I watched a pigeon walk along the wooden planks of the roof deck where I sat at the edge of a beach chair, eating picos y espetec.

I thought to myself, how helpless does that pigeon look hobbling around me hoping I’ll drop a pico.

Then the bird all of a sudden leapt up and took flight, at first diving over the edge of the building, down in between the other nearby buildings, and then up into the sky.

How wrong I was that a bird should look helpless. Even the rats of the sky are magnificent in flight.