leads -deep -into -the -earth's -bowels -growing -warmer -with -each -step -warmth -as -a -con -cept -has -ceased -to -make -any -sense -in -contraposition -to -cold -it -might -but -cold -as -well -stepped -out -last -night -and -hasn't -returned -last -i -heard -it -went -out -swimming -and -might've -drowned -trees -were -the -pallbearers -at -the -funeral -the -train -was -long -and -wailful -there -was -much -wailing -and -gnashing -of -all -teeth -though -there -were -no -teeth -no -train -no -funeral -or -prayer -or -trees -at -all -nor -a -river -underneath -any -thing -there -was -nothing -to -be -underneath -anymore -look -around -and -tell -me -you -see -something -look -around -and -tell -me -something -that -i -do -not -know -i -know -more -than -anything -that -the -world -is -always -ending -behind -that -there -is -nothing -save -that -there -is -no -nothing -either -nothing -somehow -still -turns -and -flows -past -us -past -all -time -and -beyond -it -a -river -returning -to -its -forgotten -origins -deep -within -itself diff --git a/river/notes.river b/river/notes.river deleted file mode 100644 index 6ceab8e..0000000 --- a/river/notes.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,177 +0,0 @@ -paul -began -typing -on -notecards -somehow -this -felt -right -to -his -sensibilities -it -was -difficult -to -get -the -little -cards -into -the -typewriter -it -was -a -pain -to -readjust -the -typewriter -for -regular -paper -when -he -wasn't -writing -he -started -typing -everything -on -those -little -notecards -grocery -lists -letters -to -his -grandmother -even -reports -for -work -which -is -what -got -him -in -trouble -but -this -was -all -later -for -now -he -was -writing -his -ideas -notes -he -now -called -them -something -for -him -to -combine -later -into -something -he -didn't -like -to -think -about -it -on -this -particular -cold -winter -morning -he -wrote -woke -up -from -a -dream -i -was -famous -one -of -the -more -famous -people -in -fact -i -had -written -something -everyone -could -relate -to -and -at -the -same -time -proved -my -parents -wrong -because -i -made -a -lot -of -money -or -not -a -lot -but -enough -and -more -than -they -thought -i -would -it -was -a -good -day -woke -up -this -morning -and -i -was -still -cold -still -paul -still -not -good -at -furniture diff --git a/river/nothing-is-ever-over.river b/river/nothing-is-ever-over.river deleted file mode 100644 index 37948c6..0000000 --- a/river/nothing-is-ever-over.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,90 +0,0 @@ -nothing -is -ever -over -nothing -is -ever -even -begun -the -foundation -hasn't -been -laid -how -can -we -hope -to -put -in -the -plumbing -the -bed -is -unmade -not -even -made -the -wood -hasn't -been -cleft -from -the -tree -the -seed -hasn't -been -cast -out -of -water -and -growth -and -sun -which -itself -hasn't -started -shining -the -cock -has -never -stopped -crowing -because -he -never -started -peter -betrays -us -again -and -again -with -silence -christ -wakes -up -at -night -choking -from -a -bad -dream -wrists -aching -from -a -dreamt -torturous -pain diff --git a/river/on-genre-dimension.river b/river/on-genre-dimension.river deleted file mode 100644 index 147251b..0000000 --- a/river/on-genre-dimension.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1159 +0,0 @@ -how -does -one -describe -a -poem -a -genre -is -a -set -of -creative -outputs -that -fit -a -given -set -of -criteria -genres -are -useful -as -a -sort -of -shorthand -when -describing -a -thing -of -art -instead -of -noting -for -example -all -of -the -objects -depicted -in -a -still-life -that -aren't -people -or -land-features -we -call -it -a -still-life -and -get -on -to -describing -how -the -objects -interrelate -to -each -other -on -the -canvas -if -you -ask -me -what -kind -of -painting -i'm -working -on -and -i -say -a -still-life -you -have -an -expectation -of -certain -elements -the -painting -will -contain -if -you -happen -to -be -an -agent -and -try -to -sell -the -painting -later -you'll -say -to -your -prospective -buyers -it's -a -still-life -and -whether -the -buyer -is -over -the -phone -or -standing -in -the -gallery -they'll -know -whether -they'll -like -it -or -not -based -on -whether -they -like -still-lifes -in -the -same -way -they -can -call -you -up -and -ask -if -you -have -any -still-lifes -for -sale -right -now -and -get -a -simple -yes-or-no -answer -for -it -this -is -the -first -kind -of -genre -and -it -applies -well -within -separate -types -of -fundamentally-different -media -such -as -painting -sculpture -film -or -the -written -word -a -poem -obviously -is -in -this -last -category -and -for -some -reason -its -designation -is -hairier -than -others -people -refer -to -all -sorts -of -art -or -even -dispassionate -events -as -poetry -dancing -is -called -poetry -in -motion -for -example -i -think -the -confusion -is -caused -in -part -by -the -nature -of -writing -as -a -medium -namely -in -that -it -captures -thoughts -more -clearly -and -communicably -than -other -art -forms -while -a -picture -can -be -worth -a -thousand -words -as -the -old -clich -goes -when -those -words -are -actually -written -out -they -can -contain -shades -of -meaning -impossible -to -capture -in -the -picture -itself -at -least -as -quickly -as -they -can -be -absorbed -in -writing -it -seems -as -though -writing -is -akin -to -the -fundamental -nature -of -thought -or -at -least -of -spoken -language -which -our -thought -is -steeped -in -so -we -know -what -writing -is -what -is -a -poem -especially -in -a -world -with -such -forms -as -prose -poetry -flash -fiction -short-shorts -lyrical -essays -lyrical -ballads -et -cetera -what -makes -a -poem -a -poem -i -read -an -essay -once -that -lamented -the -unidimensionality -of -writing -it -posited -that -prose -is -really -just -a -long -wrapped -line -of -text -that's -bound -by -time -when -you -read -a -novel -for -example -you -really -must -start -at -the -beginning -and -read -through -to -the -end -in -order -some -newer -forms -of -fiction -are -changing -this -such -as -the -choose-your-own-adventure -genre -in -the -1970s -and -80s -or -hyperfiction -found -online -which -raises -the -question -for -me -if -these -newer -forms -could -be -considered -on -some -level -to -be -poetry -this -is -because -poetry -has -more -than -one -dimension -due -to -its -linear -nature -those -line -breaks -are -intentional -and -the -poem -can't -just -fit -into -any-sized -book -or -web -page -if -prose -is -a -liquid -filling -any -container -it's -placed -in -with -a -constant -volume -poetry -is -more -like -a -crystallized -form -of -prose -or -to -put -it -another -way -poetry -has -between -one -and -two -dimensions -i -wouldn't -say -that -poetry -has -fully -two -dimensions -except -for -some -of -the -more -conceptually -visual -stuff -that -i'd -call -a -word-picture -anyway -because -from -line -to -line -that -unidimensionality -of -prose -remains -poetry -has -a -higher -dimensionality -than -prose -though -because -it's -crystallized -there -on -the -page -this -fractal-dimensionality -of -poetry -has -interesting -side -effects -on -the -genre -itself -for -one -thing -poetry -isn't -as -bound -by -time -as -prose -is -it -can -as -marianne -boruch -writes -resist -narrative -sequence -or -the -forward -press -of -time -itself -due -to -its -repetitions -and -diversions -which -are -in -turn -made -possible -or -more -apparent -by -its -line -breaks -it's -able -to -meditate -on -a -subject -or -expand -on -it -lyrically -exploring -the -emotions -connected -with -the -images -in -the -poem -or -the -connections -between -images -through -repitition -of -sounds -the -poem -builds -meaning -through -resonance -and -rhyming -something -that's -harder -to -do -in -prose -take -for -example -the -first -lines -of -the -love -song -of -j -alfred -prufrock -let -us -go -then -you -and -i -when -the -evening -is -spread -out -against -the -sky -like -a -patient -etherized -upon -a -table -let -us -go -through -certain -half-deserted -streets -the -muttering -retreats -of -restless -nights -in -one-night -cheap -hotels -and -sawdust -restaurants -with -oyster-shells -streets -that -follow -like -a -tedious -argument -of -insidious -intent -to -lead -you -to -an -overwhelming -question -oh -do -not -ask -what -is -it -let -us -go -and -make -our -visit -and -here -it -is -again -without -line -breaks -let -us -go -then -you -and -i -when -the -evening -is -spread -out -against -the -sky -like -a -patient -etherized -upon -a -table -let -us -go -through -certain -half-deserted -streets -the -muttering -retreats -of -restless -nights -in -one-night -cheap -hotels -and -sawdust -restaurants -with -oyster-shells -streets -that -follow -like -a -tedious -argument -of -insidious -intent -to -lead -you -to -an -overwhelming -question -oh -do -not -ask -what -is -it -let -us -go -and -make -our -visit -the -end-rhymes -that -do -so -much -for -the -sound -of -the -poem -are -gone -and -so -part -of -the -meaning -of -the -poem -its -obsessive -self-consciousness -its -paranoia -are -gone -as -well -additionally -line -breaks -act -as -punctuation -in -the -entirety -of -this -fragment -without -them -the -meaning -becomes -obscured -in -the -long -first -sentence -of -the -poem -perhaps -due -to -this -dwelling -on -scene -or -on -all -aspects -of -a -single -scene -at -one -time -poetry -tends -to -be -heavy -on -images -or -lyrical -i -think -this -is -what's -generally -meant -when -someone -describes -a -dance -as -poetic -or -a -story -or -anything -else -i -think -they -really -mean -lyrical -or -maybe -beautiful -the -images -form -sort -of -a -narrative -as -the -reader -moves -through -them -as -cesare -pavese -says -that's -nevertheless -different -than -a -traditional -narrative -this -image -narrative -jumps -from -image -to -image -not -by -a -logical -progression -but -by -the -resonances -between -the -images -that -run -underneath -them -on -almost -a -subliminal -plane -almost -without -noticing -the -reader -of -a -poem -is -taken -on -an -emotional -journey -that's -not -necessarily -connected -to -the -images -of -the -poem -themselves -poetry -is -a -manipulation -of -emotion -or -a -communication -of -it -prose -has -the -space -the -time -to -describe -what's -going -on -even -if -the -author -stands -by -the -old -adage -of -show -don't -tell -showing -in -prose -inherently -involves -more -telling -than -poetry -does -as -poetry -communicates -a -feeling -itself -this -definition -may -be -broad -enough -to -include -certain -dance -performances -or -paintings -but -that's -okay -i'm -of -the -opinion -that -the -more -useful -genre -distinctions -are -those -which -describe -the -thing -technically -verse -for -example -or -lyrical -poetry -is -almost -a -value -judgement -and -that -makes -me -a -little -uncomfortable diff --git a/river/onformalpoetry.river b/river/onformalpoetry.river deleted file mode 100644 index ac5b9c9..0000000 --- a/river/onformalpoetry.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,120 +0,0 @@ -i -think -that -i -could -write -formal -poems -exclusively -or -at -least -inclusive -with -all -the -other -stuff -i -write -i -guess -of -course -i've -already -written -a -few -this -one -included -though -formal -is -maybe -a -stretch -is -blank -verse -a -form -what -is -form -anyway -i -picture -old -women -counting -stitches -on -their -knitting -keeping -iambs -next -to -iambs -in -lines -as -straight -and -sure -as -arrows -but -my -sock -is -lumpy -poorly -made -it's -beginning -to -unravel -stresses -don't -line -up -syl -lables -forced -to -fit -like -mcnugget -molds -that -clich -on -the -arrow -i'm -aware -my -prepositions -too -god -where's -it -stop -the -answer -never -i -will -never -stop -writing -poems -or -hating -what -i -write diff --git a/river/options.river b/river/options.river deleted file mode 100644 index 661dca4..0000000 --- a/river/options.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,302 +0,0 @@ -what -did -he -do -when -he -was -in -the -woods -where -did -he -go -was -there -always -one -spot -one -clearing -deep -within -the -heart -of -them -that -he -would -visit -did -he -talk -to -the -trees -or -only -to -himself -when -he -chopped -down -trees -did -he -leave -them -there -to -rot -in -the -quiet -or -did -he -drag -them -out -of -the -woods -behind -his -shack -and -dismember -them -did -he -use -any -for -firewood -or -did -the -pieces -rot -behind -his -shack -forgotten -when -was -the -last -time -he -built -any -furniture -did -he -get -any -better -at -building -it -or -did -he -just -quit -at -some -point -let -the -desire -to -create -fall -behind -him -like -a -forgotten -felled -tree -a -tree -fell -in -the -forest -did -it -make -a -noise -paul -typed -his -thoughts -on -cards -or -wrote -them -in -a -book -did -anyone -read -it -if -anyone -did -was -his -life -changed -for -the -better -or -the -worse -did -he -glance -at -the -mess -in -the -top -drawer -of -his -writing -desk -as -he -cleaned -the -shack -out -long -after -paul -had -quit -using -it -did -he -put -tools -in -there -or -leave -it -empty -what -did -he -do -with -the -desk -did -he -add -it -to -the -pile -of -rotting -wood -out -back -or -did -he -chop -it -up -for -a -bonfire -with -friends -or -a -cozy -fire -with -his -wife -and -children -or -did -he -take -it -to -the -dump -three -miles -away -to -rot -there -are -these -all -the -options -did -paul -ever -think -about -any -of -this -walking -in -the -woods -one -afternoon -after -becoming -frustrated -with -his -writing -did -he -sit -on -a -stump -and -cry -did -he -wonder -whether -he -should -have -made -other -choices -did -he -consider -quitting -smoking diff --git a/river/ouroboros_memory.river b/river/ouroboros_memory.river deleted file mode 100644 index 08739ba..0000000 --- a/river/ouroboros_memory.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,540 +0,0 @@ -he -said -at -the -beginning -it's -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 -doesn't -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's -like -trying -to -roll -two -different -materials -up -into -a -ball -the -people -i -tell -this -to -don't -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 -won't -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 diff --git a/river/paul.river b/river/paul.river deleted file mode 100644 index 02376c3..0000000 --- a/river/paul.