Field guide No. 1070
After the applause
The keys have been replaced by crows.
Black feathers lie along the keys of an old upright piano, with a few more scattered across the bare floorboards. The recital was brief and the audience molted.
Field noteBlack feathers cover piano keys and floorboards. The recital was brief and the audience molted.
Also possible, also breaking category
Fungal fork in the fenceOrange fungi cluster where fence boards meet. The fence found a local mediator.
White blossoms on thorn tipsWhite blossoms open exactly at the tips of the thorns. Brambles flower elsewhere on the stem, which is the only quarrel.
Last stop, asparagusTowers are tall, green and tapered when architects allow it. Asparagus has been doing it for free.
Fossil circuit beneath a future cityFossils are things that once lived. A circuit board in the strata is rock remembering something it shouldn’t.