perches

Bari Weiss, the polarizing editor and founder of conservative outlet The Free Press, may soon have one of the most powerful perches in American media.

On top of the pay phone perches a nude Barbie doll.

So on less desperate days, he perches a bowl of ice cubes in front of a small fan to cool down his dormitory room - what he calls "a homemade air-conditioner".

A trio of red, yellow and green parrots and cockatiels sit on wooden perches, oblivious to the piercing stare of a blue-eyed feline a few feet away.

Questions remain whether this is The Bench, for the three interchangeable perches were treated equally as they were carted about.