“The average age for men in the Bronze Age was 18 and, in the Roman era, 22, Heaven must have been beautiful then. Today it must look dreadful. When a man reaches 40, he has no chance to die beautifully, No matter how he tries, he will die of decay. He must compel himself to live.”

+ Yukio Mishima

An older me would note that whether disposable goldfish or theist,
we certainly become the earth as equals, in a circle.