How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws.
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
Lewis Carroll
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
~Rene Char
Yucatan, as in the peninsula, is from Maya "u" + "u" + "uthaan" meaning "listen how they speak," and is what the Maya said when they first heard the Spaniards.