Field guide No. 970
Charcoal branches at pink dusk
Black forms in a rose sky
Dark mineral-like branches rise across a barren plain under a pink sunset. The landscape has just finished drawing itself.
Field noteMineral branches rise across a barren plain. The landscape has finished drawing itself.
Also possible, also breaking material
Pursed brass on burgundyBrass bends if you lean on it. This bell was pinched shut, which ends the music, not the brass.
Breathing earth beneath torn turfSoil is grit and rot. This is pink and layered like muscle, which hills are not supposed to have.
Soft folds in river stonesGranite creased where the boulders press, like dough left to prove. Hard stone has gone tender.
The egg’s long way homeStretched into a tube, still an egg, still commuting. Shells do not draw out like taffy, but nothing here contradicts.