Field guide No. 120
A very small eruption
Sharpen with caution.
A wooden pencil sharpener holds a tiny erupting volcano, lava running out over the curled shavings.
Field noteVolcanoes come small, and some only bubble mud. One in a sharpener is unwise but not contradictory.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Long distanceA phone the size of a cottage asks only for plastic and nerve. The line is another matter.
Glazed and confusedIcing sets hard enough to skate on if you are small enough. The cast is.
The thimble conservatoryGlasshouses are rooms of glass; thimbles are rooms for a finger. The overlap is mostly ferns.
Night shift at the staplerDiners already come shaped like coffee pots and hot dogs. A stapler was only a matter of time.