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/moongone.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/moongone.txt (limited to 'text/moongone.txt') diff --git a/text/moongone.txt b/text/moongone.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..88302d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/text/moongone.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: The moon is gone and in its place a mirror +genre: prose + +id: moongone +toc: "The moon is gone and in its place a mirror" + +ekphrastic: + image: moongone.jpg + title: The moon is gone + link: 'http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120102.html' + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + class: elegies + order: 18 + prev: + - title: Ronald McDonald + link: ronaldmcdonald + next: + - title: The mountain + link: mountain +... + +The moon is gone and in its place a mirror. +Looking at the night sky now yields nothing but the viewer's own face as viewed from a million miles, surrounded by the landscape he is only vaguely aware of being surrounded by. +He believes that he is [alone][], surrounded by desert and mountain, but behind him---he now sees it---someone is sneaking up on him. +He spins around fast, but no one is there on [Earth][]. +He looks back up and they are yet closer in the night sky. +Again he looks over his shoulder but there is nothing, not even a desert mouse. +As he looks up again he realizes it's a cloud above him, which due to optics has looked like someone else. +The cloud blocks out the moon which is now a mirror, and the viewer is completely alone. + +[alone]: apollo11.html +[Earth]: serengeti.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81