Field guide No. 839
Brass clock amid dissolving pink tiles
Time comes loose with the tiles
A brass alarm clock sits on a shelf while pink bathroom tiles crumble into dust around it. The clock has found a room that cannot keep its appointments.
Field noteA brass clock stands on a shelf above crumbling tiles. The room is losing its finish, not its time.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Recursive hatching in an abandoned marsh nestA cracked egg in a marsh nest contains a clutch of smaller eggs. The family tree begins early.
Rectangular voids in tangled rootsRoots grow square frames in the riverbank, each holding a view of the water.
The very formal heronHerons wade, laundromats flood, bow ties exist. All that is missing is the occasion.
Oyster shells opening on a wet roofOysters can cling to wet roof tiles. A chimney may object, but the shells will not.