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Bugs gunna bug. Chicago, Illinois. December, 2022. © Clayton Hauck

Are You a Killer?

You have to kill. It’s a non-negotiable. Are you killing people or animals or ideas or dreams? In order to advance in this world, you have to be a killer. This is my biggest internal struggle. It’s a core belief, because it’s a fact. If you want to be or do anything, you need to kill. If you refuse to kill anything, you yourself will soon perish. Survival of the fittest they call it. But something I wonder, what’s the point of all the killing. Can’t we just be friends and lay in the prairie and enjoy the flowers? Even now, I’m killing the vibe.

-Clayton