{"id":11007,"date":"2013-12-16T14:22:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T18:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/?page_id=11007"},"modified":"2013-12-16T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T18:22:38","slug":"memory-of-kuhre-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/memory-of-kuhre-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory of Kuhre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(killed by a tractor, August, 1970)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>hot days<br \/>\nthe farm does not<br \/>\nmove<br \/>\nfar off<br \/>\na cowbell far off<br \/>\nhis tractor sound<br \/>\ncaught in trees<br \/>\n&#038; free again<\/p>\n<p>i am there unsurprised<br \/>\nby my skinny arms<br \/>\nraking<br \/>\nin a field<br \/>\ni think maybe it will rain<\/p>\n<p>but the clouds<\/p>\n<p>move slowly they<br \/>\nare in another country<br \/>\nat dusk<br \/>\nthe cows move back<br \/>\ninto the field<br \/>\nlike clouds<br \/>\nthey dream themselves<br \/>\nwalking shaking<br \/>\nflies from their sleep<\/p>\n<p>mornings<br \/>\nthe woman who talks<br \/>\nto the hens<br \/>\nthrowing seeds &#038;<\/p>\n<p>it is me<br \/>\nlistening<br \/>\ndeep into the<br \/>\ntractor&#8217;s<br \/>\nponderous heart<br \/>\nfor a spark<br \/>\npulling the flywheel<\/p>\n<p>i think<br \/>\n(it starts<br \/>\nup in such a rage)<br \/>\nhow can the old man<br \/>\nhanging crutches<br \/>\non the gearshift<br \/>\nclimbing slowly<br \/>\nup its side<br \/>\nnot be shaken<br \/>\ndown<\/p>\n<p>but each day<\/p>\n<p>Kuhre<br \/>\njust lurches<br \/>\noff<br \/>\ninto the tractor&#8217;s<br \/>\nnoise &#038;<\/p>\n<p>oh<br \/>\nit is such<br \/>\na great slow<br \/>\nplace the cows moving back<br \/>\nthe clouds far<br \/>\nas continents<br \/>\nhis tractor<br \/>\ncircling<br \/>\nall my afternoons<br \/>\n&#038; i am perhaps<br \/>\nthinking<br \/>\nhis eye is gone<\/p>\n<p>at supper<br \/>\nthe woman crazy<br \/>\nwith questions<br \/>\ni am thinking it<br \/>\nstill<\/p>\n<p>Kuhre sits<br \/>\nsilent<br \/>\n&#038; one-eyed<br \/>\nas his old<br \/>\nbarn<br \/>\n&#038; he never answers<br \/>\nhe never<\/p>\n<p>riding<br \/>\nout past cows<br \/>\ndreaming him<br \/>\nriding or it could be Kuhre&#8217;s<br \/>\nstrange shut<br \/>\nface<br \/>\ngoing by me<br \/>\nas i rake<\/p>\n<p>until i think<br \/>\npart of him knows<br \/>\nsomething<br \/>\nit is night<br \/>\nor down<br \/>\nin a dim<br \/>\ngreen silo corn raining<br \/>\nall around<br \/>\ni rise slowly<br \/>\nupward<br \/>\ntoward the light<\/p>\n<p>&#038; the morning<br \/>\nrises<\/p>\n<p>it will be a<br \/>\nhot day<br \/>\nfar off<br \/>\nthe tractor sound<br \/>\ncontinues &#038; the clouds<br \/>\njust continue<\/p>\n<p>&#038; it is me<br \/>\nwatching<br \/>\nthe woman among<br \/>\nthe white<br \/>\nshrieking<br \/>\nof the hens throwing seeds<br \/>\ntalking to them all<\/p>\n<p><em>-Wesley McNair<\/em><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-11007\" data-postid=\"11007\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-11007 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(killed by a tractor, August, 1970) hot days the farm does not move far off a cowbell far off his tractor sound caught in trees &#038; free again i am there unsurprised by my skinny arms raking in a field i think maybe it will rain but the clouds move slowly they are in another [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2341,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11008,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11007\/revisions\/11008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}