{"id":5348,"date":"2011-05-26T11:59:44","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=5348"},"modified":"2017-06-20T13:25:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T17:25:05","slug":"abandonment-tcluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/abandonment-tcluster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Abandonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Listen to Wes McNair Reading the Poem<\/strong><br \/>\n\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\"      controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-audio.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\" \/>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/td>\n<td><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The Abandonment<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Initial Exploration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Climbing on top of him and breathing<br \/>\ninto his mouth this way she could be showing her<br \/>\ndesire except that when she draws back<br \/>\nfrom him to make her little cries<br \/>\nshe is turning to her young son just<br \/>\ncoming into the room to find his father my brother<br \/>\non the bed with his eyes closed and the slightest<br \/>\nsmile on his lips as if when they<br \/>\nboth beat on his chest as they do now<br \/>\nhe will come back from the dream his is enjoying<br \/>\nso much he cannot hear her calling his name<br \/>\nlouder and louder and the sons saying get up<br \/>\nget up discovering both of them discovering<br \/>\nfor the first time that all along<br \/>\nhe has lived in this body this thing<br \/>\nwith shut lids dangling its arms<br \/>\nthat have nothing to do with him and everything<br \/>\nthey can every know the wife listening weeping<br \/>\nat his chest and the mute son who will never<br \/>\nforget how she takes the face into her hands now<br \/>\nas if there were nothing in the world<br \/>\nbut the face and breathes oh<br \/>\nbreathes into the mouth which does not breathe back.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp1-806x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12249\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp1-806x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp1-806x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp1-806x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp1-806x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly1-806x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12250\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly1-806x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly1-806x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly1-806x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly1-806x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Transitions and Structure<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp2-781x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12251\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp2-781x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp2-781x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp2-781x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp2-781x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly2-781x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12252\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly2-781x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly2-781x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly2-781x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly2-781x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Endings and Line Breaks<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Notebook Page 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp3-785x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12253\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp3-785x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp3-785x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp3-785x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-nbp3-785x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Transcript 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly3-785x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12254\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/abandonment-ovrly3-785x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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