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,118 +0,0 @@ -contents -of -the -shed -typewriter -writing -desk -notecards -top -drawer -of -desk -pen -fountain -inkpot -empty -wood -a -lot -more -out -back -bare -lightbulb -candle -wooden -shelf -with -tools -claw -hammer -screwdriver -prybar -2x -wrench -different -kinds -tiller -machine -push -lawnmower -hatchet -axe -he -typed -the -list -in -the -typewriter -and -looked -around -some -more -he -wanted -to -make -sure -he -didn't -miss -anything -finally -it -hit -him -and -he -smiled -he -typed -one -more -line -stood -up -and -went -out -of -the -shed -paul -bunyon -he -got -some -kerosene -from -under -the -house -poured -it -around -the -base -of -the -shed -lit -a -cigarette -he -smoked -half -of -it -and -threw -it -down -to -start -the -fire diff --git a/river/peaches.river b/river/peaches.river deleted file mode 100644 index e683d06..0000000 --- a/river/peaches.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,773 +0,0 @@ - -my -anger -is -like -a -peach -he -said -he -was -trying -to -show -how -metaphors -could -be -anything -i -thought -it -worked -i -wrote -it -down -in -my -red -notebook -in -my -other -class -there -was -a -long -discussion -about -the -difference -between -metaphor -and -simile -as -they -relate -to -prufrock -i -could -only -think -about -his -peaches -i -wonder -if -he -dared -a -few -years -ago -my -friend -dressed -up -as -j -alfred -prufrock -for -halloween -her -costume -consisted -of -rolled -khaki -trousers -and -a -peach -i -wonder -where -she -found -that -in -october -she -was -annoyed -that -she -had -to -tell -everyone -who -she -was -at -a -writers -party -i -don't -remember -if -she -ate -that -peach -i -do -remember -the -main -meal -was -spaghetti -that -party -was -held -in -a -house -in -chattanooga -in -the -basement -there -was -a -big -back -yard -where -people -drank -and -talked -and -sat -in -the -darkness -somewhere -someone -was -smoking -weed -with -a -visiting -writer -earlier -that -day -the -writer -had -read -a -poem -about -his -car -accident -a -year -ago -in -georgia -on -the -interstate -it -had -broken -him -pretty -badly -and -his -wife -but -somehow -their -child -was -unharmed -he -said -something -about -the -peach -pit -being -the -one -place -georgia -held -sacred -he -said -it -was -the -place -where -all -new -things -grow -i -can -see -how -anger -could -be -like -a -peach -its -juice -runs -out -of -the -mouth -and -down -the -chin -dropping -onto -the -pants -and -staining -them -in -the -same -way -i -can -see -how -anger -is -like -sex -they -are -both -heightened -states -of -emotional -observation -in -atlanta -there -are -something -like -five -or -ten -peachtree -streets -i'm -not -sure -if -they -all -connect -at -some -point -but -from -what -i -could -see -they -would -have -to -do -some -contorting -to -get -to -the -same -point -i -like -to -think -a -giant -peach -tree -grows -there -like -the -tree -of -the -knowledge -of -good -and -evil -i -was -walking -down -one -of -atlanta's -peachtrees -with -my -girlfriend -when -a -man -in -tight -pants -a -runner -jogged -past -us -we -both -agreed -he -had -a -marvelous -ass -i -was -annoyed -however -when -she -confessed -that -she -wished -i -had -one -like -his -later -we -ate -at -a -taqueria -with -peach-habanero -salsa -my -mother -would -read -to -us -as -children -the -first -real -books -i -remember -the -first -novels -are -island -of -the -blue -dolphins -and -james -and -the -giant -peach -i -don't -remember -island -of -the -blue -dolphins -as -well -probably -because -no -movie -was -made -of -it -there's -an -independent -video -rental -store -where -i -grew -up -called -popcorn -video -one -of -the -only -stores -i -went -to -in -my -hometown -that -wasn't -a -chain -every -time -we -went -my -sister -would -rent -two -movies -james -and -the -giant -peach -and -home -alone -3 -i -wasn't -allowed -to -stay -home -alone -or -i -don't -remember -it -until -i -was -fifteen -i -built -a -potato -cannon -out -of -pvc -pipe -and -a -barbecue -lighter -i -would -load -a -potato -spray -hairspray -into -the -barrel -and -light -it -once -the -cannon -wouldn't -light -i -looked -down -the -barrel -and -pushed -the -trigger -button -to -see -if -i -could -see -a -light -i -forgot -that -i -had -already -primed -the -barrel -with -hairspray -i -singed -my -eyebrows -and -bangs -in -peach -season -my -father -would -bring -home -a -bag -of -the -freestones -every -week -or -so -he -always -got -the -cheap -ones -so -they -were -usually -dry -and -pithy -with -a -stone -that -fell -apart -and -nearly -broke -my -tooth -i -don't -eat -them -anymore -when -i -go -home -my -mother -would -always -eat -canned -peaches -with -cottage -cheese -for -some -reason -i -didn't -think -this -was -common -knowledge -i -showed -people -how -good -it -was -when -we -went -to -a -buffet -they -said -i -know -to -be -honest -i'm -not -even -sure -what -a -peach -tree -looks -like -i -do -know -what -an -orange -tree -looks -like -from -a -backyard -in -phoenix -and -a -fig -tree -from -a -back -yard -in -chattanooga -i -also -know -what -a -cherry -tree -looks -like -or -at -least -a -type -of -them -from -my -own -backyard -at -home -as -well -as -mulberry -and -apple -if -for -some -reason -i -find -myself -lost -in -a -sinister -garden -of -eden -i'll -at -least -know -a -few -of -the -trees -i -can -eat -from -i -always -heard -growing -up -that -the -fruit -of -the -tree -of -the -knowledge -of -good -and -evil -was -an -apple -maybe -i'll -luck -out -maybe -it'll -be -a -peach diff --git a/river/philosophy.river b/river/philosophy.river deleted file mode 100644 index bea9e4b..0000000 --- a/river/philosophy.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,226 +0,0 @@ -importance -is -important -but -meaning -is -meaningful -here -we -are -at -the -crux -of -the -matter -for -both -meaning -and -importance -are -also -human-formed -so -it -would -seem -that -nothing -is -important -or -meaningful -if -importance -and -meaning -are -of -themselves -only -products -of -the -fallible -human -intellect -but -here -is -the -great -secret -so -is -the -fallibility -of -the -human -intellect -a -mere -product -of -the -fallible -human -intellect -the -question -here -arises -is -anything -real -and -not -a -mere -invention -of -a -mistaken -human -mind -by -real -of -course -i -mean -that -which -is -on -its -own -terms -that -is -without -any -modification -on -the -part -of -mankind -by -observing -it -but -such -a -thing -is -impossible -to -be -known -for -if -it -be -known -it -has -certainly -been -observed -by -someone -and -so -it -is -not -on -its -own -terms -but -on -the -terms -of -the -observer -so -it -cannot -be -known -if -anything -exists -on -its -own -terms -for -it -exists -on -its -own -terms -we -certainly -will -not -know -anything -about -it -by -this -it -is -possible -to -see -that -nothing -is -knowable -without -the -mediating -factor -of -our -mind -fucking -up -the -raw -the -real -world -but -by -this -time -it -would -seem -that -this -chapter -is -far -far -too -philosophical -not -to -mention -pretentious -so -i -must -try -again diff --git a/river/phone.river b/river/phone.river deleted file mode 100644 index 40d293f..0000000 --- a/river/phone.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,246 +0,0 @@ - -hello -paul -this -is -jill -jill -noe -remember -me -the -voice -on -the -phone -was -a -woman's -he -nodded -into -the -receiver -hello -jill -asked -again -hello -paul -remembered -that -phones -work -by -talking -and -said -hello -jill -do -you -remember -me -she -asked -we -were -in -school -together -how -have -you -been -pretty -well -said -paul -i've -been -writing -and -making -furniture -oh -that's -nice -said -the -woman's -voice -tinny -in -the -phone -listen -i -ran -into -your -mother -at -the -supermarket -the -other -day -and -she -said -you -need -a -job -you -still -need -one -paul -had -to -tell -the -truth -his -mother -was -watching -him -out -of -the -corner -of -her -eye -as -she -was -playing -dominoes -at -the -kitchen -table -yes -he -said -sighing -although -woodworking -takes -up -much -of -my -time -ok -she -laughed -uncomortably -i -actually -have -something -you -could -do -for -me -if -you -think -you -can -get -away -from -woodworking -a -bit -it's -just -data -entry -really -basic -stuff -entry-level -what's -it -pay -he -asked -minimum -but -there -is -room -for -movement -ok -he -said -start -on -monday -okay -sure -he -said -bye -and -the -tin -voice -in -the -phone -said -goodbye -paul -see -you -by -the -time -he -put -it -back -on -the -hook -who -was -that -asked -his -mother -jill -noe -he -said -oh -her -was -she -calling -about -a -job -for -you -yes -starts -monday -he -said -she -smiled -behind -her -glasses -reflecting -dominoes diff --git a/river/planks.river b/river/planks.river deleted file mode 100644 index 00506f5..0000000 --- a/river/planks.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,146 +0,0 @@ -everything -changes -or -everything -stays -the -same -this -sat -alone -on -a -blank -notecard -in -paul's -typewriter -he -stared -at -it -sipping -at -his -too-hot -coffee -this -made -sense -to -him -he -looked -at -the -spot -on -the -wall -where -he -wanted -a -window -to -be -at -the -rough -planks -above -his -desk -as -they -were -lit -by -the -bare -hanging -lightbulb -he -sipped -his -coffee -again -it -was -still -too -hot -his -woodworking -shack -was -becoming -full -of -wood -that -was -not -furniture -he -feared -it -would -never -become -so -he -threw -open -the -door -to -the -snow -and -the -ground -below -it -he -reached -for -his -axe -on -the -wall -he -reconsidered -he -took -a -few -tentative -steps -onto -the -blankness -on -his -own -he -wasn't -cold -not -yet -he -walked -into -the -forest -the -snow -crunched -under -his -feet -and -did -not -echo diff --git a/river/plant.river b/river/plant.river deleted file mode 100644 index f3dace5..0000000 --- a/river/plant.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,635 +0,0 @@ -i -need -a -plant -i -need -a -thing -to -take -care -of -i -need -a -little -green -brownspotted -blackdirt -growing -quietness -i -need -a -sunlit -dawn -knowing -my -name -filtered -through -a -thin -green -window -i -need -chlorophyll -working -its -magic -on -beams -of -grassmade -early -morning -dewdrop -sweetmaking -green -i -need -the -dark -earth -sucking -water -from -a -black -crevice -its -black -magic -churning -wormilled -rockturned -starblind -darkness -and -cold -into -the -opposite -of -dust -i -need -the -heat -to -blind -me -i -need -the -dumb -making -to -charge -my -coldened -blood -i -need -the -dropturned -leaves -to -turn -again -their -faces -to -the -windblown -sun -i -need -millions -of -tiny -years -summed -up -and -burning -out -some -unknown -new -growth -into -the -air -i -need -four -hundred -feet -of -dark -red -gnarled -wood -and -needles -glistening -wetly -on -goldheaded -branches -hoisting -themselves -to -the -sky -i -need -ten -strong -men -to -fail -to -bring -you -down -old -one -i -need -the -peace -that -comes -with -knowing -something -sacred -holds -still -in -the -world -i -need -your -green -tongues -of -flame -to -lick -at -old -wounds -stitching -us -together -away -from -ourselves -i -need -your -brownbranching -grasp -to -keep -me -from -drifting -off -into -unknowing -terrible -sleep -i -need -to -know -the -snake -hanging -from -your -branches -i -need -to -watch -the -dropping -of -flesh -massful -onto -the -ground -from -a -height -i -need -the -gnawer -at -your -root -to -strike -a -vein -to -quicken -old -brown -stone -to -movement -i -need -jeweleyed -venom -barking -new -greennesses -into -the -bark -i -need -a -knocker -of -dark -secrets -hidden -in -the -dark -bark -hiding -a -smallstone -smoldering -pearl -in -the -knot -i -need -that -pearl -held -out -in -a -hand -like -an -offering -i -need -the -hand -to -be -a -plant's -hand -i -need -a -plant -i -need -a -growing -growler -groaning -toward -heat -and -air -i -need -a -green -thin -stem -surprisingly -strong -holding -up -the -weight -of -a -plain -of -fallow -greennesses -of -creases -and -caresses -of -tiny -worldmaking -hardworking -grandeur -i -need -a -singer -of -life -crying -forward -into -old -roads -covered -over -by -dead -trees -i -need -the -rasping -of -root -in -dirt -i -need -the -unfurling -of -fiddleheads -to -sing -forth -a -new -symphony -i -need -fruits -swelling -large -for -the -harvest -i -need -yellow -light -shining -through -white -bark -i -need -juicecrush -flowing -waterlike -through -valleys -percolating -up -through -the -ground -i -need -springs -bubbling -sap -into -cabins -of -wood -fought -for -by -labor -i -need -snow -on -the -ground -with -shoots -dotting -the -melting -patches -i -need -two -leaves -on -a -thin -stalk -shivering -in -moonlight -i -need -robinsong -warbling -over -the -heads -of -small -seeds -sprouting -to -enliven -their -growth -i -need -rings -of -woody -material -widening -to -push -the -ground -out -of -their -way -i -need -new -greennesses -pushing -out -from -the -brown -dark -bark -gnarled -i -need -the -robin -to -build -its -songfilled -nest -in -a -branchcrotch -i -need -the -fecundity -of -fungi -on -the -branches -i -need -quiet -of -the -sunlight -shooting -through -thousands -of -branched -leaves -quivering -i -need -whisper -at -dawn -i -need -burrows -underground -foxholes -i -need -duff -layers -eaten -through -by -worms -i -need -brooks -murmuring -through -crooks -of -roots -i -need -small -fish -swimming -in -their -schools -at -midnight -i -need -oldnesses -giving -way -to -youngnesses -giving -way -to -oldnesses -i -need -dapplegray -yellowshot -ashbark -i -need -the -crunch -of -dead -leaves -underfoot -i -need -snowquiet -deadbranch -mourning -i -need -those -purple -mountains -majesty -i -need -a -walk -between -trees -in -the -dark -i -need -that -moment -when -stopping -to -rest -it -suddenly -seems -that -all -the -weary -forestroads -in -all -their -meandering -come -to -rest -their -heads -at -my -astonished -feet -none -of -them -needing -more -than -me diff --git a/river/poetry-time.river b/river/poetry-time.river deleted file mode 100644 index c229082..0000000 --- a/river/poetry-time.