color

Parents watching -- already regretting buying the saddle.

Three fish, three hands, three skeletal insets, one chart.

The bow tie survived transit; nothing else here did.

Ten hand diagrams, one reptile claw, mounting grommets, red border.

The tail fin rests flat against linoleum, dry.

Yellow card, creases, gull, oxygen mask, herring brine, cage, radio, red arrows, woman, life vest, man, blue seat.

Scroll rod, three columns, bucket, cow, tumbleweed, farmer, glass, chicken, plate, seal, clouds, arrows.

Darkness breathes, and something thin watches from above.

Fig. 4's occupant did not sign off on classification.

Cold scales behind glass, waiting on human tides.

Filed under domestic fauna, pending necropsy request denied twice.

Flagged. Forwarded to Biological Claims, pending protocol review.

Nobody mentioned the uninvited guest at teatime.

The cart wheels suggest prior transport, not arrival.

Everyone agreed the beach find needed a second opinion.

Egg, larval form, skeleton, tail array, five labeled organs.