{"id":44,"date":"2015-09-27T23:19:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T23:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aubrieamstutz.com\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2015-09-27T23:19:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T23:19:21","slug":"the-oyster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aubrieamstutz.com\/index.php\/pongeparent\/the-oyster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oyster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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The Oyster\"IMG_8565\"<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

The oyster: the shape of any average old rock, rugged, of patchy color, brilliantly pallid. A world obstinately closed. But, alas, you can open it; but to do so you must cup it in a dishcloth, use a chipped, somewhat blunt knife, and it usually takes several attempts. Inquisitive fingers cut themselves, nails break: it\u2019s rough work. The jabs that you deliver mark its casing with white circles, like halos. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the inside you\u2019ll find contained a whole world, for drinking and eating; under a firmament (strictly speaking) of mother-of-pearl, the upper skies melt into the lower ones, forming nothing more than a pool – a slimy greenish sac, which sloshes to and fro, fringed with a blackish lace around the edges. <\/span><\/p>\n

And sometimes, as payment for your endurance, in the belly of the patient wisdom of the oyster, you\u2019ll discover the pearl you were destined to have all along. <\/span><\/td>\n

L’hu\u00eetre<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0L’hu\u00eetre, de la grosseur d’un galet moyen, est d’une apparence plus rugueuse, d’une couleur moins unie, brillamment blanch\u00e2tre. C’est un monde opini\u00e2trement clos. Pourtant on peut l’ouvrir : il faut alors la tenir au creux d’un torchon, se servir d’un couteau \u00e9br\u00e9ch\u00e9 et peu franc, s’y reprendre \u00e0 plusieurs fois. Les doigts curieux s’y coupent, s’y cassent les ongles : c’est un travail grossier. Les coups qu’on lui porte marquent son enveloppe de ronds blancs, d’une sorte de halos.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>A l’int\u00e9rieur l’on trouve tout un monde, \u00e0 boire et \u00e0 manger : sous un firmament (\u00e0 proprement parler) de nacre, les cieux d’en dessus s’affaissent sur les cieux d’en dessous, pour ne plus former qu’une mare, un sachet visqueux et verd\u00e2tre, qui flue et reflue \u00e0 l’odeur et \u00e0 la vue, frang\u00e9 d’une dentelle noir\u00e2tre sur les bords.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>\u00a0Parfois tr\u00e8s rare une formule perle \u00e0 leur gosier de nacre, d’o\u00f9 l’on trouve aussit\u00f4t \u00e0 s’orner. <\/span><\/p>\n

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