LAB PIG · FILE No.
EXHIBIT A A pink pig lying on a steel lab table under an exam lamp, wearing a white lab coat several sizes too large, buttoned into the wrong holes, one sleeve hanging empty

reclassification file · opened this morning

Lab Pig

$LABPIG

the lab pig has a lab coat. it is buttoned wrong and one sleeve hangs empty. staff, not subject.

intake form

SUBJECTpink pig, upright ears, round snout
TABLEsteel, under exam lamp, tile behind
COAT ISSUEfour sizes too large, wrong buttons, one sleeve empty
STATUSSUBJECT

reclassify the file

the coat says staff. the table says subject. someone has to press the stamp.

0 reclassifications on file

The pig walking a lab hallway in its coat, past a door labelled exam room The pig sitting on a waiting-room chair with the coat draped beside it, unworn

how the file reads

the coat was issued, not confiscated. it is the wrong size and buttoned into the wrong holes, and one sleeve has never found an arm. every visitor to the lab assumes the pig on the table is the experiment. the coat says otherwise. the coat is staff issue.