plain and little.
The night of the hottest day ever.
piscium et summa genus haesit ulmo,
nota quae sedes fuerat columbis…
A family of fishes clings to the utmost elm,
once familiar as a seat for the pigeons.
– Horace (Odes, 1.2.9–10)
A fool might think they were beautiful, their white wings flashing in the sun, their rubid eyes sparkling. They are no longer content to perch upon the gutter, [...]
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ego hoc feci mm–mmviii
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