Field guide No. 1539
Blind fold
Folded like a letter
A thick slab of steel lies on a wet factory floor, folded over on itself like card, its torn edges glowing orange in layers. Somebody creased plate steel with a thumbnail.
Field notePlate steel creased like card, its torn edge glowing orange in thin layers.
Also possible, also breaking material
A matter of tasteMoss and rock layered on sponge is a terrarium with a cake slice’s ambitions. Inedible, still possible.
Woven pulse through glassSound passes through windows unseen. This sound comes out the far side as woven cloth.
Salt keeps scorePawprints in the salt crust are filled with starry black. Whatever walked here took night with it.
Fallen tree with granite rootsGranite roots should have held anything upright; the trunk toppled and the stone base came up whole.