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/squirrel.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/squirrel.txt (limited to 'text/squirrel.txt') diff --git a/text/squirrel.txt b/text/squirrel.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..25ab46e --- /dev/null +++ b/text/squirrel.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +--- +title: The squirrel +genre: verse + +id: squirrel +toc: "The squirrel" + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + class: elegies + order: 23 + prev: + - title: Spittle + link: spittle + next: + - title: Swan song + link: swansong +... + +| He is so full in himself: +| how far down the branch to run, +| how long to jump, when to grab the air +| and catch in it and turn, and land on branch +| so gracefully it's like dying, alone +| and warm in a bed next to a summer window +| and the [birds singing][]. And on that branch there +| is the squirrel dancing among the branches +| and you think *What if he fell?* but he won't +| because he's a squirrel and that's what +| they do, [dance][] and never fall. It was erased +| long ago from the squirrel, even +| the possibility of falling was erased +| from his being by the slow inexorable evolution +| of squirrels, that is why all squirrels +| are so full in themselves, full in who they are. + +[birds singing]: mountain.html +[dance]: movingsideways.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81