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/lovesong.txt | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/lovesong.txt (limited to 'text/lovesong.txt') diff --git a/text/lovesong.txt b/text/lovesong.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15970bd --- /dev/null +++ b/text/lovesong.txt @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +--- +title: Love Song +genre: prose + +id: lovesong +toc: "Love song" + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + class: elegies + order: 15 + prev: + - title: How it happened + link: howithappened + next: + - title: Rough gloves + link: roughgloves +... + +Walking along in the dark is a good way to begin a song. +Walking home in the dark after a long day chasing criminals is another. +Running away from an imagined evil is no way to begin a story. + +I am telling you this because you wanted to know what it's like to tell [something so beautiful][] everyone will cry. +I am telling you because I want you to know what it is to keep everything inside of you. +I am telling you. + +Can you see? +Can you see into me and reach in your hand and pull me inside out, like an [old shirt][]? +Will you wear me until I unravel on your shoulders, will you cut me apart and use my skin to clean up the [cola you spill][] on the floor when you're drunk? + +I want you to know that I want you to know. +Do you want me? +To know is to know. +[I, you want we.][] +We want. +That is why we're here. +To want is to be is to want and I want you. +Do you also? +Check yes or no. + +There is a way to end every story, [every song][]. +Every criminal must be caught. +Even those who cry dry their tears. +I cannot tell you all I want because I want to tell you everything. +[There is no art because there is no mirror big enough.][] +We wake up every day. +Sometimes we sleep. + +[old shirt]: ronaldmcdonald.html +[every song]: swansong.html +[something so beautiful]: window.html +[cola you spill]: ex-machina.html +[I, you want we.]: poetry-time.html +[There is no art because there is no mirror big enough.]: hands.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81