Field guide No. 278
Cello strings tether grounded clouds
Weather, kept on a short leash.
In a faded, empty room, a cello stands on the parquet with its strings stretched out to four grey clouds resting on the floor. Someone is practising for a storm.
Field noteClouds sitting on parquet on a leash defy weather, not logic. The cello is in tune.
Also possible, also breaking physics
A question of balanceSmall hippos exist and teacups exist. The cups surviving is the only unlikely part.
Fog in the quiet carFog that keeps to one seat ignores diffusion. Polite passengers do exist, if rarely.
Paper migrationPaper can be folded into whales; it cannot then go flying. The obstacle is aerodynamics.
Soft impactChrome splashing at a feather’s touch is a materials failure, not a contradiction.