Field guide No. 1298
Fox through the static
Bad reception in the middle.
A red fox walks through a winter pasture with its middle replaced by a band of grey TV static. Both ends keep walking together.
Field noteFox middle has dropped out to grey TV snow; front and back keep pace.
Also possible, also breaking category
Frost on the film reelFilm unwinds in long, glossy ribbons, and rivers freeze into the same. The likeness is all it needs.
Self-replicating forceps and crimson mineralTweezers are made, not grown. These are branching like coral to get a better grip.
Healing corrugated cardboardA raised seam crosses a torn box. The parcel has entered physical therapy.
Zebra’s missing stripesFewer stripes on the zebra, black bands curled in the mud. Stripes are not loose parts, but that is no contradiction.