Field guide No. 1535
Atmospheric pressure
The last few coils are air.
A heavy steel coil spring lies on a riveted workbench by tall windows. Its final turns fade into clear glass, then into almost nothing.
Field noteCoils go from steel to glass to air along one spring, as though tension ran out of metal.
Also possible, also breaking material
Rough seasDenim weave runs through the breaking wave, with foam frayed along its lip.
The softest fossil in the abyssFossils are bone turned to stone. This one turned to smoke and has somehow kept its shape for ages.
Crimson ribbon, impossible asphaltA red strip snakes through cracked pavement. The road has been unstitched.
Dust car washSedan built of brown leaves rolls on between the spinning brushes.