sometimes I capture a living one in my plastic bags recess misplaced amid other shells they offer a distinct oceanic waft expiry proffers olfactory comfort
When I was younger I gathered variable coquina's from the beach. I did not understand that some of them were living, and I remember finding the smell in my collection bag being comforting - then one day I realized that I had killed living creatures. The smell is still comforting on some level.