Field guide No. 550
Ear trumpet steals stone texture
Listened until the wall went smooth.
A brass ear trumpet lies on a stone terrace, drawing a stream of grit off the rough wall beside it and leaving a smooth bare oval behind. It heard the texture and took it.
Field noteEar trumpets gather sound. This one draws the grit off a wall and leaves it smooth.
Also possible, also breaking category
Fresh tracksA pale loop of mist winds between pots in a greenhouse. Whatever made it did not ask directions.
Burnt matches sprouting green lifeMatch heads are chemistry, not seed, yet each charred stick is budding while it still smoulders.
Zebra stripes slip to the groundMarkings sliding off like loose tape: hide doesn’t work that way, though nothing here contradicts itself.
Chili peppers on blue coralCoral is animal and chillies are fruit. Here the coral bears the chillies, a crop for a reef with no cooks.