Field guide No. 1130
Kite tethering the sky
Hold on to the weather.
A crumpled silver kite lies on a ploughed field, its string pulled taut up to a pinched knot of blue sky and white cloud that billows above like a bag. The kite appears to have caught more than it planned for.
Field noteThe kite lies crumpled while its string holds a billowing bag of cloud; the sky has been taken for a walk.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Breathing shells after closingLiving shellfish can breathe on a counter after closing. The market has kept one customer.
No fixed addressMussels on a pier post send water streaming upward into the sea; they have a home and it drains the wrong way.
Time fliesHourglasses are real and so are butterflies. Neither glows when poured.
Self-suspended tree in a sinkholeA tree over a sinkhole either holds on or falls in. This one does neither, with nothing to grip.