Field guide No. 787
Cracked plate, unbroken cobalt rings
The pattern survived dinner.
A white plate has broken into several pieces while its blue rings continue across the cracks. The design is not taking the hint.
Field noteBlue rings painted across cracks remain a design. The plate has broken; the pattern has not.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Tree rings across the clearingConcentric grooves spread through a forest clearing around a stump. The tree has left a map of its time there.
Torn acoustic wall reveals white feathersDown muffles sound perfectly well, so stuffing a quiet room with a flock is wasteful rather than wrong.
Midnight laundromat of sleeping mothsMoths do like linen, and drums are dark. A full load is just unusually committed.
Crystalline lightning in a basalt tide poolA branching crystal lies in a dark tide pool. The storm has left a mineral behind.