Unserious postmodern paintings.

The blue jay had been sold for $2.99 at the closing sale of 'Feather & Frugal,' a store that specialized in discounted…

The blackbuck had been told, in a memo it never received, that beige was the new camouflage. It had spent three days…

The darter had been a dart until last Tuesday, when the Committee for Minor Ontological Adjustments voted to reclassify it as a…

The merganser had been waiting for the plumber since 3:17 p.m. It had read the manual twice. It knew the drain was…

The siskin had been seasonally adjusted last Tuesday, though no one remembered scheduling it. It now stood with unnatural stillness, its internal…

The loris had been told to prepare breakfast. It did not understand why the knife was sharp, or why the banana needed…

The prinia had been waiting for the mailman for seventeen days. It had learned, through careful observation of human routines, that the…

The goldeneye had been told, by a memo slipped under the door three days prior, that optimism was a structural requirement. It…

The nightingale had not sung in seventeen years, not since the last time someone asked it to be quiet. It had grown,…

The mousebird had been told the wall was structurally unsound, yet it refused to believe the assessment. Each dawn it returned, testing…

The snapper had been translucent since Tuesday. No one noticed until the tide receded and the light hit just right, revealing a…

The louse had been waiting for the light to dim. It did not know why it was semi-liquid, only that the table…