Theory of Becoming Lesser Creatures

Dedication

For my Grandmama, who reminds me of God and Moscow. This story is for you.

"I’m gonna leave you now.

I’m gonna spend the rest of my life committing petty injustices,

I hope you do the same.

I will jay walk at every opportunity,

I will steal things I could easily afford,

I will be rude to strangers,

I hope you do the same.

I hope reincarnation is real,

I hope our petty crimes are enough to cause us to be reborn as lesser creatures,

I hope we are reborn as flies,

so that we can love each other as hard as we were meant to."

— Jared Singer, An Entomologist’s Last Love Letter