From 3b37989606c44902d90a3723e197d8c318a302bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:47:42 -0700 Subject: Change verse lines '$' -> '^| ' --- theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt') diff --git a/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt b/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt index fa1e12c..e410000 100644 --- a/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt +++ b/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt @@ -15,26 +15,26 @@ project: link: boar ... -We found your [shirt][] deep in the dark water, \ -caught on the clothesline of sleeping pills. \ -Your head on the shore was streaming tears \ -like sleeves or the coronas of saints saved \ -from fire. The burning bush began crying \ -like a child who misses his mother. Traffic \ -slammed shut like an eye. God's mean [left hook][] \ -knocked us out, and we began swimming. \ -Bruises bloomed like algae on a lake. \ -Your [father][] beat your chest and screamed \ -for someone to open a window. The air \ -stopped breathing. Fish clogged its gills. \ -Birds sang too loudly, trying to drown out \ -your father's cries, but all their sweetness \ -was not enough. No polite noises will be made \ -anymore, he told us, clawing your breastbone. \ -He opened your heart to air again. Camels \ -flowed from you both like water from the rock. \ -God spoke up, but nobody listened to him. \ -We hung you up on the line to dry. +| We found your [shirt][] deep in the dark water, +| caught on the clothesline of sleeping pills. +| Your head on the shore was streaming tears +| like sleeves or the coronas of saints saved +| from fire. The burning bush began crying +| like a child who misses his mother. Traffic +| slammed shut like an eye. God's mean [left hook][] +| knocked us out, and we began swimming. +| Bruises bloomed like algae on a lake. +| Your [father][] beat your chest and screamed +| for someone to open a window. The air +| stopped breathing. Fish clogged its gills. +| Birds sang too loudly, trying to drown out +| your father's cries, but all their sweetness +| was not enough. No polite noises will be made +| anymore, he told us, clawing your breastbone. +| He opened your heart to air again. Camels +| flowed from you both like water from the rock. +| God spoke up, but nobody listened to him. +| We hung you up on the line to dry. [shirt]: lovesong.html [left hook]: roughgloves.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81