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/father.txt | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/father.txt (limited to 'src/father.txt') diff --git a/src/father.txt b/src/father.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..693a61f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/father.txt @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: Father +genre: prose + +project: + title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods" + css: paul + order: 37 + next: + - title: Paul + link: paul + - title: Fire + link: fire + previous: + - title: Toothpaste + link: toothpaste + - title: Early + link: early +... + +"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. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81