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 '$' -> '^| ' --- time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt') diff --git a/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt b/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt index 50f8001..2e4cf05 100644 --- a/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt +++ b/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt @@ -8,30 +8,30 @@ project: class: autocento ... -I wish I'd kissed you when I had the chance. \ -Your face hovering there, so near to mine, \ -your mouth pursed---what word was it you pronounced? - -When I think about you, [something in my pants][] \ -tightens, and my thoughts run, and I realize \ -I should've kissed you when I had the chance. - -I want that moment never to be past \ -like Keats's lovers on the grecian urn: \ -his mouth pursed, her figure turned to pronounce - -her hips in ways that are not feminist. \ -But time strolls mildly on, not glancing at my \ -wish to kiss you when I had the chance, - -whispered like a [beggar to a prince][] \ -outside his palace: time looks up to the sky, \ -purses his lips, and hears what I pronounce - -but pays it little mind. If he would just \ -turn back, bend down, and follow my design, \ -I would have kissed you when I had the chance, \ -as your mouth pursed and you pronounced goodbye. +| I wish I'd kissed you when I had the chance. +| Your face hovering there, so near to mine, +| your mouth pursed---what word was it you pronounced? + +| When I think about you, [something in my pants][] +| tightens, and my thoughts run, and I realize +| I should've kissed you when I had the chance. + +| I want that moment never to be past +| like Keats's lovers on the grecian urn: +| his mouth pursed, her figure turned to pronounce + +| her hips in ways that are not feminist. +| But time strolls mildly on, not glancing at my +| wish to kiss you when I had the chance, + +| whispered like a [beggar to a prince][] +| outside his palace: time looks up to the sky, +| purses his lips, and hears what I pronounce + +| but pays it little mind. If he would just +| turn back, bend down, and follow my design, +| I would have kissed you when I had the chance, +| as your mouth pursed and you pronounced goodbye. [something in my pants]: howithappened.html [beggar to a prince]: about-the-author.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81