Field guide No. 1554
Draft copy
Window and curtain both caught it.
At night in a motel room, a pale curtain billows in from the open window. The window glass is billowing too, rippling out of its frame like cloth.
Field noteGlass caught by the same draught as the curtain, bellying out of its frame like a sail.
Also possible, also breaking material
Fair exchange in shallow waterA crab in a glassy green shell stands beside an encrusted old bottle. Both parties accepted the terms.
Tide shifted basalt stonesBoulders in the shallows stretch like taffy toward second lumps of themselves, pulled out by the tide.
Lightly dressedAny leaf can hang over a bulb. Few lampshades wilt by Thursday.
Emerald rose in fossil stoneFossils keep the shape and lose the life. This stone rose kept the bud alive and wet with dew.