Field guide No. 1010
Leaping salmon, stretching a sheet of water
A fish carries the river
A salmon leaps above fast water, drawing a sheet of spray behind it. The river has given itself a tail.
Field noteA salmon leaps above water, drawing a sheet of spray behind it. The river has grown a tail.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Mugs in orbit around the refrigeratorTen full mugs cling around a curved fridge and nothing spills; the coffee has a better grip than gravity.
Return to natureErasers are real and remove things. Turning tarmac into meadow is beyond rubber’s brief.
Return to sender: upward rainRain falls once and stays fallen. These drops leave the pond again and head back to the leaf.
The bowling alley’s wooden waveA wooden lane can bend into a wave if the carpenters work long enough. The pins will manage.