From 9fce418b46c9f0894f429384ef9e3dabaeffbeb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:36:17 -0700 Subject: Change file hierarchy and rewrite makefile - File hierarchy is now as follows: - / - appendix/ < appendix source files - backlinks/ < backlink sources & builds - hapax/ < *.hapax source files - scripts/ < scripts, like *.js, *.hs, etc. - templates/ < templates for outputs - text/ < source files - trunk/ < assets, like css, images, heads, etc. - index.html - *.html - Makefile --- text/angeltoabraham.txt | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/angeltoabraham.txt (limited to 'text/angeltoabraham.txt') diff --git a/text/angeltoabraham.txt b/text/angeltoabraham.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aec33ce --- /dev/null +++ b/text/angeltoabraham.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +title: The angel to Abraham +genre: verse + +id: angeltoabraham +toc: "The angel to Abraham" + +ekphrastic: + image: "Sacrifice_of_Isaac-Caravaggio.jpg" + title: "Abraham, Abraham!" + link: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham#/media/File:Sacrifice_of_Isaac-Caravaggio_%28Uffizi%29.jpg" + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + class: elegies + order: 10 + prev: + - title: Dead man + link: deadman + next: + - title: Feeding the raven + link: feedingtheraven +... + +| Abraham, Abraham, you are old and cannot hear: +| what if you miss my small voice amongst the creaking +| of your own grief, kill your son unknowing +| of what he will be, and commit Israel to nothing? + +| Abraham, you must know or hope that [God][] +| will not allow your son to die; you must know +| that this is a test, but then why +| are you so bent on Isaac's destruction? +| Look at your eyes; there is more than fear +| there. I see in your eyes desperation, +| a manic passion to do right by your God +| whom you are not able to see or know. + +| Am I too late? I [will try][] to stay +| your old hands, the knife clenched +| within them, intent on ending life. + +| Will you hear my small voice amongst the creaking, +| or will it be the chance bleating of a passing ram? + +[God]: boar.html +[will try]: i-am.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81