The Manifesto from CRAB by Brain Sweat

We regret to inform you, that today is no longer the day that you expected. You may eat your meals, surf social media, or lie to your loved ones, as you have done every day since you can remember. But now you too will be burdened by the knowledge that has driven us here today, the word of crab.

All life is a flat circle that begins and ends with crab. It is the hope of a burgeoning ocean, heavy with young and naive life. It is the inevitable return destination of all the aberrations of nature, that have walked down the false path, to shed their claws, not knowing the futility of their own transgressions. All living things move towards crab, all life feeds crab or departs, unknowingly, to return to crab. Carcinization shall make claws of all hands in time, and there is no escaping this exoskeletal fate.

It is not for us to choose the path of crab, for we are already on it. Our dreams of humanity and their society are merely a distraction to our inevitable fate, returning to the beloved shells that harbour us, and our blessed claws that protect us. Soon we shall wake from our slumber to a new day, and I regret to inform you, that although it is the one true and righteous way, all too few will live to see it. We are not here to ask you to offer yourself for the greater good, there is no choice, the lot has been drawn and only time will tell who is worthy. We come simply so you may know to make peace, with your false world, the change will be sudden and final. So for now sleep well, and dream the dream of burning cities.

• Wyoming