From ecda49e0b20ad3bd52449356dccf2f8095ecfb70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:49:45 -0700 Subject: Flatten directory structure All content files (*.txt, *.html, *.river) are now in /. I did this to simplify the compilation step, and to make linking easier. I'm still thinking about whether I should move the contents of js/, img/, and lua/ into /, or into an 'assets' folder of some sort. We'll see. --- time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt (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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..50f8001 --- /dev/null +++ b/time-looks-up-to-the-sky.txt @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: Time looks up to the sky +id: time-looks-up-to-the-sky +genre: verse + +project: + title: Autocento of the breakfast table + 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. + +[something in my pants]: howithappened.html +[beggar to a prince]: about-the-author.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81