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/the-night-we-met.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/the-night-we-met.txt (limited to 'src/the-night-we-met.txt') diff --git a/src/the-night-we-met.txt b/src/the-night-we-met.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4a9dc93 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/the-night-we-met.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +--- +title: The night we met, I was out of my mind +subtitle: or Lying in the dark +genre: verse + +project: + title: Autocento of the breakfast table + css: autocento +... + +My head is full of fire, my tongue swollen, \ +pregnant with all the things I should've said \ +but didn't. Last night, we met each other \ +in the dark, remember? You told me time was + +pregnant with all things. I should've said \ +something, to draw you out from your place \ +in the dark. Remember, you told me time was \ +only an illusion, and memory was only + +something to draw. You, out from your place, \ +I out from mine, that night, I believed in you. \ +Only illusion and memory were one, lying \ +down on your couch, through the night you drew + +me out from mine. That night, I believed in you \ +when you told me you loved me. I lay \ +down on your couch. Through the night, you drew \ +a picture of our future together. + +When you told me you loved me, I lied \ +in the dark. Remember, you told me time was \ +a picture of our future together. \ +My head is full of fire, my tongue swollen. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81