Field guide No. 1301
Fur grown road at dawn
The lane needs a trim.
A country lane at sunrise has a black pelt grown across one side, the white centre line painted over the fur. The verges are still ordinary.
Field noteAsphalt grows a black pelt along one lane, centre line painted on the fur.
Also possible, also breaking material
Breathing earth beneath torn turfSoil is grit and rot. This is pink and layered like muscle, which hills are not supposed to have.
Soft folds in river stonesGranite creased where the boulders press, like dough left to prove. Hard stone has gone tender.
The curtain's missing halfOne curtain pink throughout, one pink then black below. Dye stops somewhere; here it stops at a precise line.
Ice webs among autumn bramblesHoarfrost grows on webs every cold morning. These skipped the silk and went straight to ice.