Sunday
Oct302011
occupy Wall Street , or the accretion of the pearl
Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 01:21PM occupy Wall Street , or
the accretion of the pearl
The accretion of the pearl begins with
a miniscule intrusion
into the body of the animal,
which resists but cannot dislodge it.
As the point of irritation persists
in the body of the bivalve
a thing of beauty occurs, a swelling
circle of hard nacre and steady light.
But first some small thing has to slip between
the oyster’s mantle
and its shell,
and it must stay there for a long enough time
to really irritate
the damn oyster.
Jonathan Moore
nyc 10-8-2011
the accretion of the pearl
The accretion of the pearl begins with
a miniscule intrusion
into the body of the animal,
which resists but cannot dislodge it.
As the point of irritation persists
in the body of the bivalve
a thing of beauty occurs, a swelling
circle of hard nacre and steady light.
But first some small thing has to slip between
the oyster’s mantle
and its shell,
and it must stay there for a long enough time
to really irritate
the damn oyster.
Jonathan Moore
nyc 10-8-2011
day 23
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