Client for axon slowness

client

var axon = require('axon'), socket = axon.socket('req');
socket.format('json');
socket.bind(22153);

var payload = {
	"applicationId": "509508637f8b9ac804000000",
	"secretKey": "mandoorhandhookcardoor",
	"context": {
		"Property1": "crapweasel"
	},
	"startDateTime": "2012-11-01 00:00:00" // This should be a string parse-able via javascript Date.parse
};

var t = new Date();
socket.send('/verdict/execute', payload, function(err, res) {
	console.log('Millseconds: ' + ((new Date()) - t));
	console.log(arguments);
	socket.close();
});