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/underwear.txt | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/underwear.txt (limited to 'src/underwear.txt') diff --git a/src/underwear.txt b/src/underwear.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7caedd9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/underwear.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +title: Underwear +genre: prose + +project: + title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods" + css: paul + order: 3 + next: + - title: Dream + link: dream + - title: Wallpaper + link: wallpaper + previous: + - title: Hymnal + link: hymnal + - title: Treatise + link: treatise +... + +He dropped the penny in the dryer, turned it on, and turned around. "What" he +called upstairs, pretending not to hear his mother's question over the noise +of the dryer. He had heard her ask "Could you bring up my underwear from the +dryer" but didn't want to touch her underwear any more than he had to. "I +don't want to bring up your underwear" he said to himself, and walked back +upstairs as his mother was calling down again for her underwear. + +"Did you get them" she asked when he opened the basement door to the kitchen. +She was sitting at the table playing dominoes. "Get what" he asked. She +peered at him and said "my underwear." + +"Oh I didn't see them" he answered. He reflexively opened the refrigerator, +reflexively bent down, reflexively tried to feign non-disappointment +(appointment? he thought) at seeing the same disappointing empty pickle jar, +old head of lettuce, crusty mayonnaise he'd seen already on the way down to +switch his laundry over. "Paul" she said in that way that means Look at me. +Paul looked at her. + +"You had to get them out of the dryer to put your clothes in. Where did you +put them?" -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81