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/in-bed.txt | 151 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 151 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/in-bed.txt (limited to 'text/in-bed.txt') diff --git a/text/in-bed.txt b/text/in-bed.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7be002 --- /dev/null +++ b/text/in-bed.txt @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +--- +title: In bed +genre: verse + +id: in-bed +toc: "In bed" + +project: + title: Autocento of the breakfast table + class: autocento +... + +## I + +| I hear [the rats][] run +| in the walls like water +| through a tree. My blood + +| thickens. As I dream +| the masturbation dream +| the shelf above my bed + +| falls covering me in +| dirt and decaying beetles. +| [I see my reflection is headless][]. + +## II + +| When the waves stop +| [and the moon grins down][] +| to overtake me: the car + +| ran up the street that night +| when you were nearly +| molested in your neighbor's house: + +| is this why we don't have +| neighbors? For this the trees +| [rot only for us][]? + +## III + +| I woke screaming and you +| came to sit next to me. I felt +| my eyes were open too wide + +| that I could not shut them +| from the horror movie sitting +| on your lap in the easy chair + +| in the dream the other dream +| in the living room under +| the tree. Why do I feel guilty? + + +## IV + +| I wake up in a pool of water +| [closed over me like an eyelid][]. +| There is no longer comfort + +| in staring at the ceiling. +| Its pitch blackness beckons +| into a future of blankness. + +| My body lay still quaking. +| My mind is chained fast +| to the beating of my heart. + +## V + +| I sit up slowly creaking. +| I find myself alone buried +| [in an ocean][]. Far off + +| [there is an eagle][] flying +| toward me. She lands on +| my knee and lays an egg. + +| I think *not this again* +| something I've never +| thought in my life. + +## VI + +| I think *not this again* +| something I've never +| thought in my life. Not + +| after losing my car keys +| in the easy chair. Not after +| scratching myself on a branch. + +| Not after finding the thing +| in your dresser drawer that +| night. [I remember you suddenly.][] + + +## VII + +| [You run through me +| like rats][rats] down an alley. +| You are in my [blood][]. + +| You scared me once +| remember? Jumped out +| of the bathroom door. + +| I fell screaming onto +| the linoleum. Did you +| apologize? Did you need to? + +## VIII + +| The ocean that surrounds me +| creaks like a rocking +| cradle. Your face bright + +| as the moon at eclipse +| and as [red][]. Low song +| my tide stretching + +| to the horizon. Ripples +| on the surface belie +| something bigger beneath. + +## IX + +| In bed I am alone for +| the only time. In bed +| I am a grown man. + +| Below the blankets I +| know you for who you are. +| In bed I see your face + +| pressed against the window. +| I look out and see you +| and I am not afraid. + +[the rats]: last-bastion.html +[I see my reflection is headless]: deathstrumpet.html +[and the moon grins down]: moon-drowning.html +[rot only for us]: options.html +[closed over me like an eyelid]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html +[in an ocean]: the-sea_the-beach.html +[there is an eagle]: mountain.html +[I remember you suddenly.]: ouroboros_memory.html +[rats]: #I +[blood]: plant.html +[red]: window.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81