Field guide No. 1072
An elephant leaves square footprints
Sharp corners on a soft footed animal.
An elephant walks away along a gravel road, and each footprint behind it is a neat square pressed into the dirt. Round was apparently considered and declined.
Field noteEach print behind the elephant is a neat square. Round was considered and declined.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Thundercloud beneath the iceA dark cloud-shaped mass rests beneath lake ice. The weather has moved below the surface.
Suspended lentil wallLentils pour from a sack and stack into a flat vertical sheet in midair, stopped at an unseen plane.
Autumn in the tree’s shadowShade can cool a lawn, not change its season. Still nothing here argues with itself.
Last light held in graniteSome stones store heat after dark. This one stores the sunset itself, colour and all.