Shaw Patton is a Japanese-American who can barely speak Japanese. A Florida expat with his wife and daughter in New York, his interests include animal studies, cli-fi, and whatever race means with its very real consequences. He has work or upcoming work in Cimarron Review, $ (Poetry is Currency), Eunoia Review, and Oroboro. Reluctantly still dealing with Elon’s Twitter (X?) @shawpwhat and cautiously optimistic about Bluesky @shawp.bsky.social.