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Bagel throw registered as legally binding territorial gesture.

The grape appears twice its natural size somehow.

Backyard BBQ with two men, a woman, and a frog-octopus hybrid.

Simple line drawing of a small seated animal.

The pearl has not made eye contact.

Fish therapist sprays doctor, fish cult worships him.

Cops raid the one group with nowhere to run.

Man, briefcase, coat, platform tiles, shell, two eyestalks, sign.

Family declined to enter. Session proceeded per protocol.

Ark, hand-lettered sign, seven passengers, elder, robed figure, clouds.

Suits, cylinders, octopuses, whiteboard, chart, ship painting, conference phone, water glasses, notepads, city window.

Even jellyfish, apparently, can skip leg day.

Roundness creeps in, silently reshaping wild, wandering forms.

Nobody questions the enormous gastropod's library card.

The self blooms twice, tender and unasked.

Even kings, it turns out, need someone to talk to.