From 3ec50c15dbbc8725271d707a33064002ad64a33e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 17:52:37 -0700 Subject: Add poems from the past year --- src/largest-asteroid.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/largest-asteroid.txt (limited to 'src/largest-asteroid.txt') diff --git a/src/largest-asteroid.txt b/src/largest-asteroid.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6428620 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/largest-asteroid.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +title: The largest asteroid in the asteroid belt +genre: verse + +project: + title: Autocento of the breakfast table + css: autocento +... + +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. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81