Field guide No. 619
Anemone aperture
Wide open, and waving.
An old black camera sits on a workbench, and through the open blades of its shutter a pink sea anemone spreads its tentacles. It only ever takes pictures of things swimming past.
Field noteShutters open and close to let light in. Anemones open and close to let lunch in. This camera does both.
Also possible, also breaking category
Borrowed time at the stop signA torn patch on a stop sign reveals tree rings. The sign has stood longer than the road.
Two tailed cat on a blue benchTabby naps with a striped tail at either end and no clue which way it faces.
Eggs spill from a rotary phoneA receiver carries sound, not eggs. Wrong cargo, sound telephone.
Sour lemon, shuddering linenTablecloths do not taste. This one has puckered toward a lemon slice from every edge.