From b1ea729d8c82a027285b4afa806c586d7216e7d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:57:31 -0700 Subject: Move WIP to text/ --- text/wip/deathstrumpet.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/wip/deathstrumpet.txt (limited to 'text/wip/deathstrumpet.txt') diff --git a/text/wip/deathstrumpet.txt b/text/wip/deathstrumpet.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab901ff --- /dev/null +++ b/text/wip/deathstrumpet.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +| He didn't have any polish so he spit-shined the whole thing +| until it gleamed like a [tomato on the vine][] that was begging +| to be picked and thrown on some caprese. Death loved caprese. + +| He stood up to put the horn to his lips, trying to imagine +| it was a woman he loved. He blushed as he realized how bad +| [the metaphor was][]. He practiced anyway for six hours a day +| in front of the mirror---what else to do with all the time? + +| Death looked at [himself in the mirror][] as he played, the trumpet +| suspended in midair. _Damn vampire rules_, he thought. +| He was always worried he might have [missed a spot][] while shaving +| but he'd never know unless a stranger---he had no friends--- +| was kind enough. Not that he goes out anyway or meets people. + +| He started waking up late, staying in bed later. +| He started thinking he was depressed. He never did eat +| that caprese, and it started getting soggy, green spots +| spreading on the mozzarella like bedsores. The sun +| filtered through the [kitchen blinds like smoke][]. He had +| to get out of the house. He decided to go to the arcade. + +| When he got there, it was empty except for a boy +| [with dead eyes][]. So far so good, Death thought. +| He was playing a first-person shooter, something violent. +| Death walked past him and watched out of the corner +| of his eye. The kid was good. Death decided +| to congratulate him. He had his trumpet in his hand. + +[himself in the mirror]: moongone.html +[with dead eyes]: big-dipper.html +[tomato on the vine]: wallpaper.html +[the metaphor was]: leaf.html +[missed a spot]: january.html +[kitchen blinds like smoke]: what-we-are-made-of.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81