“All the Necessary Sadness” in Third Wednesday

Lobsters don’t die from old age /
They just get tired of moulting and shouldering /
All the necessary sadness a being needs /
To move from shell to shell /
— "All the Necessary Sadness" by Emmie Christie

Photo by Anton Ahlberg

Image of a red lobster on a gray deck

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