Field guide No. 1076
Ash flames bend without fire
The wind stayed. The fire left.
Grey ash has set into flame-shaped curls above blackened logs, on a stony ground beside a distant lake. It is a fire in every way except the heat.
Field noteGrey ash holds the curl of flames above charred logs. All the fire, minus the heat.
Also possible, also breaking material
A faucet pouring dry sandDry sand runs from a brass tap into a basin. Plumbing and geology disagree about the trade.
Frosted eye revealing brick behind mirrorMirror frost thaws in an eye shape, and behind the glass is bare brick.
The listening wallPlaster does crack in rings. Rippling like a pond is the material getting ideas.
Liquid blossoms in a sunlit brookSplashes fall back in an instant. These stand open in the brook as clear flowers.