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/window.txt | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/window.txt (limited to 'text/window.txt') diff --git a/text/window.txt b/text/window.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf4b2aa --- /dev/null +++ b/text/window.txt @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +--- +title: Window +genre: prose + +id: window +toc: "Window" + +project: + title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods" + class: paul + order: 18 + next: + - title: Question + link: question + - title: Writing + link: writing + prev: + - title: Tapestry + link: tapestry + - title: Wallpaper + link: wallpaper +... + +_**[HYMN 386: JOKES][]**_ + +_"[Tell us a joke][]" everyone asks of the clown. +He sits on a log and begins to think. +Everyone waits gap-mouthed in anticipation. +A slight breeze ruffles the clown's coat, his pompom buttons, [his bright red hair][]. +His nose becomes redder in the cold. +Hours pass. +All but the most dedicated of joke listeners leave him to rot ~~for all they may care~~._ + +_The clown opens his mouth to speak but no words come out. +A tear falls down his cheek, and another. +He begins to sob. +The last joke listener comes over to comfort him. +She puts a hand on his shoulder. +He looks up at her, red face, red nose, white lips, and says ~~"Thank you."~~ +He vanishes from the clearing. +The last joke listener sits on the log and looks up at the sky. +[The moon is full.][] +The world creaks on its axis._ + +Paul looked up to the space on the wall where a window should be. +The shadow of his face wavered in the candle light. +He looked back down at the card he'd been writing on. +He read the card. +He crossed out the _for all they may care_ in the first paragraph, and _"Thank you"_ from the second one. +"[What could he say][]" he thought to himself. +"What could he possibly say to her." +He went outside to clear his head with a cigarette. +He took his axe with him this time. + +[Tell us a joke]: joke.html +[HYMN 386: JOKES]: hymnal.html +[his bright red hair]: ronaldmcdonald.html +[The moon is full.]: moon-drowning.html +[What could he say]: elegyforanalternateself.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81