Victorian Easter Greeting Card with Chicks and Lilies

A staring parent-chick emerging from a torn hole in what appears to be an egg — because apparently the ultimate symbol of 'He is Risen' is a chick punching through reality itself — looms over two younger chicks below who are engaged in what can only be described as a beak-to-beak standoff of unbearable tension. The elder bird's position hovering above the pair, framed by white Easter lilies on both sides, gives the whole arrangement the unmistakable energy of a disappointed parent catching their children in something. The robin's-egg blue banner reading 'EASTER GREETINGS' at the bottom is doing heroic work trying to convince you this is a wholesome holiday card and not a Victorian-era psychological thriller about surveillance and shame.