From 43e2b69dfb0d37cce157ea78a35b47e54c85c7d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 12:13:08 -0700 Subject: Fix bad commit / other issues --- theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt | 40 ---------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 40 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt (limited to 'theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt') diff --git a/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt b/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 94ba2a0..0000000 --- a/theoceanoverflowswithcamels.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: The ocean overflows with camels -genre: verse - -project: - title: Elegies for alternate selves - css: elegies - order: 7 - prev: - title: Ars poetica - link: arspoetica - next: - title: The boar - 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. - -[shirt]: lovesong.html -[left hook]: roughgloves.html -[father]: angeltoabraham.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81