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/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt (limited to 'text/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt') diff --git a/text/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt b/text/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a96dd98 --- /dev/null +++ b/text/weplayedthosegamestoo.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +--- +title: We played those games too +genre: verse + +id: weplayedthosegamestoo +toc: "We played those games too" + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + class: elegies + order: 25 + prev: + - title: Telemarketer + link: telemarketer + next: + - title: 'To Daniel: an elaboration' + link: todaniel +... + +| I saw two Eskimo girls playing a game +| blowing on each other's' vocal cords to make music +| on the tundra. I thought about how +| once we played the same game +| and the sounds blowing over the cords of our throats +| was the same as a wind over frozen prairie. +| We are the Eskimo girls who played +| the game that night to keep ourselves warm. +| I run my hands over [my daughter][]'s +| voicebox as she hums a song +| about a seal and about killing the seal and about +| skinning it and rendering the blubber +| into clear oil to light lamps. +| I remember you are my lamp. She remembers +| you although you left before she arrived. +| I can never tell her about you. +| I will never be able to express that taste of your oil +| as we [pushed our throats together][spittle]. +| I will never be able to say how +| we share this blemish like conjoined twins. +| I will fail you always to remember you. + +[my daughter]: and.html +[spittle]: spittle.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81