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Chapter

Esfahan: Notes to Self

EXCERPT

Room 1—wide range of taxidermied animals—various stages of decomposition—as if they’d been there since the 60s and never dusted off—corral in the center filled with rocks, bits of brown shrubbery to make it look like a habitat, various stuffed animals, all just as worn-out looking—began to regret asking to visit museum—boredom turned to disgusted fascination, on closer inspection b/w spotted calf had extra head—one of its four fake eyes missing too, so two-headed calf with three eyes—every single one of the creatures was a mutant…