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,343 +0,0 @@ -i'm -writing -this -now -because -i -have -to -not -in -some -my -soul -yearns -for -this -and -i -can't -help -it -way -but -in -the -way -that -this -moment -is -structured -as -such -that -it -is -crystallized -this -way -me -writing -this -and -later -you -reading -it -now -for -you -later -for -me -and -this -tenuous -connection -mates -me -and -you -forever -combined -with -each -other -two -electrons -momentarily -entwined -later -when -i'm -dead -or -far -too -famous -for -you -and -you're -in -school -reading -my -words -because -it -is -required -reading -i -want -you -to -remember -this -connection -we've -always -had -this -spider's -thread -hanging -between -you -and -me -which -of -us -is -the -spider -and -which -is -the -fly -still -remains -to -be -seen -to -eat -perchance -to -fly -all -of -that -and -more -we -can -settle -all -of -this -later -yes -it -is -you -i'm -thinking -of -in -your -later -time -you -specifically -not -another -this -is -true -for -all -x -such -that -x -0 -and -x -is -a -real -person -though -it -doesn't -bother -me -to -write -to -a -fictional -figure -or -to -a -figment -maybe -of -my -imagination -this -is -what -you -are -right -now -anyway -dear -reader -is -it -not -i'm -talking -about -my -now -of -course -not -later -which -is -your -now -later -will -be -my -now -too -and -maybe -i'm -ultimately -writing -to -a -future -part -of -this -self -you -could -very -well -be -me -in -fact -you -probably -are -me -some -other -version -and -i -am -you -in -the -past -or -what -you -could've -been -and -at -the -same -time -this -isn't -true -everything -is -and -nothing -isn't -the -difference -between -you -and -me -is -in -name -only -maybe -you'll -get -this -later -when -you're -older -when -i'm -older -when -all -of -this -is -something -we'll -look -fondly -back -to -because -i -do -hope -to -meet -you -although -much -later -and -i -hope -your -feeling -is -the -same -all -this -talk -on -me -and -you -and -you -and -me -we'll -keep -between -us -two diff --git a/river/prelude.river b/river/prelude.river deleted file mode 100644 index 4c12b3d..0000000 --- a/river/prelude.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -of -course -there -is -a -god -of -course -there -is -no -god -of -course -what's -really -important -is -that -these -aren't -important -no -they -are -but -not -really -important -all -that's -important -is -the -relative -importance -of -non-important -things -shit -never -mind -let's -start -over diff --git a/river/problems.river b/river/problems.river deleted file mode 100644 index 74c51e2..0000000 --- a/river/problems.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,490 +0,0 @@ -the -problem -with -people -is -this -we -cannot -be -happy -no -matter -how -hard -or -easy -we -try -it -is -not -to -be -it -seems -sometimes -that -just -as -the -dog -was -made -for -jumping -in -mud -and -sniffing -out -foxholes -and -having -a -good -time -all -around -man -was -made -for -sadness -loneliness -and -heartache -being -the -observant -and -judgmental -people -they -are -people -have -for -a -long -time -tried -to -figure -out -why -they -aren't -happy -some -say -it's -because -we're -obviously -doing -something -wrong -some -say -it's -because -we -think -too -much -some -insist -that -it's -because -other -people -have -more -stuff -than -we -do -these -people -don't -have -a -clue -any -more -than -any -of -the -rest -of -us -at -least -i -don't -think -they -do -and -that's -good -enough -for -me -1 -i -think -that -the -reason -why -people -are -unhappy -and -this -is -a -personal -opinion -is -that -they -realize -on -some -level -for -some -it's -a -pretty -shallow -level -others -it's -way -down -there -next -to -their -love -for -women's -stockings2 -that -there -is -no -background -to -put -themselves -against -no -big -picture -to -get -painted -into -this -makes -sense -because -on -one -level -the -level -of -everyday -life -the -level -of -observation -there -is -always -a -background -look -in -a -pair -of -binoculars -sometime -but -on -another -level -that -of -shit -wait -there -are -no -other -levels -3 -what's -more -people -try -to -explain -how -to -get -happy -again -although -it's -doubtful -they -were -ever -happy -in -the -first -place -people -are -very -good -at -fooling -some -say -standing -or -sitting -in -a -building -with -a -lot -of -other -unhappy -people -helps -some -say -that -you -can't -stop -there -you -also -need -to -sing -with -those -other -unhappy -people -about -how -unhappy -you -are -and -how -you -wish -someone -would -come -along -and -help -you -out -i -guess -by -giving -you -money -or -something -i -say -all -you -really -need -to -be -happy -is -a -good -stiff -drink -4 -in -any -case -people -have -for -some -reason -or -another -and -to -some -end -or -another -always -been -unhappy -and -people -have -always -tried -to -figure -out -ways -to -be -less -unhappy -one -of -the -most -important -things -to -people -everywhere -is -called -the -pursuit -of -happiness -i -think -that -calling -it -a -pursuit -makes -people -feel -more -like -dogs -who -are -the -most -happy -beings -most -people -can -think -of -by -pursuing -happiness -they're -like -a -dog -pursuing -a -possum -or -a -bone -on -a -fishing -rod -two -activities -that -sound -like -a -lot -of -fun -to -most -people -i -think -most -people -wish -they -were -dogs -mankind -it -should -be -noted -that -he -is -an -alcoholic -and -not -in -any -shape -to -be -an -example -to -anyone -here -referenced -yes -this -is -just -like -super -mario -brothers -you -can -skip -right -to -the -end -go -and -face -the -final -boss -already diff --git a/river/proverbs.river b/river/proverbs.river deleted file mode 100644 index cf895af..0000000 --- a/river/proverbs.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,307 +0,0 @@ -nothing -matters -everything -is -sacred -everything -matters -nothing -is -sacred -1 -this -is -the -only -way -we -can -move -forward -by -moving -sideways -life -is -a -great -big -rugby -game -and -the -entire -field -has -to -be -run -for -a -goal -the -fact -that -the -beginning -two -verses -of -this -chapter -have -the -same -number -of -characters -proves -that -they -are -a -tautological -pair -that -is -they -complete -each -other -sometimes -life -seems -like -a -dog -wagging -its -tail -smiling -up -at -you -and -wanting -you -to -love -it -just -wanting -that -simple -simple -love -oblivious -to -the -fact -that -it -just -ran -through -your -immaculately -groomed -flower -garden -and -tracked -all -the -mud -in -onto -your -freshly -steamed -carpet -life -is -not -life -in -a -suburb -there -are -no -rosebushes -groomed -never -there -is -no -carpet -steamed -at -any -time -the -dog -looks -at -you -wanting -you -to -love -it -it -wants -to -know -that -you -know -that -it's -there -it -wants -to -be -observed -2 -1 -thank -you -tom -stoppard -ha -ha -ho -ho -and -hee -hee -are -going -to -get -more -interesting -because -the -dog -wants -what -we -thought -was -a -bad -thing -right -right -didn't -we -go -through -that -part -about -how -observing -made -it -impossible -to -really -know -anything -and -i -had -to -start -over -because -it's -really -hard -to -figure -out -what -you're -talking -about -when -reality -slips -out -of -your -hands -like -a -fish -but -you're -not -a -cat -with -claws -so -it -just -flops -right -outta -your -hand -back -into -the -lake -by -the -way -nirvana -is -thought -to -be -what -a -drop -of -water -feels -upon -flopping -into -a -lake -doesn't -that -seem -important -doesn't -it -seem -like -a -fish -and -a -drop -of -water -here -are -connected -it -helps -of -course -that -the -fish -represents -reality -here diff --git a/river/punch.river b/river/punch.river deleted file mode 100644 index 78ad3ae..0000000 --- a/river/punch.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,213 +0,0 @@ -when -he -finally -got -back -to -work -he -was -surprised -they -threw -him -a -party -welcome -back -paul -was -written -on -a -big -banner -across -the -back -wall -someone -had -ordered -a -confectioner's-sugar -cake -with -frosting -flowers -on -the -corners -it -said -the -same -thing -as -the -banner -welcome -back -paul -said -jill -as -he -was -at -the -punch -bowl -the -cup -was -on -the -table -as -he -ladled -punch -in -with -his -right -hand -his -left -was -wrapped -in -gauze -let -me -help -you -with -that -said -jill -paul -had -a -strange -feeling -this -had -happened -before -she -took -the -ladle -and -their -hands -touched -she -picked -the -cup -up -in -her -right -hand -and -used -her -left -to -lift -the -spoon -you -know -she -said -we -were -worried -about -you -when -jerry -heard -about -your -hand -he -said -there -goes -one -of -our -best -data -entry -men -i -still -can't -really -move -my -left -hand -said -paul -that's -alright -you -can -take -your -time -with -the -entry -i'm -sorry -sorry -for -what -she -looked -at -his -eyes -he -imagined -her -seeing -fisheye -versions -of -herself -in -them -i -don't -know -he -said -because -it -was -true -it's -alright -anyway -she -said -and -placed -the -full -punch -cup -in -his -right -hand diff --git a/river/purpose-dogs.river b/river/purpose-dogs.river deleted file mode 100644 index 85c66aa..0000000 --- a/river/purpose-dogs.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,255 +0,0 @@ -okay -so -as -we -said -in -the -prelude -there -either -is -or -isn't -a -god -this -has -been -one -of -the -main -past -times -of -humanity -ever -since -since -the -first -man -or -woman -climbed -out -of -whatever -slime -or -swamp -he -thumbed -his -way -out -of -what -humanity -has -failed -to -realize -is -that -an -incredibly -plausible -third -and -heretofore -unknown -hypothesis -also -exists -there -is -a -dog -in -fact -there -are -many -dogs -and -not -only -that -there -are -also -many -types -of -dogs -these -are -called -breeds -and -each -breed -was -created -by -man -in -order -to -fulfill -some -use -that -man -thought -he -needed -some -dogs -are -for -chasing -birds -and -some -are -for -chasing -badgers -some -are -for -laying -in -your -lap -and -being -petted -all -day -some -dogs -don't -seem -to -be -really -for -anything -besides -being -fucking -stupid -and -chewing -up -your -one-of-a-kind -collectible -individually-numbered -king -kong -figurine -from -the -peter -jackson -film -but -the -important -thing -is -and -here -we -go -with -important -things -again -all -dogs -have -been -bred -by -people -for -performing -some -certain -function -that -we -think -is -important -note -just -because -we -think -it's -important -doesn't -mean -it -is -important -but -it -might -as -well -be -because -what -we -as -humans -think -is -important -is -important -but -be -careful -just -because -something's -important -doesn't -mean -it -means -anything -or -that -it -actually -makes -anything -happen -even -though -just -because -something -makes -something -else -happen -doesn't -mean -it's -important -shit -let -me -start -again diff --git a/river/question.river b/river/question.river deleted file mode 100644 index 553cde8..0000000 --- a/river/question.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,268 +0,0 @@ - -do -you -have -to -say -your -thoughts -out -loud -for -them -to -mean -anything -paul -asked -jill -on -his -first -coffee -break -at -work -it -was -in -the -city -and -his -mother -told -him -she -wouldn't -drive -him -so -he'd -had -to -take -the -bus -number -3 -he -thought -it -was -he -couldn't -quite -remember -jill -said -sorry -what -paul -realized -that -she -hadn't -really -noticed -him -there -in -the -break -room -as -he -was -hunched -behind -the -refrigerator -a -little -and -she -was -busy -pouring -coffee -and -exactly -two -tablespoons -of -both -milk -and -sugar -into -her -mug -before -she -put -the -coffee -in -he -decided -to -repeat -the -question -how -do -you -think -he -asked -like -everyone -else -i -guess -she -said -i -have -a -thought -and -if -it's -important -i -write -it -down -do -you -have -to -say -them -out -loud -for -them -to -make -sense -are -you -asking -if -i -talk -to -myself -a -pause -i -guess -so -he -said -looking -down -he -had -a -feeling -this -was -a -bad -thing -sometimes -she -said -and -walked -out -of -the -break -room -she -didn't -understand -the -importance -of -his -question -she -popped -her -head -back -in -a -moment -later -and -his -heart -leaped -in -his -chest -how's -your -first -day -going -so -far -she -asked -can -you -understand -everything -okay -yes -he -said -you -were -right -it's -pretty -basic -good -she -said -paul -yes -do -you -have -to -say -all -of -your -thoughts -out -loud -to -remember -them -he -shook -his -head -only -all -of -the -time -paul -thought -to -himself -but -didn't -speak diff --git a/river/real-writer.river b/river/real-writer.river deleted file mode 100644 index 5cc80d9..0000000 --- a/river/real-writer.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,290 +0,0 @@ -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 diff --git a/river/reports.river b/river/reports.river deleted file mode 100644 index cc5b868..0000000 --- a/river/reports.