Field guide No. 1132
Leaf ears in a silent amphitheater
Full house, no performance.
Rows of curled brown leaves shaped like ears fill the stone tiers of an empty round amphitheater around a bare circular stage. The audience has been attentive for some time.
Field noteCurled leaves shaped like ears fill the tiers for a show that was never scheduled.
Also possible, also breaking category
Snake-tipped fiddleheads in springFiddleheads coil like snakes, and here the likeness went too far. Fern at the bottom, viper at the tip.
Late checkoutAn open suitcase holds seawater on a rocky beach. The room has been returned to the tide.
Blue flame in a hollow lemonLemon rind hollowed into a burner, blue gas flame at the bottom of one half.
The sleeping matchSheep sleep and matches are wooden. Combining the two takes a carpenter, not a paradox.