Field guide No. 1262
A rectangular void in the bed
Made, but not quite all the way.
A white double bed by a window at dusk with a black rectangle sunk into the middle of the duvet. The duvet sags politely around it.
Field noteDuvet sags around a black rectangle with no floor visible beneath it.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Starlings trace an invisible treeMurmurations take any shape they like for a second. Holding a felled oak’s outline for longer is just discipline.
Asphalt spiral through pink saltA two-lane road rolls up like a carpet at the end of a salt flat. Traffic may only go the long way.
Daylight inside night blooming desert flowersNight-blooming petals open to the moon, and these give back the daytime they missed.
Haunted toast and the aye-ayeBurnt toast smokes. Smoke holding two faces like sheets is more organised than smoke gets.