Unserious postmodern paintings.

No one came to claim it after the move. The roller had been left behind not out of forgetfulness, but because its…

The skate had been issued in 1973 to a junior clerk who believed mobility improved filing efficiency. After three weeks of silent…

He had promised himself just one more episode of the home renovation show before tackling the tax forms. The waistcoat was a…

The buffalo had been grazing when it noticed the absence of the herd. Not panic, not fear—just a quiet, persistent wondering: had…

The panda had been waiting for someone to notice it was emotionally available. It had practiced saying 'I'm here' in the mirror…

The mouse had not moved for seventeen minutes. It was not tired. It was considering whether the cushion, though slightly lumpy, constituted…

The blackbuck had been contemplating the ontological weight of condensation since 3:17 a.m., when it noticed the spoon’s reflection wavered just as…

The sunfish had been there for three days, according to the logbook taped to the door, though no one remembered signing in.…

The mouflon had accepted its fate three days ago, after realizing the escape route was blocked by a potted fern and the…

The aardvark had spent the morning reorganizing the library’s Dewey Decimal section by modesty score, a task it considered beneath mention. When…

The hornbill had been waiting for the librarian to return with the overdue volume on tropical seed dispersal. When the librarian finally…

The cockroach had been employed for three weeks as a night-shift sanitation monitor in a defunct diner, tasked with verifying that no…