Field guide No. 339
Black starlings burst from a bowling ball
A strike, of sorts.
A black bowling ball rolls down a polished lane and comes apart into a flock of starlings that fly off over the pins. None of the pins went down.
Field noteA bowling ball is solid all through. Being a flock as well is a second career.
Also possible, also breaking category
Seals and the surging seaA screen is a picture of the sea, not the sea. The seals came anyway.
Stone pages over a black shoreStrata are layered like pages, which is as far as rock and books usually go.
Avo conservatoryGlasshouses fit in odd places. The pit was the obvious vacancy.
Proof of purchaseOnion layers do peel in ribbons. Reading one as a receipt is the onion’s own interpretation.