Field guide No. 1277
Brass trumpet, endless black absence
Needs a much longer breath.
A brass trumpet lies on an empty underground platform with a black tube as thick as a drainpipe running out of its bell and off along the floor. The note is still on its way out.
Field noteTrumpet bell feeds a drainpipe-thick black tube that runs off down the platform.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Sleeping clouded leopard fills poolClouded leopards are smaller than pools as a rule. This one was made to measure and is out cold.
Low ceilingTall grass curls over into a wave, and a flock flies through its tube.
Parting watersA comb, very large, set in a canyon to split a river. Engineering would allow it, given a reason.
Impossible forest tunnel at sunsetA tunnel of log ends is just a lot of sawing. The impossible part is the title’s.