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,203 +0,0 @@ - -paul -you -can't -turn -in -your -reports -on -four-by-six -notecards -jill -told -him -after -he -handed -her -his -reports -typed -carefully -on -twelve -four-by-six -notecards -he -had -spent -the -weekend -going -to -the -office -supply -store -to -buy -notecards -and -typewriter -ribbon -he -found -it -surprisingly -easily -after -his -first -payday -replacing -the -ribbon -in -his -typewriter -this -took -approximately -half -an -hour -because -he -had -to -figure -it -all -out -on -his -own -opening -the -package -of -notecards -this -took -approximately -four -seconds -although -he -still -had -to -figure -out -how -to -do -it -on -his -own -it -was -just -easier -carefully -typing -the -reports -he'd -handwritten -on -letter -paper -onto -the -notecards -he -made -many -mistakes -and -threw -away -many -notecards -though -later -he -used -them -for -kindling -so -understandably -he -was -upset -he -told -jill -all -the -work -he'd -gone -to -to -type -those -notecard -reports -for -her -for -the -company -she -shook -her -head -paul -you -don't -have -to -do -all -that -work -at -home -just -type -it -up -on -the -computers -here -that's -all -you -need -to -do -thanks -for -the -work -though -he -nodded -as -she -threw -the -notecards -into -the -trashcan -and -left -his -cubicle diff --git a/river/riptide_memory.river b/river/riptide_memory.river deleted file mode 100644 index b6861f6..0000000 --- a/river/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 diff --git a/river/ronaldmcdonald.river b/river/ronaldmcdonald.river deleted file mode 100644 index 95c9a8d..0000000 --- a/river/ronaldmcdonald.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,232 +0,0 @@ -when -ronald -mcdonald -takes -off -his -striped -shirt -his -coveralls -his -painted -face -when -he -no -longer -looks -like -anyone -or -anything -special -sitting -next -to -women -in -bars -or -standing -in -the -aisle -at -the -grocery -is -he -no -longer -ronald -is -he -no -longer -happy -to -kick -a -soccer -ball -around -with -the -kids -in -the -park -is -he -suddenly -unable -to -enjoy -the -french -fries -he -gets -for -his -fifty -percent -off -i'd -like -to -think -that -he -takes -ronald -off -like -a -shirt -hangs -him -in -a -closet -where -he -breathes -darkly -in -the -musk -i'd -like -to -believe -that -we -are -able -to -slough -off -selves -like -old -skin -and -still -retain -some -base -self -of -course -we -all -know -this -is -not -what -happens -the -ronald -leering -at -women -drunkenly -is -the -same -who -the -next -day -kicks -at -a -ball -the -size -of -a -head -he -is -the -same -that -hugs -his -children -at -night -who -has -sex -with -his -wife -on -the -weekends -when -they're -not -so -tired -to -make -it -work -who -smiles -holding -a -basket -of -fries -in -front -of -a -field -he -cannot -take -off -the -facepaint -or -the -yellow -gloves -they -are -stuck -to -him -like -so -many -feathers -with -the -tar -of -his -everyday -associations -his -plight -is -that -of -everyone's -we -are -what -we -do -who -we -are diff --git a/river/roughgloves.river b/river/roughgloves.river deleted file mode 100644 index 22b23c3..0000000 --- a/river/roughgloves.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,114 +0,0 @@ -i -lost -my -hands -knit -replacement -ones -from -spiders -threads -stronger -than -steel -but -soft -as -lambs -wool -catching -as -they -do -on -nails -your -collarbone -you -don't -seem -to -like -their -rough -warm -presence -on -your -cheek -or -thigh -i've -asked -you -if -you -minded -you've -said -no -your -face -a -table -laid -with -burnt -meat -bread -so -stale -it -could -break -a -hand -remember -your -senile -mother's -face -above -that -table -i'd -say -she -got -the -meaning -of -that -look -you'd -rather -not -be -touched -by -these -rough -gloves -the -only -way -i -have -to -knit -a -love -against -whatever -winters -we -may -enter -like -a -silkworm -in -a -spider's -blackened -maw diff --git a/river/sapling.river b/river/sapling.river deleted file mode 100644 index efd5942..0000000 --- a/river/sapling.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,279 +0,0 @@ -he -chopped -down -a -sapling -pine -tree -and -looked -at -his -watch -from -first -chop -to -fall -it -had -taken -him -eight -minutes -and -something -like -twenty -seconds -maybe -a -little -change -he -leaned -against -another -tree -and -fished -in -his -pocket -for -a -cigarette -he -lifted -it -out -of -its -box -and -fished -in -his -other -pocket -for -his -lighter -failing -to -find -it -he -searched -his -other -pockets -he -came -to -the -realization -that -he -had -forgotten -it -in -his -shack -in -confusion -over -his -true -vocation -he'd -resorted -to -calling -it -simply -the -shack -until -he -could -figure -it -out -he -sighed -and -put -his -hands -in -his -pockets -i -wonder -if -trees -are -protective -of -their -young -he -said -to -himself -then -wondered -if -why -he -had -to -think -his -thoughts -out -loud -then -remembered -he -always -did -this -then -remembered -his -conversation -with -jill -he -hoped -she -didn't -he -hoped -that -conversation -was -like -the -tree -that -fell -in -the -forest -with -no -one -around -i -wonder -if -a -thought -said -out -loud -isn't -heard -by -anyone -if -it -was -made -i -think -maybe -this -is -what -literature -big -l -is -all -about -if -it's -trying -to -make -a -connection -because -no -idea -matters -unless -it's -connected -to -something -else -or -to -someone -else -maybe -no -wood -matters -unless -it's -bound -to -another -by -upholstery -nails -if -the -devil -is -in -the -details -as -they -say -who -are -they -anyway -the -details -are -the -connections -that -doesn't -make -sense -details -are -details -connections -are -connections -still -a -neuron -by -itself -means -nothing -put -them -all -together -though -and -connect -them -you've -got -a -brain diff --git a/river/seasonal-affective-disorder.river b/river/seasonal-affective-disorder.river deleted file mode 100644 index ac27ebb..0000000 --- a/river/seasonal-affective-disorder.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ -on -your -desk -i -set -a -tangerine -a -relic -of -a -winter -quickly -passing -i'm -reminded -fiercely -of -a -summer -i -watched -the -cemetery -grass -on -my -stomach -you -hate -the -wind -blowing -through -buildings -the -coldness -of -fire -blister -of -a -mountain -stream -when -you -broke -down -that -night -your -aunt -/ -you -never -have -been -/ -you -shook -that -night -/ -seasonal -affective -disorder -is -real -you -mutter -under -your -breath -on -the -highway -the -ant -carries -an -orange -peel -past -a -headstone -it -carries -her -nearly -as -often -i -set -a -tangerine -on -your -desk -an -engagement -ring -winter-returned diff --git a/river/sense-of-it.river b/river/sense-of-it.river deleted file mode 100644 index dab36b5..0000000 --- a/river/sense-of-it.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,149 +0,0 @@ -i -only -write -poems -on -the -bus -anymore -i -sit -far -in -the -back -to -be -alone -i -mark -black -things -on -white -things -in -a -black -thing -i -try -to -make -sense -of -it -every -time -i -see -a -plastic -bag -in -the -wind -i -think -this -is -the -most -beautiful -thing -i've -ever -seen -most -of -my -life -i -relate -to -something -on -the -tv -this -is -how -i -try -to -make -sense -of -it -the -talking -heads -song -stop -making -sense -is -about -a -girlfriend -caught -cheating -and -willed -oblivion -the -song's -real -title -is -girlfriend -is -better -but -lying -about -it -is -a -way -i -try -to -make -sense -of -it -the -day -after -i -lost -her -i -found -you -again -your -face -made -a -plastic -bag -of -my -heart -your -eyes -were -the -wind -pushing -the -bus -forward -i -couldn't -make -sense -of -it diff --git a/river/serengeti.river b/river/serengeti.river deleted file mode 100644 index 905331c..0000000 --- a/river/serengeti.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,107 +0,0 @@ -the -self -is -a -serengeti -a -wide -grassland -with -baobab -trees -reaching -their -roots -deep -into -earth -like -a -child -into -a -clay -pot -a -wind -blows -there -or -seems -to -blow -if -he -holds -it -up -to -his -ear -the -air -shifts -like -stones -in -a -stream -uncovering -a -crawfish -it -finds -another -hiding -place -watching -you -its -eyes -are -blacker -than -wind -on -the -serengeti -they -are -the -eyes -of -a -predator -they -are -coming -toward -you -or -receding -a -storm -cloud -builds -on -the -horizon -are -you -running -toward -the -rain -or -away -from -it -do -you -stand -still -and -crouch -hoping -for -silence diff --git a/river/shed.river b/river/shed.river deleted file mode 100644 index c085cd0..0000000 --- a/river/shed.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,149 +0,0 @@ - -what -do -you -do -all -day -in -that -shed -out -back -his -mother -asked -one -night -while -they -ate -dinner -in -front -of -the -tv -write -he -answered -write -what -she -asked -in -that -way -that -means -he'd -better -not -say -i -don't -know -i -don't -know -he -said -goddammit -paul -his -mother -said -you're -wasting -your -life -out -in -that -shed -you -need -to -go -out -and -get -i -chop -down -trees -too -he -said -i -make -furniture -out -of -them -his -mother's -face -did -a -hitchcock -zoom -as -she -considered -this -new -information -is -it -any -good -she -asked -eyes -narrowed -it's -getting -there -he -answered -i'm -getting -better -every -day -when -is -it -going -to -be -there -she -asked -when -are -you -going -to -sell -this -furniture -of -yours -it'll -be -a -while -he -answered -then -you'd -better -get -a -job -until -then -she -said diff --git a/river/shipwright.river b/river/shipwright.river deleted file mode 100644 index e097023..0000000 --- a/river/shipwright.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,157 +0,0 @@ -he -builds -a -ship -as -if -it -were -the -last -thing -holding -him -together -as -if -when -he -stops -his -body -will -fall -onto -the -plate-glass -water -and -shatter -into -sand -to -keep -his -morale -up -he -whistles -and -sings -but -the -wind -whistles -louder -and -taunts -him -your -ship -will -build -itself -if -you -throw -yourself -into -the -sea -time -has -a -way -of -growing -your -beard -for -you -soon -you'll -find -yourself -on -a -rocking -chair -on -some -porch -made -from -your -ship's -timbers -the -window -behind -you -is -made -from -a -sail -thick -canvas -and -no -one -inside -will -hear -your -calling -for -milk -or -a -chamberpot -your -children -will -have -all -sailed -to -the -new -world -and -left -you -but -he -tries -not -to -listen -continues -to -hammer -nail -after -nail -into -timber -after -timber -but -the -wind -finally -blows -him -into -the -growling -ocean -and -the -ship -falls -apart -on -its -own diff --git a/river/sixteenth-chapel.river b/river/sixteenth-chapel.river deleted file mode 100644 index 420a350..0000000 --- a/river/sixteenth-chapel.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,349 +0,0 @@ -if -justin -bieber -isn't -going -for -the -sixteenth -chapel -i'm -not -either -i -admit -he -is -my -role -model -he's -so -current -so -fresh -and -so -new -and -michelangelo -is -so -old -his -art -so -dated -where -is -the -love -in -those -old -paintings -all -i -see -is -creation -judgment -and -death -and -i -don't -get -the -preoccupation -with -death -i'm -about -life -ever -since -my -sixteenth -birthday -when -me -and -my -two -sisters -all -nearly -died -when -the -car -i -was -driving -rolled -into -a -creek -even -though -i've -forgotten -the -date -i -think -it -keeps -me -thinking -on -the -new -something -biebs -would -be -proud -of -if -he -knew -i -look -at -him -and -see -the -opposite -of -death -in -his -eyes -his -youthful -smile -though -someday -he -may -be -a -father -and -later -host -a -sweet -sixteen -for -his -daughter -who -i -know -he'll -buy -a -rolls -death -will -never -find -him -living -will -be -all -he'll -ever -do -because -it -will -be -all -he'll -ever -need -to -do -he -is -the -eternal -new -the -forever -youth -this -is -the -simple -role -of -every -celebrity -to -let -us -forget -death -bieber -didn't -make -a -mistake -on -the -sistine -chapel's -name -he -merely -showed -that -someday -all -old -names -must -go -that -on -some -day -a -name -must -die -so -that -the -thing -which -is -all -that -matters -can -stay -as -it -was -in -the -sixteenth -century -fresh -ostentatious -and -brand -new -in -a -way -the -name -becomes -a -christ -experiencing -death -so -the -world -doesn't -have -to -but -i -am -wary -of -this -role -for -a -name -it -seems -a -name -gives -meaning -rolls -the -general -idea -together -with -the -concrete -daily -toil -of -the -mundane -are -not -life -and -death -intertwined -is -not -everything -tied -up -all -with -everything -i -guess -i'm -saying -the -new -necessarily -comes -from -the -old -as -every -sixteen -year-old -has -a -parent -life -rolls -to -death -and -all -is -tied -together -each -day -is -born -of -night -and -dies -so -new -morning -can -occur -even -the -sixteenth -chapel -holds -death diff --git a/river/snow.river b/river/snow.river deleted file mode 100644 index fd303b4..0000000 --- a/river/snow.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,234 +0,0 @@ -i -don't -care -if -they -burn -he -wrote -on -his -last -blank -notecard -he'd -have -to -go -to -the -office -supply -store -tomorrow -after -work -he -looked -at -what -he'd -written -he'd -been -thinking -about -this -for -a -while -felt -the -frustration -build -slowly -like -a -thundercloud -in -the -back -of -his -mind -he -thought -he -should -write -something -else -on -the -card -but -everything -he -thought -of -seemed -too -confessional -or -too -real -compromising -he -didn't -want -anyone -not -even -the -notecards -to -know -what -he -was -thinking -he -decided -to -try -for -more -of -an -interview -with -the -paper -why -asked -the -notecard -because -there -is -nothing -important -on -any -of -them -he -wrote -back -what -do -you -mean -you -have -some -good -stuff -in -that -top -drawer -there -he -looked -in -the -top -drawer -it -was -stuffed -full -of -notecards -in -no -organization -he -could -see -bits -and -pieces -of -thoughts -like -leaves -crunched -underfoot -in -autumn -it -will -take -so -much -organization -he -wrote -why -is -organization -important -remember -the -trees -how -they -formed -rows -without -trying -no -matter -how -the -ideas -fall -they -make -something -the -snow -does -that -too -he -wrote -it -doesn't -try -to -make -anything -but -it -does -no -the -snow -is -different -the -notecard -was -annoyed -the -snow -is -a -blank -canvas -that -humans -build -into -shapes -or -doppelgangers -it -makes -nothing -on -its -own diff --git a/river/something-simple.river b/river/something-simple.river deleted file mode 100644 index 4d9cd98..0000000 --- a/river/something-simple.