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Nobody mentioned the uninvited guest at teatime.

The tail fin rests flat against linoleum, dry.

The spelling error arrived confidently, teeth and all.

Parents watching -- already regretting buying the saddle.

Wild thunder, caged beside a sleeping afternoon.

Darkness breathes, and something thin watches from above.

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.

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

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.

Four musicians in matching jackets perform as The Comrades.

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