The Altar

My mother and I were walking along the beach a couple days ago when we stumbled upon this chilling scene: a primitive but nonetheless elegant and impressive stone structure topped with the flayed carcasses of two crabs. What could this be? A sacrifice to some bloodthirsty crab deity? What primordial invertebrate gods do these crustaceans worship? Does some primitive benthic impulse moves them to erect such structures and sacrifice their own to appease these temperamental beings? Now as we speak, are simple arthropod minds stirring, awakening, becoming aware and awake to their place in the universe? And will they rise against us to reclaim the dry surface of this planet from the lung-breathers?