Field guide No. 1411
A horizontal hourglass defies gravity
Time runs sideways
An hourglass lies on its side on a dark table, and its sand still pours from one bulb to the other, with a trickle falling off the edge. Time found a way to keep moving.
Field noteHourglasses stop when laid flat; this one pours sideways and even leaks a trickle past the glass.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Last year's rainA tree appears upside down in rooftop puddles. Last year’s weather remains on the surface.
Crumb tideLoaf’s torn end throws crumbs across the table like spray off a breakwater.
A small rebellionWood with walking roots is biology overreaching. No rule of chess says pawns can’t leave.
Autumn leaves suspended in the goalLeaves fall. These have stopped in a goalmouth and hold their places like netting. Only gravity objects.