Field guide No. 977
Crowded silence
A piano holds a quiet hollow
An old grand piano sits open in a neglected lot, its interior dark with leaves. The concert has been moved outdoors.
Field noteAn open piano sits in a neglected lot, dark with leaves. The concert moved outdoors.
Also possible, also breaking category
Sparks across exposed tree rootsSnapped roots arc with violet sparks across each break, like severed cables still carrying current.
The zebra’s unfinished stripesStripes are pigment, not ribbon, so the spool is a category slip. The half-zebra is otherwise sound.
Frost blossoms into springFrost ferns on glass but never flowers. Here it has grown little ice daisies beside the real ones.
A tunnel between fruitsA smooth bore joins a watermelon half to a lemon. Nobody consulted the lemon.