color

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.

Darkness breathes, and something thin watches from above.

Cold scales behind glass, waiting on human tides.

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

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

Parents watching -- already regretting buying the saddle.

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

The tail fin rests flat against linoleum, dry.

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

Flagged. Forwarded to Biological Claims, pending protocol review.

The piano has hands. They are not resting.

Filed under domestic fauna, pending necropsy request denied twice.

One figure holds a tanks magazine, unopened.

Nobody mentioned the uninvited guest at teatime.