And if you wonder why the world lives yet, what with the little wooden boy and all;<\/p>\n
And the end of the year 2012, and the end of the age of Hans;<\/p>\n
And the strangelets, the seraphs, and the nuclear bombs \u2014<\/p>\n
Well, the world is a dirty, wicked thing, and it strives always to cave in: to close in on itself, about itself, like a crumpled map, and ruin its every bright and perfect thing. It would gladly devour its bright hopes, its dreams, its wonders \u2014 us \u2014 and leave nothing behind to make more;<\/p>\n
But because there are magical jaguars, catapulted skyward by Mayan sages, in a decaying orbit around the Earth, life is certain to continue. Because there are magical jaguars, something is certain to remain; and something will always be reborn.<\/p>\n
That is the Mayans\u2019 gift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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