The Weight of a Red Platy

 

When the first of them took the bait, I hope they were not aware of the consequences that would come to last beyond their lifetime. When more followed suit, I hope they did not hang around long enough for the realization to dawn on them. That their legacy in the glimmering blue lakes and cool, fresh creaks is about to be retold. That their upcoming generation will be decimated by standards of aesthetics that they might not all be able to live up to. That the very idea of being means to run into glass walls that were not there before, always closing in. Should they have known, it would have crushed them.

What is the weight of a red platy? I do not think any of us have the answer. It cannot be measured by any metric, especially not by ours.