From e0b1c2737397839ff5ba8c129d31baf6f97805fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:10:17 -0700 Subject: Finish linking Elegy, Hezekiah; Rename files --- squirrel.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 squirrel.txt (limited to 'squirrel.txt') diff --git a/squirrel.txt b/squirrel.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..68936f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/squirrel.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: The squirrel +genre: verse + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + css: elegies + order: 23 + prev: + title: Spittle + link: spittle + next: + title: Swan song + link: swansong +... + +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. + +[birds singing]: mountain.html +[dance]: movingsideways.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81