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/window.txt | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/window.txt (limited to 'src/window.txt') diff --git a/src/window.txt b/src/window.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5df7dc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/window.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +--- +title: Window +genre: prose + +project: + title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods" + css: paul + order: 18 + next: + - title: Question + link: question + - title: Writing + link: writing + previous: + - title: Tapestry + link: tapestry + - title: Wallpaper + link: wallpaper +... + +_**HYMN 386: JOKES**_ + +_"Tell us a joke" everyone asks of the clown. He sits on a log and begins to +think. Everyone waits gap-mouthed in anticipation. A slight breeze ruffles +the clown's coat, his pompom buttons, his bright red hair. His nose becomes +redder in the cold. Hours pass. All but the most dedicated of joke listeners +leave him to rot ~~for all they may care~~._ + +_The clown opens his mouth to speak but no words come out. A tear falls down +his cheek, and another. He begins to sob. The last joke listener comes over +to comfort him. She puts a hand on his shoulder. He looks up at her, red +face, red nose, white lips, and says ~~"Thank you."~~ He vanishes from the +clearing. The last joke listener sits on the log and looks up at the sky. +The moon is full. The world creaks on its axis._ + +Paul looked up to the space on the wall where a window should be. The shadow +of his face wavered in the candle light. He looked back down at the card he'd +been writing on. He read the card. He crossed out the _for all they may +care_ in the first paragraph, and _"Thank you"_ from the second one. "What +could he say" he thought to himself. "What could he possibly say to her." He +went outside to clear his head with a cigarette. He took his axe with him +this time. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81