From 96ab7a3ce522f38a768e67c73021bf1071832a37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 12:04:05 -0700 Subject: Add Paul; move source files to src/ --- src/deadman.txt | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/deadman.txt (limited to 'src/deadman.txt') diff --git a/src/deadman.txt b/src/deadman.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ef673e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/deadman.txt @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: Dead man +genre: verse + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + css: elegies + order: 9 + prev: + title: The boar + link: boar + next: + title: The angel to Abraham + link: angeltoabraham +... + +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. + +[hearts]: words-meaning.html +[they spin]: moongone.html +[knot while mating]: spittle.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81