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,110 +0,0 @@ -in -mammals -the -ratio -between -bladder -size -and -urethra -is -such -that -it -takes -all -of -them -the -same -time -to -piss -take -for -example -the -fact -that -fibonnacci -numbers -show -up -everywhere -how -can -you -look -at -this -at -all -of -this -all -of -these -facts -and -tell -me -to -my -face -there -is -no -god -and -yet -there -isn't -you -murmer -quietly -into -my -ear -over -and -over -like -a -low -tide -sounding -its -lonely -waves -on -an -abandoned -beach -the -ocean -that -birthed -us -holds -us -still -we -are -tied -you -and -i -together -in -her -arms -the -moon -caring -father -looks -down -from -a -dispassionate -sky diff --git a/river/spittle.river b/river/spittle.river deleted file mode 100644 index 000b141..0000000 --- a/river/spittle.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,116 +0,0 @@ -my -body -is -attached -to -your -body -by -a -thin -spittle -of -thought -when -you -turn -away -from -me -my -thought -is -broken -and -forms -anew -with -something -else -ideas -are -drool -beauty -has -been -slobbered -over -far -too -long -god -is -a -tidal -wave -of -bodily -fluid -even -the -flea -has -some -vestigial -wetness -we -live -in -a -world -fleshy -and -dark -and -moist -as -a -nostril -is -conciousness -only -a -watery-eyed -romantic -crying -softly -into -his -shirt-sleeve -is -not -reason -a -square-jawed -businessman -with -a -briefcase -full -of -memory -i -want -to -kiss -the -world -to -make -it -mine -i -want -to -become -a -judas -to -reality -betray -it -with -the -wetness -of -emotion diff --git a/river/squirrel.river b/river/squirrel.river deleted file mode 100644 index f831c4b..0000000 --- a/river/squirrel.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,127 +0,0 @@ -he -is -so -full -in -himself -how -far -down -the -branch -to -run -how -long -to -jump -when -to -grab -the -air -and -catch -in -it -and -turn -and -land -on -branch -so -gracefully -it's -like -dying -alone -and -warm -in -a -bed -next -to -a -summer -window -and -the -birds -singing -and -on -that -branch -there -is -the -squirrel -dancing -among -the -branches -and -you -think -what -if -he -fell -but -he -won't -because -he's -a -squirrel -and -that's -what -they -do -dance -and -never -fall -it -was -erased -long -ago -from -the -squirrel -even -the -possibility -of -falling -was -erased -from -his -being -by -the -slow -inexorable -evolution -of -squirrels -that -is -why -all -squirrels -are -so -full -in -themselves -full -in -who -they -are diff --git a/river/stagnant.river b/river/stagnant.river deleted file mode 100644 index 470988e..0000000 --- a/river/stagnant.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,238 +0,0 @@ - -riding -the -bus -to -work -is -a -good -way -to -think -or -to -read -paul -thought -to -himself -on -the -bus -ride -to -work -his -thoughts -couldn't -become -real -to -him -because -he -didn't -want -to -look -insane -to -everyone -else -on -the -bus -his -thoughts -came -to -him -like -someone -yelling -over -a -hard -wind -he -was -trying -to -write -them -on -his -memory -but -the -act -of -writing -was -easier -and -more -immediate -than -that -of -listening -he -was -afraid -that -when -he -looked -at -his -memory -later -he -wouldn't -be -able -to -read -what -was -written -thoughts -are -like -the -wind -outside -a -moving -bus -he -thought -or -rather -the -bus -is -a -brain -slamming -into -columns -of -stagnant -air -causing -them -to -whistle -past -in -a -confusion -of -something -he -could -barely -hear -the -voice -yelling -to -him -over -the -wind -speak -up -he -thought -to -the -voice -then -remembered -it -was -his -own -he -wished -he'd -remembered -a -book -to -read -he -looked -at -his -hands -to -pass -the -time -they -were -dry -in -the -winter -air -that -had -seeped -its -way -into -the -bus -he -tried -to -figure -out -how -many -hours -they -would -make -it -before -cracking -and -bleeding -maybe -three -or -four -he -thought -accidentally -out -loud -he -looked -around -expecting -stares -from -everyone -on -the -seat -he -was -surprised -that -he -was -the -only -one -on -the -bus diff --git a/river/statements-frag.river b/river/statements-frag.river deleted file mode 100644 index 4f2460c..0000000 --- a/river/statements-frag.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,469 +0,0 @@ -i -eli -eli -can -one -truly -describe -an -emotion -eli -asked -me -over -the -walkie-talkie -he -was -in -the -bathroom -had -taken -the -walkie-talkie -in -with -him -absent-mindedly -i -could -hear -sounds -of -his -piss -hitting -the -toilet -water -i -can -hear -you -peeing -i -said -he -didn't -answer -so -i -said -in -apology -it's -okay -humans -are -sexually -dimorphic -i -was -sitting -on -my -blue -baby -blanket -texting -jon -who -was -funny -and -amicable -over -the -phone -he -made -a -three-message -joke -about -greedy -lawyers -and -i -would -have -been -laughing -if -not -for -my -embarrassment -toward -eli -he -finally -came -out -of -the -bathroom -and -kept -his -eyes -straight -ahead -toward -the -wall -calendar -and -not -at -me -as -he -passed -through -the -family -room -into -his -bedroom -were -he -shut -the -door -quietly -presently -i -heard -some -muffled -noise -as -he -turned -on -his -ipod -i -guessed -he -didn't -feel -like -talking -so -i -stayed -on -my -blanket -watching -the -price -is -right -and -texting -jon -drew -carrey -was -doing -his -wrap-up -speech -on -tv -when -eli -finally -came -out -of -his -room -red -puffy -streaks -covering -his -face -his -eyes -and -nose -were -red -too -which -was -almost -festive -against -the -pale -green -and -white -of -the -wallpaper -i -had -been -laughing -at -the -goofy -costumes -on -the -price -is -right -and -the -jokes -jon -was -texting -me -but -when -eli -came -out -of -the -room -i -stopped -and -just -looked -at -him -as -well -as -i -could -he -was -staring -at -my -right -shoulder -as -he -said -go -home -now -what -i -said -go -home -now -i -don't -want -you -here -anymore -because -i -just -remembered -i -have -someone -coming -over -and -i -have -to -clean -look -eli -i'm -sorry -it -doesn't -have -anything -to -do -with -you -i -swear -just -go -okay -go -home -now -i -got -up -and -tried -to -give -him -a -hug -but -he -withdrew -from -me -sharply -so -i -walked -around -the -coffee -table -as -he -sat -down -not -looking -at -me -anymore -and -stared -at -the -blank -tv -the -blanket -i -had -been -sitting -in -was -crumpled -next -to -him -like -a -dead -bird -i -opened -my -mouth -but -thought -better -of -talking -and -closed -the -door -behind -me -slowly -ii -dimorphic -dimorphic -verse -oranges -poison -a -compromise -between -mary -judas -blue -baby -blankets -swaddling -greedy -lawyers -can -one -truly -describe -an -emotion -i -cut -my -ankle -with -a -razor -blade -i -can -only -go -one -at -a -time -humanity -has -a -seething -mass -of -eels -for -a -brain -mating -in -the -water -so -forcefully -that -it -could -drown -you -under -the -moon -iii -declaration -of -poetry -declaration-of-poetry -you -have -to -go -one -line -at -a -time -and -you -have -to -start -on -the -first -or -second -line diff --git a/river/stayed-on-the-bus.river b/river/stayed-on-the-bus.river deleted file mode 100644 index 7882ef0..0000000 --- a/river/stayed-on-the-bus.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -it -was -a -gamble -i -lost -thought -i -could -get -closer -than -the -library -stayed -on -past -the -admin -building -back -down -the -hill -to -my -beginning -the -driver's -second-to-last -stop -i -have -to -walk -now -through -the -wind -and -sun -past -traffic -moving -merrily -along -taking -their -own -gambles -staying -on -or -getting -off -too -soon diff --git a/river/stump.river b/river/stump.river deleted file mode 100644 index fcf8a42..0000000 --- a/river/stump.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,218 +0,0 @@ -he -walked -into -the -woods -for -the -first -time -in -months -it -was -a -bright -summer -day -but -under -the -canopy -of -leaves -it -was -cool -and -quiet -and -twilight -there -was -no -sound -but -his -footsteps -his -breathing -instead -of -an -axe -his -right -hand -clutched -his -notebook -his -left -was -in -his -pocket -a -pencil -perched -behind -his -ear -he -walked -aimlessly -until -coming -over -a -short -rise -he -saw -a -stump -he -recognized -his -handiwork -in -the -way -the -stump -made -a -kind -of -chair -back -flat -until -the -axe -had -gone -through -far -enough -then -a -frayed -edge -like -a -torn -page -paul -walked -over -to -the -stump -and -sat -down -he -looked -up -and -tried -to -find -a -pattern -in -the -placement -of -the -trees -there -was -none -they -grew -randomly -beginning -nowhere -and -ending -in -the -same -place -a -squirrel -ran -down -one -and -up -another -for -no -reason -he -opened -his -notebook -and -took -his -pencil -from -his -ear -but -could -think -of -nothing -to -write -a -crow -called -hoarsely -to -another -something -important -paul -looked -up -but -could -not -see -the -black -bird -in -the -leaves -of -the -trees -he -looked -back -down -to -the -cream-colored -pages -of -his -notebook -he -was -surprised -that -he'd -written -you -cannot -discover -art diff --git a/river/swansong-alt.river b/river/swansong-alt.river deleted file mode 100644 index e7fc39e..0000000 --- a/river/swansong-alt.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,153 +0,0 @@ -this -poem -is -dry -like -chapped -lips -it -is -hard -as -teeth -hear -the -tapping -it -is -the -swan -song -of -beauty -as -all -swan -songs -are -reading -it -you -are -puzzled -perhaps -a -little -repulsed -swans -do -not -have -teeth -nor -do -they -sing -a -honking -over -the -cliff -is -all -they -can -do -and -that -they -do -badly -you -don't -know -where -i'm -going -you -want -to -tell -me -you -are -not -you -you -are -the -air -the -swan -walks -on -you -are -the -fringe -of -the -curtain -that -separates -me -from -you -i -say -that -you -are -no -longer -the -temple -that -you -have -been -through -fire -and -are -now -less -than -ash -you -are -the -subtraction -of -yourself -from -the -world -the -air -without -a -swan -together -we -are -each -other -you -and -i -have -both -nothing -and -everything -at -once -we -own -the -world -and -nothing -in -it diff --git a/river/swansong.river b/river/swansong.river deleted file mode 100644 index 0c23c70..0000000 --- a/river/swansong.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,112 +0,0 @@ -swans -fly -overhead -singing -goodbye -to -we -walkers -of -the -earth -you -point -to -them -in -formation -you -tell -me -you -are -not -you -you -are -the -air -the -swans -walk -on -as -they -journey -like -pilgrims -to -a -temple -in -the -south -a -curtain -there -separates -me -from -you -swans -from -the -air -they -fly -through -i -say -that -you -are -no -longer -the -temple -that -you -have -been -through -fire -and -are -now -less -than -ash -you -are -a -mirror -of -me -the -air -without -a -swan -together -we -are -each -other -you -and -i -have -both -nothing -and -everything -at -once -we -own -the -world -and -nothing -in -it diff --git a/river/swear.river b/river/swear.river deleted file mode 100644 index 6272f3c..0000000 --- a/river/swear.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,238 +0,0 @@ -everything -changes -or -everything -stays -the -same -first -a -history -i -was -writing -my -thoughts -in -a -book -i -got -a -typewriter -and -typing -things -in -a -book -became -impossible -i -began -typing -on -4x6 -notecards -i -ran -out -of -ribbon -in -my -typewriter -i -wrote -on -the -4x6 -notecards -i -bought -a -new -ribbon -and -new -notecards -now -again -i -am -typing -on -notecards -what -have -i -been -typing -thoughts -impressions -maybe -a -log -of -changes -to -my -mental -state -i -waited -long -enough -and -i -began -recording -them -in -the -same -way -if -i -wait -longer -the -ribbon -will -run -out -again -and -i'll -write -again -on -notecards -or -in -my -book -the -same -thoughts -in -different -bodies -that's -what -it -means -every -thing -changes -or -everything -stays -the -same -it -might -as -well -be -and -local -differences -add -up -to -global -identities -it's -a -hoop -right -and -we -keep -going -around -and -we -think -it's -flat -but -it's -round -like -the -earth -paul -pushed -his -chair -away -from -the -writing -desk -and -stared -at -the -notecard -he -stood -up -knocked -his -head -on -the -lightbulb -swore -he -pulled -the -notecard -from -his -typewriter -and -crumpled -it -up -with -his -left -hand -with -his -right -hand -he -reached -in -his -pocket -and -pulled -out -his -cigarettes -he -put -one -in -his -mouth -threw -the -paper -in -the -corner -grabbed -his -axe -went -out -into -the -woods diff --git a/river/table_contents.river b/river/table_contents.river deleted file mode 100644 index 177d620..0000000 --- a/river/table_contents.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,193 +0,0 @@ - -4 -the -look -she -gave -me -4 -half-hours -in -heaven -are -three -times -that -in -hell -5 -not -out -of -anger -5 -pay -the -toll -mister -or -nothing -can -get -done -6 -a -desire -to -understand -6 -misattributed -7 -seven -syllables -amble -7 -disassociated -8 -to -drink -at -the -pond -8 -advice -from -a -cereal -box -9 -two -fall -in -and -drown -9 -the -challenges -of -a -modern -life -10 -odd-numbered -ponies -10 -probability -and -the -american -dream -11 -buck -and -whinny -in -the -moonlight -11 -two -friends -throw -dice -12 -to -die -tomorrow -12 -fears -of -death -13 -to -be -everywhere -13 -the -solipsist -talks -to -god -14 -all -at -one -time -my -motto -14 -a -phone -conversation -following -receipt -of -an -ill-timed -love -letter -15 -of -a -perfect -world -15 -woody -allen -at -the -horse -races -16 -this -morning -the -sun -16 -whether -you -say -good -morning -or -good -night -17 -wandering -through -the -window -17 -a -traveler -waiting -on -the -mountain -18 -alights -on -my -shoulder -18 -the -impenetrable -object -falls -in -love -1 -liquid -messenger -2 -after -a -gate -closes -dogs -bark -3 -finding -old -men -at -dusk diff --git a/river/tapestry.river b/river/tapestry.river deleted file mode 100644 index 77f4a17..0000000 --- a/river/tapestry.