May 18 + 

A dirty ragamuffin on the river’s bank held up a tin can to me with the softly persuasive words⁠— + 

“ ’Ere, Mister, bait.” + 

“What are you going to do with it?” + 

“Fish.” + 

“What for?” + 

“Salmon.” + 

We have all tried to catch salmon with a bent pin. No matter though if no salmon be caught. Richard Jefferies said, “If there be no immortality still we shall have had the glory of that thought.” + 