Butterfly Effect - ressourcesfeministes

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sipping at lemons 22 relishing the sweetness of the after
taste on our lips on our tongue we wonder whether the
poor lemon is really so impossible to eat
the market gardens are rich in produce we carry the fruit
in bags over our shoulders Christina consorts with goblins
elves and pixies sharing the pear the apple the cherry the
juices running you’ll find no offspring sheltering under
cabbages 23 you’ll find only potatoes 24 ripe tomatoes root
vegetables zucchini the many-headed cauliflower and
broccoli
on the plains Elizabeth and Medea raise sheep last season
I was there assisting as we walked the paddock it was
Med 25 who spotted the ewe in trouble a breech birth the
legs emerging first black legs it’s one of us we cheered as
the black sheep 26 came into the world we raised it on a
bottle once there was a Cyclops lamb with a single eye in
the centre of its forehead
as midwinter passes its nadir we shear and spin 27 the
wool 28 into yarn for next winter’s cold in the mountains of
Tibet we raise blue sheep keeping the wolves at bay with
our wild voices long ago in Colchis we worshipped the
ewe her golden fleece bringing us wealth and luck