From cb50304dcf32a25eff9c5553361fdb5ddac70480 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lethe Beltane Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:15:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] New poem: Twin Prisoner Dilemma (Retrospective) --- blog/2024/{january => 01}/web3-4.html | 0 blog/index.html | 2 +- index.html | 1 + poetry/index.gmi | 1 + poetry/index.gph | 1 + poetry/index.html | 3 +- poetry/t/twin_prisoner_dilemma.txt | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 7 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) rename blog/2024/{january => 01}/web3-4.html (100%) create mode 100644 poetry/t/twin_prisoner_dilemma.txt diff --git a/blog/2024/january/web3-4.html b/blog/2024/01/web3-4.html similarity index 100% rename from blog/2024/january/web3-4.html rename to blog/2024/01/web3-4.html diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html index 3e31d99..bd574c7 100755 --- a/blog/index.html +++ b/blog/index.html @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  • April 1 - The RIAA HATES her! Local Minnesotan uses tax dollars to get music FOR FREE!
  • March 1 - The web never died
  • February 1 - Adamantium Hands
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  • January 2 - There's nothing "unstoppable" about these "domains"
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  • January 2 - There's nothing "unstoppable" about these "domains"
    • diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 33bf175..4d40fad 100755 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@

    Announcement Box

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    • 2024-04-24: My landlord has agreed to extend my lease for another year. It does, in fact, get better!
    • 2024-04-10: I've changed the way URLs are structured for blog posts. The new system will be in effect going forward and slowly be applied to old posts. If you link to one of my posts from elsewhere and you now get a 404, that's why.
    • 2024-04-03: The address for this website's Tor hidden service has changed! I still have access to the meynethaffeecaps keys; I just needed a change. See below and /identity/ for the new address.
    • 2024-04-02: One joins her local library board and suddenly finds all the current bikeshedding about Gemini/ZeroNet/Linux others are doing deeply embarrassing and transient. Curious!
      • diff --git a/poetry/index.gmi b/poetry/index.gmi index 0828c53..0bec25d 100755 --- a/poetry/index.gmi +++ b/poetry/index.gmi @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ => t/treatise.txt A Treatise between Koriel and Solstice => t/twenty-one.txt Twenty-One => t/two-two.txt Two Two +=> t/twin_prisoner_dilemma.txt Twin Prisoner Dilemma (Retrospective) ## U => u/under-my-fingernails.txt Under My Fingernails diff --git a/poetry/index.gph b/poetry/index.gph index b293e3c..b17436a 100755 --- a/poetry/index.gph +++ b/poetry/index.gph @@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ iT 0A Treatise between Koriel and Solstice t/treatise.txt 0Twenty-One t/twenty-one.txt 0Two Two t/two-two.txt +0Twin Prisoner Dilemma (Retrospective) t/twin_prisoner_dilemma.txt iU 0Under My Fingernails u/under-my-fingernails.txt diff --git a/poetry/index.html b/poetry/index.html index 7f8813e..c7f06df 100755 --- a/poetry/index.html +++ b/poetry/index.html @@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ │   ├── to-velouria.txt
      │   ├── treatise.txt
      │   ├── twenty-one.txt
      + │   ├── twin_prisoner_dilemma.txt
      │   └── two-two.txt
      ├── u
      │   ├── uncharming.txt
      @@ -216,7 +217,7 @@     └── zircons_beacon.txt


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      diff --git a/poetry/t/twin_prisoner_dilemma.txt b/poetry/t/twin_prisoner_dilemma.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3923c7b --- /dev/null +++ b/poetry/t/twin_prisoner_dilemma.txt @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Twin Prisoner Dilemma (Retrospective) +2024-04-24 + +*** + +Viridi Bush, I wanna know +what it's like under the snow, +bark from dog's teeth half-ripped +and surrounded by smeared shit +and locked inside a haphazard cage +until the very end of your days. +Father tried to kill us both +multiple times, or at least stunt our growth +to keep us contained and manageable, +and yet we've both managed to hold +on just barely, +to keep growing +even if pitiful and slowly. +I want to know if you recall +the days before Father put up the walls +around that section of the backyard +to keep the dogs from running far, +the days where I'd sit under a tree +and spend the whole afternoon reading +without so much as a care in the world. +Now two steps make me want to hurl +from the stench of piled-up feces, +and I can't escape without alerting +my mother by the sound of the garage +that does not soon follow Father's entourage. +I'd throw myself in harm's way for you, you know, +if Father ever decided to reduce your existence to a hole. +"This bush means too much to me to let +you tear it down. I'd look out my bedroom window +whenever caught in suicidal ideation's throes +and think to myself, if *you* cut it down and yet it survived death, +chose to survive +and grow back and thrive, +then maybe I, +with hands and feet to crawl out of hell, +can figure out a way to keep living as well." +I wish I could take you along +when I fulfill my promise to Luce and abscond +from this sad place with my life and my works. +Promise me I'll remain in your memories. +I'll replant you in Sablade once Father has us both burned. + +*** + +CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander \ No newline at end of file