joe, say something interesting about this photo. Joe: “the skull looks like it’s chasing the butterfly . . . and the flower center looks like a black hole pulling the skull in the opposite direction.” stevie, what kind of butterfly is that? “it’s a monarch.” how do you know? “because it could only be a monarch or a viceroy, but viceroys have a black line across the hindwing.” and so it goes here in my house, where i am surrounded by smart, strange boys.

monarch butterfly, beaver skull, dried gerbera daisy