It's early morning as an hideous, nightmarish figure carrying a letter in its beak, skates its way into the lovely "Maison de Marguerite."
Where does this monstrosity posing as a postal worker come from, if not from the very depths of Hell, and which sinister message is it delivering? One is instantly reminded of something out of a Hieronymus Bosch painting, and in fact, it is!
Just take a look at the lower right corner of the left panel of the "The Temptation of St. Anthony" triptych depicted below and... there it is!
Five centuries have past, and the creature has still not been able to deliver its letter. And maybe it's better this way. Maybe... even for the sake of Humanity!
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authorization from the author. Above and inset: The Temptation of St. Anthony by Hieronymus Bosch, ca. 1500.
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