PERSONAL ESSAY

The Killing of a Baby Goat

A brief note on death, life, and hard decisions

The Shearwater Chronicles
5 min readFeb 7, 2024

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A black goat on on a rooftop — head image to the personal essay “The Killing of a Baby Goat” by MARTIN WÆRN
© A DIFFERENT KIND OF GOAT by DELAFOI / Author

Nothing lives forever, and everything dies. Even things we choose to view as immortal, such as innocence, dreams, and love, will perish. There’s no escape. Sometimes, a sacrifice is needed to remind us of our finite life. Because death, fear, and grief are for the living. It’s the currency

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The Shearwater Chronicles

Truths, lies, and other tales by artist & writer Martin Wærn.