Field guide No. 1305
Gravity defying wall of fallen leaves
Raked, then stacked very carefully.
Fallen oak leaves are piled into a long wall as high as a hedge with sheer sides, across a misty field. It holds its shape without a frame.
Field noteLeaf litter piled into a hedge-high wall with sheer sides and no frame.
Also possible, also breaking physics
All the hours at onceTrees can bloom and turn unevenly; snow can come early. All of it on one tree is merely bad timing.
Cuttlefish in the empty subwayOut of the sea, a cuttlefish should sink. This one hovers in dry air, wearing the station’s tiles.
Bending darkness in an empty cinemaA black curve rises through sunlit cinema seats. The feature has no running time.
The cinched telephone boothIts own coiled cord pinches the booth into an hourglass. The line is busy, and so is the glass.