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,254 +0,0 @@ -apparently -typewriters -need -ribbon -apparently -ribbon -is -incredibly -hard -to -find -anymore -because -no -one -uses -typewriters -apparently -i -am -writing -my -hymns -from -now -on -so -he -was -back -to -calling -his -notes -hymns -he -looked -up -hymns -in -the -dictionary -it -said -that -a -hymn -was -an -ode -or -song -of -praise -or -adoration -praise -or -adoration -to -what -he -asked -himself -he -thought -maybe -furniture -there -was -still -a -lot -of -notfurniture -in -what -he -was -again -calling -his -writing -shack -the -dictionary -also -had -this -to -say -about -hymn -that -it -was -possibly -related -to -the -old -greek -word -for -weave -weave -what -paul -wondered -to -himself -he -wrote -this -down -on -a -new -notecard -apparently -hymn -means -weave -somehow -or -it -used -to -or -its -cousin -did -what -is -it -weaving -who -is -it -weaving -for -i -remember -in -school -we -talked -about -odysseus -and -his -wife -penelope -who -wove -a -tapestry -every -day -just -to -take -it -apart -at -night -i -forget -why -maybe -she -wove -the -tapestry -for -odysseus -maybe -she -wove -it -for -herself -what -did -she -weave -it -of -memory -maybe -or -dream -i -think -these -words -make -a -kind -of -tapestry -or -at -least -the -thread -it -will -be -made -of -i -will -weave -a -hymn -to -the -gods -of -literature -out -of -fiction -my -furniture -was -a -try -at -weaving -but -i -am -shit -at -furniture -so -writing -it -is -again -he -wrote -notes -for -a -hymn -at -the -top -of -this -notecard diff --git a/river/telemarketer.river b/river/telemarketer.river deleted file mode 100644 index 852b08b..0000000 --- a/river/telemarketer.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,688 +0,0 @@ -it -was -one -of -those -nameless -gray -buildings -that -could -be -seen -from -the -street -only -if -larry -craned -his -neck -to -almost -vertical -he -never -had -of -course -having -heard -when -he -first -arrived -in -the -city -that -only -tourists -unaccustomed -to -tall -buildings -did -so -he'd -never -thought -about -it -until -he'd -heard -the -social -injunction -against -such -a -thing -it -was -now -one -of -the -things -he -thought -about -almost -every -day -as -he -rode -to -and -from -work -in -gritty -blue -buses -inside -the -building -the -constant -sound -of -recirculating -dry -air -made -larry -feel -as -though -he -were -at -some -beach -in -hell -listening -to -the -ocean -or -more -accurately -at -a -gift -shop -in -a -landlocked -state -in -hell -listening -to -the -ocean -as -represented -by -the -sound -a -conch -shell -makes -when -he -holds -it -up -to -his -ear -the -buzz -of -the -fluorescent -bulbs -overhead -sounded -like -the -hot -sun -bearing -down -all -day -in -this -metaphor -a -favorite -of -larry's -his -cubicle -was -made -of -that -cheap -grayish-blue -plywood -that -cubicles -are -made -of -inside -it -his -computer -sat -on -his -desk -as -larry -liked -to -think -an -eagle -perched -on -a -mountainous -crag -much -like -the -crag -that -was -his -desktop -wallpaper -the -walls -were -unadorned -except -for -a -few -tacked-up -papers -in -report -covers -explaining -his -script -when -larry -made -a -call -to -a -potential -customer -it -always -went -the -same -way -hi -mr/mrs -customer's -name -my -name -is -larry -and -i'm -with -client's -name -and -was -just -wondering -if -i -could -have -a -minute -of -your -time -oh -no -sir -i -don't -want -whatever -it -is -you're -selling -customer -terminates -call -larry -had -only -ever -read -the -first -line -of -the -script -on -the -wall -sometimes -he -had -an -urge -to -read -more -of -it -to -be -ready -when -a -customer -expressed -interest -in -whatever -it -was -larry -was -selling -but -something -in -him -he -liked -to -think -it -was -an -actor's -intuition -that -told -him -it -was -best -to -improvise -though -he -worried -it -was -the -futility -of -it -kept -him -from -reading -further -into -the -script -so -when -jane -said -sure -i -have -nothing -better -to -do -he -was -thrown -completely -off -guard -um -alright -mrs -mrs -loring -i -was -wondering -it's -ms -not -mrs -em -ess -miz -no -r -larry -she -sounded -patient -as -if -she -were -used -to -correcting -people -about -the -particulars -of -her -title -but -how -often -can -that -happen -larry -thought -and -he -was -suddenly -deeply -confused -oh -sorry -ma'am -uh -miz -loring -but -i -wanted -to -know -whether -you'd -like -to -ah -buy -some -larry -put -his -head -in -his -hand -and -started -twirling -his -hair -in -his -finger -a -nervous -habit -he'd -had -since -childhood -and -closed -his -eyes -tightly -why -don't -you -have -anything -better -to -do -immediately -he -knew -it -was -the -wrong -question -even -before -the -silence -on -the -other -end -moved -past -impatience -and -into -stunned -larry -had -a -mini-drama -written -and -staged -within -his -mind -she -would -call -customer -service -and -complain -loudly -into -the -representative's -ear -the -rep -would -send -a -memo -to -the -head -of -telemarketing -requesting -disciplinary -action -and -the -head -would -delegate -the -action -to -larry's -immediate -supervisor -david -david -would -saunter -over -to -larry's -cubicle -sometime -within -the -next -week -depending -on -when -he -got -the -memo -and -when -he -felt -like -crossing -fifty -feet -of -office -space -and -have -one -of -what -david -liked -to -call -chats -but -what -larry -knew -were -lectures -after -about -half -an -hour -of -chatting -david -would -give -larry -a -warning -and -ask -him -to -come -in -for -overtime -to -make -up -for -the -discretion -and -walk -back -slowly -to -his -office -making -small -talk -with -the -cubicled -workers -on -the -way -the -world -suddenly -felt -too -small -for -larry -or -he -too -big -for -it -quietly -with -the -same -patience -but -with -a -bigger -pain -jane -said -my -husband -just -left -me -and -i -thought -you -could -take -my -mind -off -of -him -for -just -a -minute -and -hung -up diff --git a/river/the-night-we-met.river b/river/the-night-we-met.river deleted file mode 100644 index 19ca4d7..0000000 --- a/river/the-night-we-met.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,166 +0,0 @@ -my -head -is -full -of -fire -my -tongue -swollen -pregnant -with -all -the -things -i -should've -said -but -didn't -last -night -we -met -each -other -in -the -dark -remember -you -told -me -time -was -pregnant -with -all -things -i -should've -said -something -to -draw -you -out -from -your -place -in -the -dark -remember -you -told -me -time -was -only -an -illusion -and -memory -was -only -something -to -draw -you -out -from -your -place -i -out -from -mine -that -night -i -believed -in -you -only -illusion -and -memory -were -one -lying -down -on -your -couch -through -the -night -you -drew -me -out -from -mine -that -night -i -believed -in -you -when -you -told -me -you -loved -me -i -lay -down -on -your -couch -through -the -night -you -drew -a -picture -of -our -future -together -when -you -told -me -you -loved -me -i -lied -in -the -dark -remember -you -told -me -time -was -a -picture -of -our -future -together -my -head -is -full -of -fire -my -tongue -swollen diff --git a/river/the-sea_the-beach.river b/river/the-sea_the-beach.river deleted file mode 100644 index 2c6a329..0000000 --- a/river/the-sea_the-beach.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,136 +0,0 @@ -waiting -for -a -reading -to -start -when -there's -nobody -coming -anyway -is -like -waiting -for -the -tide -to -make -some -meaning -of -the -beach -the -sea -doesn't -know -or -care -what -the -beach -even -is -let -alone -its -cares -or -its -troubles -its -little -nagging -under-the-skin -annoyances -that -make -the -beach -the -beach -sandworms -for -example -or -those -crabs -with -big -pincers -on -one -side -but -not -the -other -those -really -get -the -beach's -gander -up -but -the -sea -doesn't -care -the -sea -only -wants -to -caress -the -beach -with -its -soft -arms -to -tell -the -beach -how -much -it's -loved -by -the -sea -that -complex -of -water -salt -and -the -moon's -gravity -the -mercury -rising -up -and -down -slowly -like -a -yawn -the -sea -only -cares -about -itself -the -beach -lays -there -and -takes -it diff --git a/river/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.river b/river/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.river deleted file mode 100644 index 655dfad..0000000 --- a/river/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,156 +0,0 @@ -we -found -your -shirt -deep -in -the -dark -water -caught -on -the -clothesline -of -sleeping -pills -your -head -on -the -shore -was -streaming -tears -like -sleeves -or -the -coronas -of -saints -saved -from -fire -the -burning -bush -began -crying -like -a -child -who -misses -his -mother -traffic -slammed -shut -like -an -eye -god's -mean -left -hook -knocked -us -out -and -we -began -swimming -bruises -bloomed -like -algae -on -a -lake -your -father -beat -your -chest -and -screamed -for -someone -to -open -a -window -the -air -stopped -breathing -fish -clogged -its -gills -birds -sang -too -loudly -trying -to -drown -out -your -father's -cries -but -all -their -sweetness -was -not -enough -no -polite -noises -will -be -made -anymore -he -told -us -clawing -your -breastbone -he -opened -your -heart -to -air -again -camels -flowed -from -you -both -like -water -from -the -rock -god -spoke -up -but -nobody -listened -to -him -we -hung -you -up -on -the -line -to -dry diff --git a/river/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.river b/river/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.river deleted file mode 100644 index 414ff7e..0000000 --- a/river/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,161 +0,0 @@ -i -wish -i'd -kissed -you -when -i -had -the -chance -your -face -hovering -there -so -near -to -mine -your -mouth -pursed -what -word -was -it -you -pronounced -when -i -think -about -you -something -in -my -pants -tightens -and -my -thoughts -run -and -i -realize -i -should've -kissed -you -when -i -had -the -chance -i -want -that -moment -never -to -be -past -like -keats's -lovers -on -the -grecian -urn -his -mouth -pursed -her -figure -turned -to -pronounce -her -hips -in -ways -that -are -not -feminist -but -time -strolls -mildly -on -not -glancing -at -my -wish -to -kiss -you -when -i -had -the -chance -whispered -like -a -beggar -to -a -prince -outside -his -palace -time -looks -up -to -the -sky -purses -his -lips -and -hears -what -i -pronounce -but -pays -it -little -mind -if -he -would -just -turn -back -bend -down -and -follow -my -design -i -would -have -kissed -you -when -i -had -the -chance -as -your -mouth -pursed -and -you -pronounced -goodbye diff --git a/river/todaniel.river b/river/todaniel.river deleted file mode 100644 index a159163..0000000 --- a/river/todaniel.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@ -there -are -more -modern -ideals -of -beauty -than -yours -young -padowan -jessica -has -some -assets -that -i'll -give -you -easily -but -in -my -women -i -prefer -pizzazz -i -don't -want -to -bring -you -down -or -make -you -think -that -your -perfected -woman -isn't -so -it's -just -that -like -adam -said -2006 -has -come -and -gone -what -did -she -do -in -that -year -anyway -imdb -has -surprisingly -none -though -in -05 -she's -in -four -titles -sin -city -i've -never -seen -although -from -many -i've -heard -it's -good -but -it's -still -irrelevant -no -matter -how -comely -she -lacks -talent diff --git a/river/toilet.river b/river/toilet.river deleted file mode 100644 index 9e9da98..0000000 --- a/river/toilet.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,142 +0,0 @@ -paul -only -did -his -reading -on -the -toilet -he -read -in -a -magazine -that -the -universe -as -we -know -it -is -actually -a -hologram -a -three-dimensional -projection -of -a -lower -two-dimensional -realer -reality -the -article -said -that -this -model -explains -things -like -quantum -entanglement -what -it -called -spooky -action -at -a -distance -after -he -finished -he -ran -back -out -to -his -writing -shack -and -hammered -out -a -treatise -on -literature -as -spooky -action -his -mind -was -reeling -he -typed -out -an -entire -notecard -on -the -subject -he -stopped -to -catch -his -breath -reading -it -over -he -realized -he -was -completely -wrong -paper -is -made -from -trees -he -thought -and -so -is -furniture -he -had -thought -that -art -and -craft -were -two -separate -enterprises -but -he -realized -in -a -flash -that -they -were -two -sides -of -the -same -building -were -there -other -walls diff --git a/river/toothpaste.river b/river/toothpaste.river deleted file mode 100644 index 462604f..0000000 --- a/river/toothpaste.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,247 +0,0 @@ -he -couldn't -find -a -shirt -to -go -to -work -in -they -all -had -stains -on -them -somewhere -he -pulled -out -a -vest -to -put -on -over -the -stains -but -somehow -all -of -them -were -still -visible -most -of -them -were -unidentifiable -but -one -he -thought -could -have -come -from -that -peach -he -ate -two -weeks -before -another -looked -like -toothpaste -but -he -was -paranoid -it -was -something -else -when -he -took -the -bus -into -work -he -couldn't -relax -he -was -paranoid -everyone -was -staring -at -his -stain -and -kept -looking -out -the -corners -of -his -eyes -to -make -sure -they -weren't -they -didn't -seem -to -be -but -they -could -also -be -looking -away -just -as -he -looked -at -them -the -observation -paradox -he -muttered -to -himself -jill -was -the -only -one -to -notice -the -stain -at -work -she -came -around -to -his -cubicle -during -a -break -because -he -dared -not -show -his -stain -in -the -break -room -you -have -a -stain -on -your -shoulder -she -said -it -looks -like -toothpaste -do -i -he -feigned -ignorance -but -went -red -at -the -same -time -i -didn't -see -that -there -this -morning -how -do -you -get -toothpaste -on -your -shoulder -i -don't -know -skills -i -guess -he -said -and -she -grinned -you -know -vinegar -will -take -that -out -she -said -although -i -think -i -like -it -you -should -start -a -museum -of -shirt -stains -i -don't -have -that -many -shirts -with -stains -he -said -frowning -yes -you -do -she -said diff --git a/river/treatise.river b/river/treatise.river deleted file mode 100644 index 0252f42..0000000 --- a/river/treatise.