<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what happens when the poles shift
\nNegative and positive recombine
\nMagnetism reverses
\nAs it does pretty regular in geologic time,
\nWhich didn\u2019t mean much to us last go.<\/p>\n
But oh, the wailing on the wind this time!
\nYou might be able to use that smartphone as a coaster.
\nDon\u2019t worry about the $600, because all those dollars in your account are a
\nSophistry of E.<\/p>\n
Your big money coaster is the least of your worries.<\/p>\n
No electricity; refrigeration, satellites, TV, computer, cars, trains,
\nBoats (except the old kinds that don\u2019t need software to float),
\nOvens, video games, reverse osmosis water purifiers, vacuum cleaners,
\nAutomatic sprinkling timers, fast food joints, e-cigarettes, agonizing prolonged medical
\nZombie deaths gone.<\/p>\n
The whole planet – WHAM – lightning fried.<\/p>\n
Those cities will empty out.
\nJunk will rust.
\nSubways will fill with fish.
\nPeople will die.
\nThose kids who can\u2019t think without their phones will die.
\nFolks with heroic video avatars and guts propped up on the coffee table will die.
\nIt won\u2019t be pretty. It won\u2019t be fair. No one will deserve it.<\/p>\n
But a marginal few will know what to do.
\nSomebody will remember how flint stone glints in the
\nSoil and how to use it.<\/p>\n
A weaver\u2019s guild will gather where
\nShepherds groom their flocks. A barn will have a cache of old
\nShears that could use a scrub and a drop of oil.
\nSomeone will dust off the grinding stones and
\nTrade your wheat and a little extra butter for
\nFlour and a chat by the creek.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Each of us will know the true price of every gathered seed, each
\nThread and vine, each weave and build, every drop of water and bite of food we\u2019ve
\nDiscovered, spun, grown, designed, constructed, carried, or killed and dressed
\nOurselves.<\/p>\n
We will cook together again, listening to the music of
\nWolves by our fitful fading light, wandering with our
\nImaginations across a background of flame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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