space sloth

I saw a new world coming rapidly 
more scientific, efficient, yes
more cures for the old sicknesses 
very good 

But a harsh cruel world 

I saw a little girl 
her eyes tightly closed 
holding to her breast the old kind world 
one that she knows in her heart could not remain 
and she was holding it and pleading 

Never to let her go

~ Kazuo Ishiguro ("Never Let Me Go")