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,203 +0,0 @@ -treatise -on -literature -as -spooky -action -from -a -distance -there -is -this -thing -called -spooky -action -at -a -distance -einstein -mentioned -it -first -i -believe -it -is -about -how -two -electrons -can -act -like -they -are -right -next -to -each -other -although -they -are -very -far -away -lightyears -even -for -a -long -time -this -puzzled -scientists -until -someone -not -einstein -figured -out -that -maybe -the -universe -is -a -hologram -or -projection -so -what -appears -to -be -very -far -apart -in -the -hologram -might -actually -be -very -close -in -the -substrate -reality -i -want -to -talk -about -this -effect -in -literature -in -literature -the -writer -writes -words -on -a -substrate -paper -and -later -the -reader -reads -the -same -words -off -the -substrate -although -the -writer -and -reader -might -be -very -far -apart -from -each -other -in -time -and -space -they -experience -the -same -effect -from -reading -the -words -even -the -writer -reading -his -own -words -after -he -has -written -them -becomes -a -reader -and -feels -who -he -was -at -that -time -like -a -ghost -problems -maybe -the -substrate -isn't -paper -it's -what -the -writing -is -about -where -is -the -hologram -are -physics -and -literature -comparable -what -if -the -universe -isn't -a -hologram -what -then diff --git a/river/underwear.river b/river/underwear.river deleted file mode 100644 index 7f87c0f..0000000 --- a/river/underwear.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,201 +0,0 @@ -he -dropped -the -penny -in -the -dryer -turned -it -on -and -turned -around -what -he -called -upstairs -pretending -not -to -hear -his -mother's -question -over -the -noise -of -the -dryer -he -had -heard -her -ask -could -you -bring -up -my -underwear -from -the -dryer -but -didn't -want -to -touch -her -underwear -any -more -than -he -had -to -i -don't -want -to -bring -up -your -underwear -he -said -to -himself -and -walked -back -upstairs -as -his -mother -was -calling -down -again -for -her -underwear -did -you -get -them -she -asked -when -he -opened -the -basement -door -to -the -kitchen -she -was -sitting -at -the -table -playing -dominoes -get -what -he -asked -she -peered -at -him -and -said -my -underwear -oh -i -didn't -see -them -he -answered -he -reflexively -opened -the -refrigerator -reflexively -bent -down -reflexively -tried -to -feign -non-disappointment -appointment -he -thought -at -seeing -the -same -disappointing -empty -pickle -jar -old -head -of -lettuce -crusty -mayonnaise -he'd -seen -already -on -the -way -down -to -switch -his -laundry -over -paul -she -said -in -that -way -that -means -look -at -me -paul -looked -at -her -you -had -to -get -them -out -of -the -dryer -to -put -your -clothes -in -where -did -you -put -them diff --git a/river/walking-in-the-rain.river b/river/walking-in-the-rain.river deleted file mode 100644 index aec72d3..0000000 --- a/river/walking-in-the-rain.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ -i -can -walk -through -the -rain -that -rare -occurrence -and -never -be -hit -by -a -drop -there -is -a -space -around -me -that -refuses -to -be -penetrated -by -weather -of -any -kind -be -it -rain -or -snow -or -sunshine -is -it -cold -i -hear -you -asking -in -your -voice -soft -as -a -breeze -no -it -is -not -particularly -cold -if -i -were -to -describe -it -as -warm -i -would -be -lying -as -well -if -i -were -to -pretend -i -heard -you -far-off -mirage -breeze -on -the -horizon -no -truth -would -ever -be -said -to -have -come -from -my -frozen -lips diff --git a/river/wallpaper.river b/river/wallpaper.river deleted file mode 100644 index f7bcca7..0000000 --- a/river/wallpaper.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,216 +0,0 @@ -he -didn't -go -back -into -the -shed -for -a -long -time -his -hatchet -was -in -there -and -his -axe -he -didn't -want -to -face -them -his -papers -he -decided -could -wait -in -the -top -drawer -for -a -while -before -being -looked -at -again -the -pain -medication -made -him -loopy -he -couldn't -think -as -well -as -he -was -used -to -which -wasn't -well -to -begin -with -even -saying -his -thoughts -out -loud -it -was -as -though -they -were -on -the -tv -in -the -next -room -someone -was -cheering -they -had -just -won -a -car -his -mother -came -in -with -lunch -on -a -tray -it -was -hot -tomato -soup -and -a -grilled -cheese -sandwich -what -have -you -been -doing -all -day -she -asked -you -haven't -just -been -staring -at -the -wall -have -you -he -had -been -staring -at -the -wall -most -of -the -day -the -wall -without -the -window -on -it -with -the -woodgrain -wallpaper -no -he -said -what -have -you -been -doing -then -she -asked -setting -the -tray -down -on -his -lap -he -sat -up -and -almost -upset -it -but -she -caught -it -before -it -spilled -anything -composing -in -my -head -he -lied -a -novel -of -my -experience -do -you -really -think -anyone -will -want -to -read -about -you -she -asked -and -walked -out -of -the -room diff --git a/river/weplayedthosegamestoo.river b/river/weplayedthosegamestoo.river deleted file mode 100644 index 942dc66..0000000 --- a/river/weplayedthosegamestoo.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,162 +0,0 @@ -i -saw -two -eskimo -girls -playing -a -game -blowing -on -each -other's -vocal -chords -to -make -music -on -the -tundra -i -thought -about -how -once -we -played -the -same -game -and -the -sounds -blowing -over -the -chords -of -our -throats -was -the -same -as -a -wind -over -frozen -prairie -we -are -the -eskimo -girls -who -played -the -game -that -night -to -keep -ourselves -warm -i -run -my -hands -over -my -daughter's -voicebox -as -she -hums -a -song -about -a -seal -and -about -killing -the -seal -and -about -skinning -it -and -rendering -the -blubber -into -clear -oil -to -light -lamps -i -remember -you -are -my -lamp -she -remembers -you -although -you -left -before -she -arrived -i -can -never -tell -her -about -you -i -will -never -be -able -to -express -that -taste -of -your -oil -as -we -pushed -our -throats -together -i -will -never -be -able -to -say -how -we -share -this -blemish -like -conjoined -twins -i -will -fail -you -always -to -remember -you diff --git a/river/what-we-are-made-of.river b/river/what-we-are-made-of.river deleted file mode 100644 index b02abe1..0000000 --- a/river/what-we-are-made-of.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,725 +0,0 @@ -there -is -a -cave -just -outside -of -flagstaff -made -from -ancient -lava -flows -we -went -inside -it -to -where -the -darkness -was -a -presence -it -walked -with -us -like -a -christ -our -footsteps -fell -dead -on -its -walls -we -learned -what -space -felt -like -and -drowning -and -being -crushed -and -going -blind -and -deaf -we -made -up -words -to -push -the -feeling -away -to -goad -it -like -mockingbirds -fighting -hawks -we -called -it -creepy -to -its -face -it -stared -back -dispassionate -in -a -bathroom -i -know -there -is -a -low -thrumming -that -comes -from -the -air -ducts -in -the -ceiling -it -comforts -me -in -the -same -way -the -smell -of -toilet-water -calms -my -stomach -it -is -a -sound -so -close -to -quiet -so -close -to -the -porcelain -whiteness -of -the -toilet -it -pushes -all -other -noise -away -it -is -deafening -quiet -in -its -most -real -form -its -most -realizable -form -the -eggs -on -the -floor -broken -not -the -eggs -in -their -journey -to -the -floor -or -from -the -farm -or -from -the -hen -on -the -farm -in -the -cage -glowing -under -fluorescent -lights -its -neighbors -pressed -to -its -body -rotten-smelling -grotesque -not -the -fateful -meeting -with -the -floor -not -the -long -wait -in -darkness -for -the -fluorescent -dawn -cacophonous -with -pain -and -smell -none -of -this -the -sunlight -on -the -kitchen -tile -the -refrigerator -softly -humming -the -eggs -on -the -floor -the -yolks -glistening -i -compose -with -music -best -under -its -meaninglessness -i -am -able -to -hear -the -silence -a -different -meaninglessness -a -somehow-deeper -meaninglessness -the -inverse -of -repeating -a -word -until -it -is -only -sound -i -can -hear -the -taboo -the -never-spoken -unacknowledged -i -write -to -drown -its -sound -with -the -scratching -of -my -pen -silence -lies -underneath -us -all -in -the -same -way -the -nile -has -a -river -underneath -ten -times -as -large -though -this -is -an -urban -legend -apparently -i -threw -a -party -in -my -dream -and -went -to -the -bathroom -down -a -long -dark -hallway -i -began -to -leave -and -noticed -the -bathtub -full -of -stuffed -animals -in -a -heap -i -examined -them -each -in -turn -an -elephant -a -tiger -each -backgrounded -by -white -tile -a -warthog -sat -at -the -top -of -the -heap -it -caught -my -eye -i -stared -it -slowly -winked -sneering -i -reached -out -my -finger -and -poked -it -like -the -pillsbury -doughboy -it -responded -in -kind -chuckling -i -woke -with -a -start -terrified -it -had -made -no -sound -there -are -at -least -two -kinds -of -silence -in -the -same -way -that -there -are -at -least -two -kinds -of -sadness -there -is -the -silence -of -after -the -staring -open-mouthed -silence -the -what-do-we-do-now -silence -there -is -the -silence -of -before -the -still -before -rainfall -the -just-woken-up -there -is -now -i'm -thinking -about -it -the -silence -of -between -the -waiting -room -after -the -heart -attack -after -the -phone -call -after -the -hurried -drive -the -fast -walking -down -hospital -hallways -the -finding -the -room -my -family -their -faces -the -silence -of -after -the -tv -quietly -playing -maurie -the -silence -underneath -that -the -waiting -room -before -the -doctor -comes -in -tells -us -what -happened -the -chances -before -my -parents -drive -down -their -three -long -hours -in -the -car -before -we -become -the -hospital -people -for -five -days -camped-out -loud -cackling -crying -doing -crosswords -watching -her -die -the -silence -of -wondering -whether -we -could've -known -each -other -better -the -silence -of -the -long -trip -we -prefer -to -believe -she's -gone -on -which -is -really -the -silence -of -her -absence -the -eggs -on -the -floor -broken -in -other -dreams -all -i've -watched -all -of -my -family -dying -my -father -i -remember -best -he -was -on -the -wicker -rocking -chair -on -the -porch -staring -at -the -back -yard -the -evergreen -trees -in -a -magic -triangle -their -branches -intertwined -we -were -all -on -the -porch -and -i -heard -like -a -far-away -bell -the -moment -of -his -death -i -woke -up -crying -my -throat -closed -with -grief -leaving -after -the -goodbye -at -the -hotel -realizing -i -won't -be -home -until -christmas -that -i'm -on -my -own -long -trip -someone -on -the -radio -station -i'm -listening -to -in -the -car -screws -up -transferring -tapes -broadcasts -dead -air -the -silence -yawns -like -a -chasm -lasting -for -years -the -wind -picks -me -up -and -carries -me -away -i -see -everything -from -a -great -height -i -see -the -future -i'm -waiting diff --git a/river/when-im-sorry-i.river b/river/when-im-sorry-i.river deleted file mode 100644 index 8c4e773..0000000 --- a/river/when-im-sorry-i.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,131 +0,0 @@ -your -casserole -dish -takes -the -longest -it -has -some -baked-in -crust -from -when -you -cooked -chicken -last -night -washing -it -allows -me -to -think -about -this -poem's -title -and -the -first -few -lines -now -that -i've -written -them -down -i've -forgotten -the -rest -while -scraping -at -something -with -my -finger -nail -i -catch -myself -wondering -again -whether -you'll -thank -me -for -washing -your -dishes -i -realize -that -this -would -defeat -the -point -of -my -gesture -that -this -has -destroyed -all -good -thoughts -i've -had -about -saying -i'm -sorry -this -this -is -the -reason -why -i -am -always -apologizing -because -i -never -mean -it -because -there -is -always -in -some -attic -a -thought -roaming -that -says -insists -i've -done -nothing -wrong -and -i -deserve -all -i -can -take -and -more -than -that diff --git a/river/window.river b/river/window.river deleted file mode 100644 index b682a6c..0000000 --- a/river/window.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,242 +0,0 @@ -hymn -386 -jokes -tell -us -a -joke -everyone -asks -of -the -clown -he -sits -on -a -log -and -begins -to -think -everyone -waits -gap-mouthed -in -anticipation -a -slight -breeze -ruffles -the -clown's -coat -his -pompom -buttons -his -bright -red -hair -his -nose -becomes -redder -in -the -cold -hours -pass -all -but -the -most -dedicated -of -joke -listeners -leave -him -to -rot -for -all -they -may -care -the -clown -opens -his -mouth -to -speak -but -no -words -come -out -a -tear -falls -down -his -cheek -and -another -he -begins -to -sob -the -last -joke -listener -comes -over -to -comfort -him -she -puts -a -hand -on -his -shoulder -he -looks -up -at -her -red -face -red -nose -white -lips -and -says -thank -you -he -vanishes -from -the -clearing -the -last -joke -listener -sits -on -the -log -and -looks -up -at -the -sky -the -moon -is -full -the -world -creaks -on -its -axis -paul -looked -up -to -the -space -on -the -wall -where -a -window -should -be -the -shadow -of -his -face -wavered -in -the -candle -light -he -looked -back -down -at -the -card -he'd -been -writing -on -he -read -the -card -he -crossed -out -the -for -all -they -may -care -in -the -first -paragraph -and -thank -you -from -the -second -one -what -could -he -say -he -thought -to -himself -what -could -he -possibly -say -to -her -he -went -outside -to -clear -his -head -with -a -cigarette -he -took -his -axe -with -him -this -time diff --git a/river/words-irritable-reaching.river b/river/words-irritable-reaching.river deleted file mode 100644 index 8df198b..0000000 --- a/river/words-irritable-reaching.