Status Updates From Clam Down: A Metamorphosis

asian clam (Corbicula fluminea) meets yerba buena (Clinopodium douglasii). So relatable, I'm tickled.

This section ponders, "we (the asian clams) wonder if their (the Cantonese) arrival was the pinnacle of their immigration experience..." which in particular reminds me of my paternal great-great grandfather, the would-be California gold miner turned railway worker turned house servant, who later returned to China

sad-listening to Mitski driving off into the New Mexico sunset crying over ur u-haul situationship unfortunately too fuckin real

so is this fiction or

This is exceptional so far.