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/elegyforanalternateself.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/elegyforanalternateself.txt (limited to 'text/elegyforanalternateself.txt') diff --git a/text/elegyforanalternateself.txt b/text/elegyforanalternateself.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ea61d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/text/elegyforanalternateself.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +--- +title: Elegy for an alternate self +genre: verse + +id: elegyforanalternateself +toc: "Elegy for an alternate self" + +project: + title: Autocento of the breakfast table + class: autocento +... + +| Say there are no words. Say that we are conjoined +| from birth, or better still, say we are myself. +| ---But I still talk to myself, I [build my world][] +| through language, so if we say there are [no words][] +| this is not enough. Say we are instead some animal, +| or better yet, [a plant][], or a flagellum motoring +| aimlessly around. (Say that humans are the only things +| that reason. Say that we're the [only things that worry][].) + +| Say that I am separate. To say there's everything else +| and then there's me is wrong. Each thing is separate: +| [there is no whole in the world][]. Say this is both good +| and bad, or rather, say there is no good or bad but only +| being, [more and more of it always added][], none taken out +| though it can be forgotten. Say that forgetting +| is a [function of our remembering][]. (Say that humans only +| [worry about separation][]. Say that only humans feel it.) + +[no words]: hymnal.html +[a plant]: plant.html +[only things that worry]: movingsideways.html +[there is no whole in the world]: i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html +[worry about separation]: swansong-alt.html +[build my world]: i-am.html +[more and more of it always added]: no-nothing.html +[function of our remembering]: collage-instrument.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81