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,821 +0,0 @@ -somewhere -i -remember -reading -advice -for -beginning -writers -not -to -show -their -work -to -anyone -at -least -that -in -the -early -stages -the -author -argued -that -it -took -all -of -the -power -out -of -the -idea -like -a -pressure-release -valve -before -any -of -that -creative -power -got -to -be -applied -to -the -page -it -made -me -think -of -meditation -at -legunitas -when -hass -writes -that -each -particular -erases -/ -the -luminous -clarity -of -a -general -idea -as -a -self-confessed -general -idea -person -i -identify -with -the -remark -it -does -seem -as -though -no -matter -how -lofty -the -idea -i -originally -have -for -a -poem -once -i -sit -down -to -write -the -thing -i -quickly -get -bogged -down -in -the -details -the -particulars -i -guess -the -writer -of -that -lost -article -must -work -the -same -way -leading -to -their -advice -if -the -luminous -clarity -of -a -general -idea -is -so -fragile -that -just -beginning -to -write -it -down -ruins -it -somehow -telling -people -about -it -is -even -worse -but -back -to -that -robert -hass -poem -while -he -does -say -that -thing -about -the -luminous -clarity -of -a -general -idea -and -he -adds -to -it -that -a -word -is -elegy -to -what -it -signifies -his -tone -is -lightly -chiding -this -philosophy -he -opens -his -poem -with -all -the -new -thinking -is -about -loss -/ -in -this -it -resembles -all -the -old -thinking -which -to -my -mind -lampoons -both -the -new -and -the -old -thinking -for -not -having -anything -new -ultimately -to -say -he -attributes -these -thoughts -to -a -friend -whose -voice -carried -a -thin -wire -of -grief -a -tone -/ -almost -querulous -about -that -loss -of -luminous -clarity -the -speaker -of -hass's -poem -remembers -a -woman -he -made -love -to -once -and -this -image -takes -over -the -poem -in -all -its -specificity -from -her -small -shoulders -to -his -childhood -river -/ -with -its -island -willows -to -the -way -her -hands -dismantled -bread -even -in -disproving -his -friend's -remarks -through -his -imagery -the -speaker -of -meditation -at -legunitas -admits -that -it -hardly -had -to -do -with -her -and -here -is -the -heart -of -what -hass -is -saying -about -poetry -a -poem -hardly -has -to -do -with -what -it's -written -about -on -the -surface -level -as -richard -hugo -says -it -in -a -famous -essay -a -poem -has -a -triggering -subject -and -it -has -a -real -or -generated -subject -which -for -hugo -in -meditation -at -legunitas -is -something -about -the -way -that -not -only -general -ideas -but -particulars -such -as -the -body -or -hands -or -the -thing -her -father -said -that -hurt -her -which -is -such -a -beautiful -generality -that -is -somehow -also -a -particular -truth -are -luminous -to -poetry -and -to -life-as-lived -the -philosophers -can -say -what -they -want -but -we -experience -the -world -bodily -and -particularly -to -ourselves -there's -still -a -problem -with -language -however -to -which -hass -speaks -by -the -end -of -his -poem -with -those -repetitions -of -blackberry -blackberry -blackberry -in -that -as -jack -gilbert -says -in -his -poem -the -forgotten -dialect -of -the -heart -how -astonishing -it -is -that -language -can -almost -mean -/ -but -frightening -that -it -does -not -quite -there -is -still -that -irritable -reaching -after -fact -reason -that -language -as -communication -requires -i -think -keats -would -agree -that -he -wrote -about -a -near-unattainable -ideal -in -his -letter -that -only -shakespeare -and -maybe -coleridge -and -a -few -others -could -achieve -this -negative -capability -gilbert -furthers -keats -in -asserting -that -no -matter -what -we -write -the -words -/ -get -it -wrong -that -utterance -is -itself -that -irritable -reaching -in -gilbert's -poem -though -he -does -reach -after -something -in -the -second -half -of -the -poem -he -begins -to -imagine -what -the -mysterious -sumerian -tablets -could -be -as -poetry -instead -of -just -business -records -my -joy -is -the -same -as -twelve -ethiopian -goats -standing -in -the -morning -light -o -lord -thou -art -slabs -of -salt -and -ingots -of -copper -as -grand -as -ripe -barley -under -the -wind's -labor -her -breasts -are -six -white -oxen -loaded -with -bolts -of -long-fibered -egyptian -cotton -my -love -is -a -hundred -pitchers -of -honey -shiploads -of -thuya -are -what -my -body -wants -to -say -to -your -body -giraffes -are -this -desire -in -the -dark -this -is -my -favorite -part -of -the -poem -and -i -think -it's -because -gilbert -like -hass -reaches -for -the -specific -in -the -general -he -brings -huge -ideas -like -the -lord -or -love -or -joy -into -the -specific -images -of -salt -copper -or -honey -or -like -he -says -at -the -end -of -his -poem -what -we -feel -most -has -/ -no -name -but -amber -archers -cinnamon -horses -and -birds -this -ultimately -is -what -keats -was -getting -at -and -hugo -too -that -the -real -subject -of -any -poetry -is -not -capturable -in -the -words -of -the -poem -but -that -rather -a -poem -speaks -around -its -subject -to -be -honest -all -art -may -do -this -what -sets -a -poem -apart -is -its -honesty -about -that -fact diff --git a/river/words-meaning.river b/river/words-meaning.river deleted file mode 100644 index 25772d2..0000000 --- a/river/words-meaning.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,470 +0,0 @@ - -how -astonishing -it -is -that -language -can -almost -mean -/ -and -frightening -that -it -does -not -quite -jack -gilbert -opens -his -poem -the -forgotten -dialect -of -the -heart -in -a -similar -vein -hass's -meditation -at -legunitas -states -a -word -is -elegy -to -what -it -signifies -these -poems -get -to -the -heart -of -language -and -express -the -old -duality -of -thought -by -giving -a -word -to -an -entity -it -is -both -tethered -and -made -meaningful -words -are -the -inevitable -byproduct -of -an -analytic -mind -humans -are -constantly -classifying -and -reclassifying -ideas -objects -animals -people -into -ten -thousand -arbitrary -categories -a -favorite -saying -of -mine -is -that -everything -is -everything -a -tautology -that -i -like -because -it -gets -to -the -core -of -the -human -linguistic -machine -and -because -every -time -i -say -it -people -think -i'm -being -disingenuous -but -what -i -mean -by -everything -is -everything -is -that -there -is -a -continuity -to -existence -that -works -beyond -or -rather -underneath -our -capacity -to -understand -it -through -language -language -by -definition -compartmentalizes -reality -sets -this -bit -apart -from -that -bit -sets -up -boundaries -as -to -what -is -and -is -not -a -stone -a -leaf -a -door -most -of -the -time -i -think -of -language -as -limiting -as -defining -a -thing -as -the -inverse -of -everything -is -not -in -this -way -everything -is -everything -becomes -everything -is -nothing -which -is -another -thing -i -like -to -say -and -something -that -pisses -people -off -to -me -infinity -and -zero -are -the -same -two -ways -of -looking -at -the -same -point -on -the -circle -of -numbers -of -the -universe -whatever -maybe -it's -because -i -wear -an -analogue -watch -and -so -my -view -of -time -is -cyclical -or -maybe -it's -some -brain -trauma -i -had -in -vitro -but -whatever -it -is -that's -how -i -see -the -world -because -i'm -working -against -the -limitations -that -language -sets -upon -us -i -think -that's -the -role -of -the -poet -or -of -any -artist -to -take -the -over-expansive -experience -of -existing -and -to -boil -it -down -boil -and -boil -away -until -there -is -the -ultimate -concentrate -at -the -center -that -is -what -the -poem -talks -around -at -etc -but -never -of -because -it -is -ultimately -made -of -language -and -cannot -get -to -it -a -poem -is -getting -as -close -as -possible -to -the -speed -of -light -to -absolute -zero -to -god -while -knowing -that -it -can't -get -all -the -way -there -and -never -will -a -poem -is -doing -this -and -coming -back -and -showing -what -happened -as -it -happened -exegesis -is -hard -because -a -really -good -poem -will -be -just -that -it -will -be -the -most -basic -and -best -way -to -say -what -it's -saying -so -attempts -to -say -the -same -thing -differently -will -fail -a -poem -is -a -kernel -of -existence -it -is -a -description -of -the -kernel -it -is diff --git a/river/worse-looking-over.river b/river/worse-looking-over.river deleted file mode 100644 index b92422c..0000000 --- a/river/worse-looking-over.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,145 +0,0 @@ -the -radio -is -screaming -the -man -on -the -radio -will -not -be -quiet -he -is -pushed -far -into -the -background -while -some -npr -talkers -murmur -over -his -screaming -he -lost -something -very -important -he -says -it -over -and -over -but -they -do -not -listen -they -think -of -their -children -at -home -lying -in -bed -dreaming -sweet -childhood -one -of -them -is -staying -over -at -a -friend's -house -they -are -staying -up -late -they -never -want -it -to -be -over -not -like -the -man -his -life -on -the -radio -will -be -the -only -one -he -ever -has -his -life -it -is -wasted -he's -being -spoken -over -such -pain -is -in -his -voice -i -wish -you -could -hear -it -it's -something -never -over -suffering -everywhere -always -and -over -it -the -same -serene -murmur -of -the -comfortable -distracted -or -worse -looking -over -the -shoulder -and -quietly -looking -away diff --git a/river/writing.river b/river/writing.river deleted file mode 100644 index 81be120..0000000 --- a/river/writing.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,168 +0,0 @@ -he -sat -down -at -his -writing -desk -and -removed -his -new -pen -from -its -plastic -wrapping -he -remembered -how -to -fill -it -from -the -view -from -saturday -which -he'd -read -as -a -kid -it -had -been -one -of -his -favorite -books -he -remembered -the -heart -puzzle -they -completed -the -origin -of -the -word -posh -and -most -of -all -his -fourth-grade -teacher -ms -mrs -he -could -never -remember -samovar -he -smiled -as -he -opened -the -lid -on -the -ink -well -he'd -just -bought -he -dipped -his -pen -in -the -inkwell -screwed -the -converter -piston -up -and -watched -as -nothing -entered -the -chamber -he -screwed -it -back -down -and -up -again -while -dipping -the -nib -more -deeply -into -the -ink -well -he -watched -as -again -nothing -filled -the -capsule -he -screwed -it -down -a -third -time -his -thumb -knocked -the -inkwell -over -somehow -by -accident -as -he -swore -stood -up -and -away -from -the -table -and -went -into -the -house -proper -for -paper -towels -he -resolved -to -buy -a -typewriter diff --git a/river/x-ray.river b/river/x-ray.river deleted file mode 100644 index f1878ee..0000000 --- a/river/x-ray.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,249 +0,0 @@ -while -chopping -a -tree -in -the -woods -with -his -hatchet -a -christmas -gift -from -his -mother -a -bird -he'd -never -heard -before -cried -out -he -jerked -his -head -up -and -to -the -right -as -the -hatchet -fell -down -and -to -the -left -it -cut -deep -into -the -back -of -his -left -hand -a -low -thud -didn't -echo -in -the -forest -because -all -the -needles -and -snow -absorbed -sound -well -the -sound -when -he -got -back -to -the -house -his -hand -wrapped -in -the -end -of -his -shirt -he -still -felt -no -pain -he -called -for -his -mother -and -found -her -watching -tv -in -the -main -room -he -stayed -in -the -kitchen -not -wanting -to -get -blood -on -the -carpet -she -turned -around -cigarette -dangling -from -her -open -mouth -said -oh -god -what -happened -she -drove -him -to -the -hospital -in -the -car -the -radio -stayed -off -the -entire -way -paul -wanted -to -turn -it -on -but -he -didn't -want -the -desire -not -to -annoy -his -mother -was -stronger -they -drove -in -silence -at -the -hospital -after -the -x-rays -and -stitching -and -pain -medication -prescription -the -doctor -said -you -got -lucky -son -if -that -axe -had -hit -a -half-inch -lower -you'd -have -lost -your -hand -you -won't -get -full -mobility -back -because -we -had -to -tie -the -tendons -but -with -therapy -you -should -be -able -to -work -it -pretty -well -on -the -drive -back -home -all -he -could -think -was -that -he -was -glad -he -didn't -hit -his -writing -hand diff --git a/river/yellow.river b/river/yellow.river deleted file mode 100644 index 1b223fc..0000000 --- a/river/yellow.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1,271 +0,0 @@ -he -would -enter -data -at -work -for -fifty -minutes -and -then -go -on -break -he -would -walk -down -the -hallway -to -the -breakroom -which -had -a -white -refrigerator -a -black -microwave -on -a -brown -plyboard -cart -stocked -with -powdered -creamer -sugar -and -swizzle -sticks -a -dark -red -coffee -maker -and -yellow -paint -on -the -wall -he'd -remember -that -somewhere -he'd -read -an -article -about -yellow -walls -being -calming -they -use -yellow -in -asylums -he'd -say -to -himself -he -would -sit -down -at -the -round -table -covered -in -newspapers -that -took -up -the -half -of -the -room -not -occupied -by -the -refrigerator -microwave -or -counter -with -coffee -pot -and -sink -he -didn't -drink -coffee -but -he -would -think -about -starting -he -would -shuffle -the -newspapers -around -on -the -table -and -see -they -were -all -the -same -ones -as -an -hour -ago -or -technically -fifty -minutes -ago -he -would -say -to -himself -sometimes -jill -would -come -in -for -a -cup -of -coffee -she -would -always -check -that -her -lunch -which -she -brought -each -morning -in -a -tupperware -container -with -a -blue -lid -with -her -name -written -on -it -in -black -sharpie -was -still -there -once -he -asked -her -why -she -checked -why -do -you -always -check -if -your -lunch -is -in -the -fridge -he -asked -i -don't -she -said -oh -i -thought -you -did -i -don't -think -so -why -do -you -check -at -all -once -it -was -stolen -out -of -the -fridge -and -returned -empty -before -i -had -a -chance -to -eat -my -lunch -she -said -so -you -make -sure -it -won't -happen -again -no -i'm -waiting -for -the -day -that -it -does diff --git a/river/zzyzzx.river b/river/zzyzzx.river deleted file mode 100644 index f4dc53d..0000000 --- a/river/zzyzzx.river +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -zzyzzx -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81