From 529ede146afd125c76d86eb55969983af8ee21db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 23:58:22 -0700 Subject: Some revision & TOC inclusion --- wip/deathstrumpet.txt | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'wip/deathstrumpet.txt') diff --git a/wip/deathstrumpet.txt b/wip/deathstrumpet.txt index e7edd43..ab901ff 100644 --- a/wip/deathstrumpet.txt +++ b/wip/deathstrumpet.txt @@ -1,9 +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 was there to do with time -that stretched like the mozzarella on Death's caprese? +| 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