pulling the string

or, “Miss Dysanthropoid and the Misanthropic Boid” (title from Jeff Colby)

ALT: crayon and ink drawing. One odd being is holding a string connected to a series of perhaps pulleys. Another stands with their arms upraised. A bird watches from above. This is all happening in a thicket of bare trees, and there’s maybe an opening or door up above where the pulleys hang.