Field guide No. 146
Frost on the film reel
Now showing: winter.
A film reel in the snow unspools into a frozen river winding toward the mountains at sunset.
Field noteFilm unwinds in long, glossy ribbons, and rivers freeze into the same. The likeness is all it needs.
Also possible, also breaking category
Cracked eggshell bag, golden yolkA paper bag printed with speckles holds a yolk badly but coherently. Packaging, misjudged.
Seals and the surging seaA screen is a picture of the sea, not the sea. The seals came anyway.
Room to expandBellows-shaped buildings are a structural engineer’s problem, not a philosopher’s.
The sleeping matchSheep sleep and matches are wooden. Combining the two takes a carpenter, not a paradox.