Homo Vitruvius by A. Jay Adler

Homo Vitruvius by A. Jay Adler

Bordello Rooms

“I, the restless one; the circler of circles; Herdsman and roper of stars”*

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A. Jay Adler
Dec 13, 2025
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Ajax and Achilles playing dice.

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* from “Tetelestai,” by Conrad Aiken

“Bordello Rooms” was first published in The Writer’s Eye magazine in 2009, later reprinted as part of my featured writing in the premier issue of Footnote: A Literary Journal of History. I shared it again as part of a small diverse sampling of my writing in the first weeks after the birth of Homo Vitruvius. The essay revised once again, I invite your restless roaming with me, circling of circles, roping of stars.

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