{"id":400,"date":"2007-02-22T19:29:17","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T23:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abrupt.org\/abruptlog\/?p=400"},"modified":"2013-03-18T21:05:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T05:05:35","slug":"shearing-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abrupt.org\/abruptlog\/shearing-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Shearing time"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Mexico a baby’s crying, crying,
\nIn Calcutta, the cattle step and groan.
\nAnd north, off Ellesmere’s broken haunches,
\nAurorae color empty ocean bone.<\/p>\n

Tick-tock, the algae’s started blooming,
\nShave a minute off the sentence handed down.
\nPut a staple in the ear of your beloved
\nSo you’ll recognize her when she comes around.<\/p>\n

Tick-tock-tick, the windows all are closing.
\nA flash of birds, a distant cry of goats…
\nSomething walks among us, arms spread open.
\nIts bony snout is nuzzling your throat.<\/p>\n

      Waters recede
\n      The gasping fish
\n      The collapsing star<\/em><\/p>\n

In countries which your children never heard of,
\nThe outbreak starts. It shudders off its sleep.
\nTen thousand years of gentle irritation:
\nIt’s time now for the shearing of the sheep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Mexico a baby’s crying, crying,
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