Field guide No. 194
A softer landing
The floor gave a little.
A scuffed bowling ball sinks into a sunlit oak floor as if it were a cushion, the boards rippling up around it. Nobody is keeping score.
Field noteOak is not upholstery. The floor is behaving like the wrong material, nothing worse.
Also possible, also breaking material
The radiator’s soft landingOak that sags like a mattress is wood forgetting itself. Heavy radiators on soft floors are no paradox.
Lightly dressedAny leaf can hang over a bulb. Few lampshades wilt by Thursday.
The ribbon quarryQuarries cut rock into terraces. Cutting satin the same way is waste, but legal waste.
The sea has pocketsWater stitched like denim breaks the fabric rules, not the logical ones. The key is perfectly ordinary.