According To My Sister...

Some writer wrote something about measuring Rome's grandeur by the weight of water that runs through it daily. Do you know that they have fountains all over the city? And drinking fountains, for walkers and their dogs? And thousands of sinks, and showers, and toilets? And a hundred million teeth to be brushed in the morning. There is a universal tooth-brushing face, whether you live in a city rushing with water, or not. There is a certain pained rectangle that every mouth becomes.