color

The tail fin rests flat against linoleum, dry.

Parents watching -- already regretting buying the saddle.

Nobody mentioned the uninvited guest at teatime.

The bow tie survived transit; nothing else here did.

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

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

The spelling error arrived confidently, teeth and all.

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.

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

Wild thunder, caged beside a sleeping afternoon.

Filed under RECOVERED ARTIFACTS. Cross-reference: greenhouse series, folder 7.