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/stagnant.txt | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/stagnant.txt (limited to 'text/stagnant.txt') diff --git a/text/stagnant.txt b/text/stagnant.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ff676b --- /dev/null +++ b/text/stagnant.txt @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +--- +title: Stagnant +genre: prose + +id: stagnant +toc: "Stagnant" + +project: + title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods" + class: paul + order: 27 + next: + - title: Building + link: building + - title: Stump + link: stump + prev: + - title: Options + link: options + - title: Snow + link: snow +... + +"Riding the bus to work is a good way to think or to read" Paul thought to himself on the bus ride to work. +His thoughts couldn't become real to him because he didn't want to look insane to everyone else on the bus. +His thoughts came to him like someone [yelling over a hard wind][]. +He was trying to write them on his memory but the act of writing was easier and more immediate than that of listening. +He was afraid that when he looked at his memory later he wouldn't be able to read what was written. + +"Thoughts are like the wind outside a moving bus" he thought "or rather the bus is a brain slamming into columns of stagnant air causing them to whistle past in a confusion of something." +He could barely hear the voice [yelling to him over the wind][]. +"Speak up" he thought to the voice, then remembered it was his own. +He wished he'd remembered a book to read. + +He looked at his hands to pass the time. +[They were dry in the winter air][] that had seeped its way into the bus. +He tried to figure out how many hours they would make it before cracking and bleeding. +"Maybe three or four" he thought accidentally out loud. +He looked around expecting stares from everyone on the seat. +[He was surprised that he was the only one on the bus.][] + +[He was surprised that he was the only one on the bus.]: stayed-on-the-bus.html +[yelling over a hard wind]: sense-of-it.html +[They were dry in the winter air]: hands.html +[yelling to him over the wind]: cold-wind.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81