Field guide No. 1288
Delayed departure
Your bag is in the clouds.
Suitcases ride a baggage carousel in an empty arrivals hall, each wrapped in a puff of cloud, one already half gone. Lost luggage is now a forecast.
Field noteSuitcases ride the carousel wrapped in cloud, one already half evaporated.
Also possible, also breaking material
Accordion turf in the meadowMeadow turf pleated like bellows, roots and soil folded into each crease.
Hidden connectionStations are often under hills. A zip is just a fussier tunnel portal.
Air bridges a broken piano stringA snapped string goes slack. Here the air has taken up the gap and kept the tension, which air has never had.
Absorbent architectureA wet towel hangs beside brickwork. The building has outsourced maintenance.