From b5f04621a188ffd07463d66c233601a32e970f11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 16:46:17 -0700 Subject: First complete src/ linking complete --- src/exasperated.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/exasperated.txt') diff --git a/src/exasperated.txt b/src/exasperated.txt index 493f9f5..037302d 100644 --- a/src/exasperated.txt +++ b/src/exasperated.txt @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ project: link: death-zone ... -I didn't write this sestina yesterday. \ +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. \ +and hopefully, the only time it will. \ This means that today I must write two \ -sestinas. If I don't write them today, I \ +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 \ @@ -30,36 +30,42 @@ 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 +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 \ +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 +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. \ +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 \ +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 \ +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. \ +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, \ +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 \ +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 \ +ever do to myself. I thought a poem NaNoWriMo would \ be fun, would line my resume, give me something I could publish someday. + +[after thirty-nine days]: http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/11-24.htm +[Inigo Montoya]: death-zone.html +[So my question]: question.html +[weaving]: tapestry.html +[how hard it is to be a person]: deathstrumpet.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81