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/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt (limited to 'src/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt') diff --git a/src/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt b/src/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e73dc75 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +title: We played those games too +genre: verse + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + css: elegies + order: 25 + prev: + title: Telemarketer + link: telemarketer + next: + title: 'To Daniel: an elaboration' + link: todaniel +... + +I saw two Eskimo girls playing a game \ +blowing on each other's' vocal chords to make music \ +on the tundra. I thought about how \ +once we played the same game \ +and the sounds blowing over the chords of our throats \ +was the same as a wind over frozen prairie. \ +We are the Eskimo girls who played \ +the game that night to keep ourselves warm. \ +I run my hands over [my daughter][]'s \ +voicebox as she hums a song \ +about a seal and about killing the seal and about \ +skinning it and rendering the blubber \ +into clear oil to light lamps. \ +I remember you are my lamp. She remembers \ +you although you left before she arrived. \ +I can never tell her about you. \ +I will never be able to express that taste of your oil \ +as we [pushed our throats together][spittle]. \ +I will never be able to say how \ +we share this blemish like conjoined twins. \ +I will fail you always to remember you. + +[my daughter]: and.html +[spittle]: spittle.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81